Alessio Mazzarulli - Not your doll - 48 (n.764)

Not your doll - 48 (n.764)
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 turns 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 I have created.

On these little pieces of paper you can read words and phrases scattered here and there.
Often it happens this way when we truly 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 female faces with features recalling 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 whatever you want with me" with everything that lies behind, up to, unfortunately, violence.

The surface features small reliefs and I like to caress it, to feel it...
I also use acrylic resin on the surface, which gives a glossy effect and protects 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 stretcher as the piece will be shipped rolled. The canvas is larger than the painted dimensions because the larger surface will be useful and necessary to be able to stretch the canvas on a frame.
It is advised to have the work stretched and mounted by a professional you trust who can also advise you on a possible and suitable frame.

The images showing the work in indoor 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 pause 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 recently I have been pushing to paint faces of people both imagined 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 subject of my paintings are glimpses of walls also eroded by time, with mosses and mushrooms that—in time—grow on the surface.
The passing of time 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 clearly perceivable by touch and to the naked eye.

Recently, after several years during which my works were made from little pieces of recycled paper forming figures, I am pushing myself to explore Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and grids repeated with mathematical rigor which, seen up close, seem to form an abstract colorful picture but the further you move away the more a portrait 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 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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Here 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” / Museo Michetti - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Galleria D'arte Art Events Mazzoleni - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
“Freedom in the 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 Between Generations / Castel dell'Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
The Magic 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
Freedom in the Visual Arts / Museo Michetti - Francavilla Al Mare, Italy
2016
Introspective Shades / 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
Artist’s Weavings / Merlino Bottega d'Arte Gallery - Florence, Italy
2015