Masini Daniele - Pensieri

The title "Pensieri" finds a perfect visual correspondence in the subject's pose. It is not a light or contemplative thought, but the physical and psychological weight of reflection.

The contortion of the body evokes a total closing off to the outside world; the subject is literally "crushed" by his own thoughts, which materialize into shapes that are almost geometric and gnarly around him. The style nods to the great tradition of twentieth-century figurative expressionism (with echoes that recall the tormented flesh of masters like Francis Bacon), transforming anxiety or deep introspection into pure flesh and color.