Alessio Mazzarulli - Not your doll - 40 (n.746)

Not your doll - 40 (n.746)
The measurements are:
- collage: 50.00 x 40.00 cm
Acrylic painting on shredded paper on canvas

I create paintings using acrylic paints and thousands of small pieces of recycled paper: everyday paper is transformed into art rather than 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 latest pieces I have created.

On these tiny pieces of paper you can read scattered words and phrases here and there.
Often this happens when we get very close to another person: sometimes we perceive their secret messages, sometimes not.

"Not your doll" - "I am not your doll" is a series where I intend to represent female faces with features reminiscent of classic dolls, and the message is: "even if I seem like a real doll, I am not a doll, your doll, and you can do whatever you want with me" with all that lies behind, which unfortunately leads to violence.

The surface features small reliefs and I enjoy stroking it, feeling it...
I also use acrylic resin on the surface, which gives a glossy effect and protects the colors from sunlight and dust.

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This work is unique and original.

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This work will be shipped without a frame and without a substrate as it will be shipped rolled. The canvas is larger than the painted dimensions because the greater surface is useful and necessary to be able to tension the canvas on a frame.
It is advisable to have the work stretched and mounted by a trusted professional who can also advise you on a possible and appropriate frame.

The images showing the work in interior settings are for illustrative purposes only and the proportions may appear different. The actual dimensions are those indicated in the description.

Different light sources can give different colors to the photos.

For more photos and information, contact me!
Thank you.

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Born in 1974 I am self-taught.

After an initial period dedicated to sculpture there was a long quiet spell lasting almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I resumed with the "two dimensions" for time and space reasons, leaving sculpture aside and dedicating myself to acrylic paintings.

I love painting abstract landscapes but lately I am pushing myself to paint faces of people both imaginary and real.

For me painting is "freezing time" in that exact moment; a painting of mine is often a faded memory and therefore my works are "worn, eroded by time". Sometimes the subjects of my paintings are stretches 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 clearly perceivable by touch as well as to the naked eye.

Recently, after several years in which my works were made from bits of recycled paper forming figures, I am pushing myself to explore Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and repetitive grids with mathematical precision that viewed up close seem to form an abstract colorful painting but the more you move away the more a portrait figure emerges from the many painted wood 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 they 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 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 “Homage to Costantino Barbella” / Museo Michetti - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Galleria D'arte Art Events Mazzoleni - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
“Freedom in Visual Arts – Second Edition” / Mumi - Museo Michetti - Francavilla al Mare (CH), Italy
2019
Internationale Art Price - Tamara De Lempika / 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 stubborn and contrary 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, United States
2017
Freedom in Visual Arts / Museo Michetti - Francavilla Al Mare, Italy
2016
Introspective Hues / Arte Borgo Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Caput Mundi Arte / 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