Alessio Mazzarulli - How should we do? (n.648) - Dolls series

Artwork n.648
Dimensions: 85,00 x 85,00 (cm)

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 I have created.

"Not your doll" - "I am not your doll" is a series where I intend to portray the faces of women with features that recall 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 with me what you want" with all that lies behind, up to, unfortunately, violence.

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Born in 1974 I am self-taught.

After an initial period devoted to sculpture there was a prolonged pause lasting almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I have returned to the "two dimensions" for reasons of time and space, abandoning sculpture 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 "stopping time" at that exact moment; my painting is often a faded memory, so 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.
The inexorable passing 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 and to the naked eye.

Recently, after several years in which my works were made from pieces of recycled paper forming figures, I am pushing to explore Optical Art where I use painted wooden discs arranged in lines and grids with mathematical rigor that, when viewed up close, seem to form a colorful abstract painting, but the more you step back, the more a portrait emerges from the 768 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, become 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 Lempicka / Milano Art Gallery - Milan, Italy
2018
Archipelago #2 / Galeri Sveva - Stockholm, Sweden
2018
Dialogue Across Generations / Castel dell'Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
The Magic Hues 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 Visual Arts / Museo Michetti - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2016
Introspective Hues / Arte Borgo Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Caput Mundi Art / Palazzo Ferrajoli - Rome, Italy
2016
Art in 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