Alex Cem (XX) - Two girls resting

The painting belongs to the expressive figurative painting of post-impressionist matrix, with evident references to the European painting tradition of the early 20th century.

The scene depicts two female figures reclining on a sofa, immersed in a domestic and informal atmosphere. The composition returns a suspended moment of everyday life, in which the relationship between the figures and the space prevails over the actual narrative.

From a painting perspective, several characteristic elements emerge:

* Gestural painting: broad, free, and tactile brushstrokes that shape forms without resorting to overly descriptive definition.
* Color research: contrasts between warm yellows, emerald greens, intense reds and rosy flesh tones. Color assumes a structural function, as well as descriptive.
* Synthetic drawing: the anatomies are built through color masses and light-dark relationships, with a deliberate renunciation of academic precision.
* Composition: the layout is asymmetrical and spontaneous. The figures are placed in space through overlaps and compositional cuts that convey a sense of immediacy.
* Atmosphere: the scene has an intimate dimension, but not sentimental. The painting preserves a certain expressive impulse.

Overall, it is a painting that recovers the chromatic and gestural freedom of early 20th-century figurative experiences, keeping the human figure at the center.

Among the documented participations:

* the others, Turin, 2025
* Paratissima, Turin, 2024.
* PaviArt, 2025.

Sending without a frame for security reasons