Grammar Of The Theft Of An Identity
Artist: Andrea Rossi
- Size: 41 x 55 x 1 inches (104.1 x 139.7 x 2.5 cm)
- Oil on canvas
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About the artwork
Under the scrutiny of a portrait a sitter becomes body-works. The hand, the feet, the face, the flesh… A physical inventory. A fetishistic investigation. A witnessing of a human machinery. Apprehension of parts. Overwhelming need to collect muscles, tendons, bones. The appropriation of a figure. The breaking down to pieces of an unveiled identity. The figure is mapped out onto canvas. The identity abducted into the new fabric skin. The canvas becomes the artist's true reality, the physical one discarded. The stolen identity is no longer a character, rather a whole of features and silhouettes in a veneer of
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Andrea Rossi
Andrea Rossi graduated at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, Italy, advertising being his major. ‘Interactive environments’ was the subject of his thesis, which resulted in an interactive installation celebrating Coupé--a car produced by Fiat. Tutor on this project was Paolo Rosa from art group Studioazzurro. After working for some advertising agencies as an art director, he moved to London, UK. A few years later he started focusing on his art practice. To date, Rossi’s work comprises mainly paintings and some installation projects. It has been shown in several countries: Germany, Italy, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the UK and the USA. As well as being included in exhibition catalogues, it has been featured in various publ... (see more)
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