Paolo Contin - I colori di un'estate ormai lontana

Paolo Contin
The Colors of a Summer Long Gone
“An abstract, textured work that evokes the light, warmth, and emotions of a summer past. Intense fields of color, bold contrasts, and vibrant textures intertwine in a dynamic balance where color becomes memory, energy, and feeling ”

Acrylic on canvas - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm
Certificate of authenticity with date and authentic signature on the back of the canvas.
The painting will be shipped rolled inside a sturdy cardboard tube.
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PAOLO CONTIN has pursued a personal and constantly evolving artistic path for over twenty-five years. Trained in design and active in the world of fashion since 1980, he brings a particular sensitivity to color, form, and compositional balance to his painting.

He has exhibited his work since 1999 and held his first solo exhibition in Padua in 2002. Numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad followed, with appearances in Copenhagen, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and Sydney.

Paolo Contin’s artistic career is also documented by his inclusion in the “Arte Mondadori” catalogue, with corresponding valuations. Over the years, his works have also been featured in Arte Mondadori magazine and in numerous catalogues and volumes produced for solo exhibitions and major art fairs, some published with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute.

He was also one of the founding members of “Tostart,” an artistic association formed through the meeting of ten artists from Veneto and active until the pandemic.

An eclectic and independent artist, Contin has developed a distinctive visual language over the years, free from allegiance to any single school or trend. His practice spans geometric abstraction, textured painting, and gestural painting, combining rigor with expressive freedom. Lines, fields of color, geometric shapes, and intense chromatic relationships become elements of a vocabulary through which he explores balance, movement, and emotion.

His experimentation also extends to sculpture and wood, with works constructed by layering geometric elements, confirming a practice that goes beyond the boundaries of painting alone.
His work continues to evolve today without predetermined formulas: each piece stems from a desire to preserve freedom, identity, and expressive authenticity.