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 colors and thousands of small pieces of recycled paper: everyday paper is transformed into 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 latest pieces created.

On these little pieces of paper you can read words and phrases scattered here and there.
Often it happens when we really approach 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 the faces of women with features reminiscent of the most classic dolls and the message is: "even if I look like a real doll, I am not a doll, your doll, and you can do what you want with me" with everything that lies behind, up to, unfortunately, violence.

The surface features small reliefs and I like to caress it, feel 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 unframed and without stretcher as the piece will be shipped rolled. The canvas is larger than the painted dimensions as the larger surface will be useful and necessary to be able to stretch 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.

Images showing the work in interior settings are for illustrative purposes only and 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 devoted to sculpture there was a long stop of almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I returned to the "two dimensions" for 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 "to lock 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 subject 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 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 clearly perceivable by touch and to the naked eye.

Recently, after several years in which my works were made from small pieces of recycled paper forming figures, I am venturing into Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and grids repeated with mathematical precision that, when viewed up close, seem to form an abstract colorful painting but the more you move away the more a figure portrayed by the many painted wooden discs emerges.

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 courage to denounce the fact 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 shows:
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” / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Art Events Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
"Liberty 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
Dialogue Between Generations / Castel dell'Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
The Magical Shades of Time / Aurum Arts - Pescara, Italy
2017
In obstinate 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
Liberty in the 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