Carlo VANCHIERI - Africa

The artwork's composition spreads out to two different, but same-sized, canvas surfaces (cm. 60 x cm. 100); these are fixed to the centre by two hinges that let the work opening to the maximum range of 180°.

So, for instance, the painting could easily be hanging from a corner wall, 45 degrees opened. The edges (cm. 2 depth) are sandblasted and cerulean oil-colour fixed. Work's structure starts from a pink shades oval heart, placed centrally at the bottom. The movement extends equally on both sides, just like forming arches through various thick and long green brush strokes. The collateral inspiration of the painting comes by a tiny African figure, just like it previously happened to the early Modern Art scene, where a very big portion of concepts and ideas have been inspired directly by African Primitive Art. The figure is a female one and like in ancient African representations, the woman is divine, since she gives continuity to life being procreative....