Alessio Mazzarulli - Her own counsel! (n.643) - Dolls series

Artwork no.643
Dimensions: 90.00 x 90.00 cm

I create paintings using acrylic colors and thousands of small pieces of recycled paper: everyday paper becomes art instead of ending up in the trash. In my latest works I have focused on the theme of women treated as objects (dolls) and too often victims of violence, and these are the last pieces I have created.

"Not your doll" - "Not my doll" is a series where I intend to represent the faces of women with features that echo the most classic dolls and the message is: "even if I look like a real doll, I am not a doll, you can’t do what you want with me" with all that lies behind it, up to, unfortunately, violence.

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This work is unique and original.

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Thank you.

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Born in 1974, I am self-taught.

After an initial period devoted to sculpture there was a long pause lasting almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I have resumed with the "two dimensions" due to time and space reasons, leaving sculpture aside and dedicating myself to acrylic paintings. I love painting abstract landscapes but recently I have been pushing myself to paint faces of people, both imaginary and real.

For me painting is "freezing time" in that precise moment; a painting of mine is often a faded memory and therefore my works are "worn, eroded by time." Sometimes my paintings depict stretches of walls also eroded by time, with moss and mushrooms that – over time – grow on the surface. Time that passes inexorably 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 that are perceptible to the touch as well as to the naked eye.

In recent times, after several years in which my works were made from little pieces of recycled paper that formed figures, I am pushing myself to explore Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and grids with mathematical rigor; up close they look like a colorful abstract painting, but the more you move away, a portrait emerges from the 768 painted wooden discs.

Violence against women is a theme that characterizes almost all of my works when I reproduce female faces, precisely to give them a voice when they do not have the strength or 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:
2017
Solo exhibition / Maison des Arts - Pescara, Italy

Group:
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 “Homage to Costantino Barbella” / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Art Events Mazzoleni Gallery - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
"Liberty 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 Hues of Time / Aurum Arts - Pescara, Italy
2017
In obstinately opposed direction / 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
Liberty in Visual Arts / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2016
Introspective Hues / 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 Weaves / Merlino Bottega d'Arte Gallery - Florence, Italy
2015