Alessio Mazzarulli - Adults should love - 04 (n.658)

Artwork no.658
Dimensions: 65.00 x 85.00 (cm)

I create paintings using acrylic colors and thousands of small pieces of recycled paper: everyday paper turns into art rather than 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.

This work is the first realized for the series "Adults should love".

The piece has a very strong visual and emotional impact. The title "Adults should love" sounds almost like a critique of what is often missing in the dynamics of more mature relationships.

The expression of the woman at the center of the composition conveys a sense of vulnerability, abandonment, capturing a moment of intense emotional rawness. The material technique amplifies this message: the use of recycled paper reduced to fragments, combined with acrylics, creates a mosaic of experiences where each small piece of paper represents a fragment of life, a memory or a scar that makes up the adult identity.

By placing this work in the thread of giving voice to women and raising awareness about abuse, the title takes on an even more powerful connotation. "Adults should love" becomes a manifesto against toxicity: it reminds us that adult love, the true one, should be based on care, respect and genuine affection, moving away from dynamics of domination or violence. The face that emerges from this chaotic, fragmented texture seems to claim that right to healthy love.
It is a work of great conceptual depth.

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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 of almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I resumed with the "two dimensions" for reasons of time and space, 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 "freezing time" in that exact moment; one of my paintings 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 fungi 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 perceptible to the touch as well as to the naked eye.

In this recent period, after several years during 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 an abstract colorful painting, but the farther you move away, the more a portrait emerges from the 768 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 shows:

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 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 Between Generations / Castel dell'Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
The Magical Hues of Time / Aurum Arts - Pescara, Italy
2017
In stubborn 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 Arte / Palazzo Ferrajoli - Rome, Italy
2016
Art of 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