Maurizio Rapiti - La bevitrice di Assenzio e non solo (framed)

Oil sketch on paper created for a reinterpretation of Edgar Degas's painting 'The Absinthe Drinker.'
The absinthe drinker and more is a unique work by Maurizio Rapiti.
Compared to Degas's original painting, in this reinterpretation, the drinker is surrounded by numerous empty bottles, clearly indicating that absinthe was not the only thing the subject in the painting limited themselves to drinking...

The artwork, created in oil on paper, is sold framed as shown in photo 3.

In recent years, several magazines have dedicated articles to the art of Maurizio Rapiti (examples in photos 6-7-8). A copy of UpArte (photo 8) will be shipped along with the painting to those who purchase the artwork.

The artist has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions in recent years (see photos 9 to 12), including the main recent ones:

Put a piercing in the Baroque - Rosy Boa - Arezzo 2023
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"So Far, So Close" - Casermarcheologica - Sansepolcro (AR) 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_iJWiPaLEw&t=49s

"Radical Visions" - Mupa - Ginosa (TA) 2023
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Maurizio Rapiti - The Reflex Gallery - Valdichiana Village (AR) 2023
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"Borghese Salon" - Spazio.Art&people - Sansepolcro (AR) 2024
https://www.lanazione.it/cosa-fare/il-salotto-borghese-di-maurizio-rapiti-e-meri-ciuchi-a-sansepolcro-bf62wsl0

"Alienation" - Candelara Castle - Candelara (PU) 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X5hEpYGLww


Biography
Born in Sansepolcro in 1985, Maurizio Rapiti took his first steps in the art world in his father's studio, an expert copyist, collaborating with him on the creation of the so-called 'forgeries of authorship.'
This training will serve as the foundation of a path that will become increasingly personal, focused on experimentation and blending of techniques, but always with a focus on the figurative.
Since 2017, Rapiti has returned to dedicating himself to masterpieces of the past, but this time filtered through the lens of a maturity capable of using them as tools to showcase his personality.
Formal care and the pursuit of aesthetic pleasure thus remain at the core of works that, at a superficial glance, seem to mock the sacred monsters of classical painting; upon closer inspection, they reveal a critique, tinged with irony, of our times.

Over the years, Rapiti has had the opportunity to collaborate with institutions; on two occasions, it created the posters for 'Confindustria Cisambiente' events, and in 2021, it designed the image for the international conference on Dante, 'A Great Excluded Among the Excluded.'

The artist has been dedicated to poster art for several years, affixing prints of his works on the metallic shutters of streets (see Last 5 photos).


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