Alessio Mazzarulli - Barbara (n.323)

Barbara (n.323)
The dimensions are: 63.00 cm x 53.50 cm x 2.50 cm
Acrylics, ink, markers and epoxy resin (mixed media) on stretched canvas on a wooden frame
Unframed; ready to be hung

It is a painting inspired by exploring the female universe.

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Images showing the work in interior settings are for illustrative purposes only and proportions may appear slightly different. The actual dimensions are those indicated in the description.
Different light sources can give different colors to the photos.
Dimensions may vary slightly as I personally prepare the wooden frame, stretch the canvas and stretch it onto the frame.

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Born in 1974 I am self-taught.

After an initial period devoted to sculpture there was a long standstill lasting almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I resumed with the “two dimensions” for reasons of time and space, leaving sculpture aside and dedicating myself to making acrylic paintings.

I love painting abstract landscapes but lately I’m also pushing myself to paint faces of people, both imaginary and real.

For me painting is about “freezing time” in that exact moment; my painting is often a faded memory and therefore my works are “worn, eroded by time.” Sometimes my paintings depict glimpses of walls also eroded by time, with moss and mushrooms that – over time – grow on the surface.
The inexorable passage of time is the main theme of my works.

Coming from a wonderful experience with clay manipulation, I love sculpture, the third dimension, the sense of touch, and my paintings are often characterized by reliefs easily perceived both by touch and to the naked eye.

Recently, after several years during which my works were created from scraps of recycled paper forming figures, I’m pushing myself to explore Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and grids repeated with mathematical rigor which, when viewed up close, seem to form an abstract, colorful painting, but the farther you go, the more a portrait figure emerges from the many painted wooden discs.

Violence against women is a theme that characterizes almost all my works when I reproduce female faces, precisely to give them a voice when they do not have the strength or the courage to report that they are not their partner’s dolls and cannot be mistreated or worse, victims of violence.

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Below are the recent exhibitions:

Solo shows:
2017
Solo show / Maison des Arts - Pescara, Italy

Group shows:
Naarden The Art Fair / Amsterdam - Naarden, Netherlands
2026
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam / De Kromhouthal, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231, 1021 KP Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025
X Edition of MumArt “Tribute to Costantino Barbella” / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Art Events Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
“The Freedom in Visual Arts – Second Edition” / Mumi - Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare (CH), Italy
2019
Internationale Art Price - Tamara De Lempicka / Milano Art Gallery - Milan, Italy
2018
Archipelago #2 / Galeri Sveva - Stockholm, Sweden
2018
Dialogue Across Generations / Castel dell’Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
The Magical Shadings of Time / Aurum Arts - Pescara, Italy
2017
In a obstinately directed and contrary way / Simultánea Spazi Arte - Florence, Italy
2017
World Wide Art Show – New York 2017 / 508/526 West 26th Street, Suite 315, New York, NY 10001 - New York, USA
2017
The Freedom in Visual Arts / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2016
Introspective Shades / Arte Borgo Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Caput Mundi Art / Palazzo Ferrajoli - Rome, Italy
2016
Art Salerno 2016 / Palazzo Fruscione - Salerno, Italy
2016
Art Rome / Flyer Art Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Artist’s Weavings / Merlino Bottega d'Arte Gallery - Florence, Italy
2015