I love contemporary figurative art in general, but his paintings just have something more to them that resonates so much with how I feel. In his series inspired by the events of the russo-ukrainian war, he documents this dramatic event through youth’s dreamy eyes, as if it was almost a dream, something that could never truly happen.
<< When I think of the focus that I am dedicating to the theme of my painting (documenting the new world that has ben emerging from the last 10 years and especially the feeling of the new post-pandemic generations) I focused on the issues such as the new sensitivity to the planet. A new awareness on gender identity but above all a new awareness of our generation which is that of interconnection: I think this is the key word of the future. But I never thought that the new generations would clash with the old ones on the vision of the world. There is a generation that feels solidarity and part of the same world, and one that wants to define the world by drawing boundaries with prevarication to keep glories of the past… the result is that the world is not yet free from conflict of power, from factions, repression, fake news… I never thought that the word war (in all its forms) could knock on the door and become part of the heredity of ukrainian and european children. I never thought I’d wonder what senseless pain means. This is not the time to be silent out of protest or indifference, it is time to show what it means to testify that we are above all this! And it is great to see that the world is responding. each with his hands is responsible for a slice of peace. >>
I love contemporary figurative art in general, but his paintings just have something more to them that resonates so much with how I feel. In his series inspired by the events of the russo-ukrainian war, he documents this dramatic event through youth’s dreamy eyes, as if it was almost a dream, something that could never truly happen.
I love contemporary figurative art in general, but his paintings just have something more to them that resonates so much with how I feel. Giovanni manages to capture the instant, the feeling, the sensation of a moment better than photographs do, he gives us a quick, rough, imprecise but bright glimpse inside contemporary youth’s daily emotions.
The artist himself, looking just like one of this artworks:
