Alessio Mazzarulli - Downtown - 01 (n.752)

Downtown - 01 (n.752)
The measurements are: 70.00 cm x 50.00 cm x 1.50 cm
Unframed; ready to be hung.
Acrylics dissolved in epoxy resin on OSB - Oriented Strand Board (mixed media)

This work is created on an OSB panel (Oriented Strand Board) on which I applied layers of acrylics and resin, leaving the wooden planks that make it up clearly visible.

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Downtown Series - With the Downtown series one perceives a vibrant, metropolitan, and almost frantic energy. Shifting from the portraits and the intense, focused social themes of "Not your doll" to this urban landscape, I intend to explore the chaos and lights of the city and how we position ourselves in this era on this planet.

The portrayed metropolis seems not only as a physical space but as a visual representation of the weight of our era.

From a pristine forest that was our planet, humanity has arrived at colonizing and overturning the environment, creating and shaping its own habitat, with its economic and social evolution.

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Born in 1974 I am self-taught.

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

I love painting abstract landscapes but recently I have been pushing myself to paint faces of people, both imaginary and truly existing.

For me painting is "freezing time" at that exact moment; a painting of mine is often a faded memory and thus my works are "worn, eroded by time". Sometimes the subjects of my paintings are glimpses of walls also eroded by time, with moss and mushrooms that – over time – grow on the surface.
Time that passes relentlessly 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 perceivable by touch as well as to the eye.

In this recent period, after several years during which my works were made from scraps of recycled paper forming figures, I am pushing myself to explore Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and repeated grids with mathematical precision that, seen up close, seem to form a colorful abstract painting, but as you move away a portrait figure emerges from the many 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 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 “Omaggio a Costantino Barbella” / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Art Events Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
"Freedom in the 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
Dialogo Tra Generazioni / Castel dell'Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
Le Sfumature Magiche Del Tempo / Aurum Arts - Pescara, Italy
2017
In direzione ostinata e contraria / 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
La libertà nelle arti visive / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2016
Sfumature Introspettive / Arte Borgo Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Caput Mundi Arte / Palazzo Ferrajoli - Rome, Italy
2016
Arte Salerno 2016 / Palazzo Fruscione - Salerno, Italy
2016
Art Rome / Flyer Art Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Trame D'artista / Merlino Bottega d'Arte Gallery - Florence, Italy
2015