![]() In Samorì’s work, the delineation of the “layers of skin” resembles a process of geological survey to unearth the sediments underneath. ![]() ![]() This exhibition focuses on the representation of “layers of skin” that is, to explore the surface of painting and sculpture as if it comprises the whole. Embodying various influences, such as the disappearance of time, gravity and material deterioration, his painting sometimes seems incredibly charged and sometimes highly reserved yet, they all finally arrive at a “cadaverous body.” His work enables us to treat the creative mechanism and process of painting as the real subject, which, after a long period of struggle, is only left with ruinous, vulnerable wreckages. With these seemingly violent, peeled off and frail images, we trace the artist’s “cannibal and consuming” methods and path, through which he has destructed and reconstructed to devour the once glorious art of the West.īaroque painting provides creative inspiration for Samorì. Art is a hole in time, something that anesthetizes its course.Ĭannibal Trail features works created during 20 by Italian artist Nicola Samorì. ![]()
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