Luigi M. Verde 373z2w
All artworks by Luigi M. Verde 5l4e1a
Abstract Compositions • 6 artworks 525k5k
View allI am particularly interested in what Jacques Rancière defines as a thoughtful image, an entity that does not simply illustrate a pre-existing thought, but constitutes a magnetic field charged with unresolved tensions, resistant to univocal meanings. The work thus becomes a space of perpetual oscillation between apparently opposite polarities: technological automatism and manual gesture, documentation and creation, material presence and conceptual abstraction.
My creative process reflects this threshold condition: photographic elements are deconstructed and recontextualized, but never completely denied; pictorial interventions assert their materiality without erasing the underlying photographic trace; geometric signs impose a visual order that dialogues with the organic complexity of the captured image; words insinuate themselves between the visual layers, not to explain them but to amplify their ambiguity.
This hybrid practice mirrors our contemporary reality, culturally and technologically fragmented, where images, texts and data constantly mix. I am not interested in resolving this ambiguity, but in consciously inhabiting it in a contemporary landscape, where distinctions between artistic disciplines become increasingly porous.
Chorographie • 34 artworks 6g4135
View allHidden angel, angel of beauty • 27 artworks 2o5n3w
View allThese images are part of the artist's book: "Hidden Angel, Angel of Beauty"
"Res" • 16 artworks 65s5i
View allThe groove in which these images are placed is that of an indication of the inexpressible reality, a territory "where I have never been": the photographs are reduced to a sort of pure "inscription" which has no other meaning outside of its mere existence. In these images, once again, language plays an essential role: it acts as a structure of separation where its presence is made only by its becoming silent in front of the visual work. This involves the inevitable manifestation of a "relationship with the lost", this apparent absence of language means that every moment is forgotten, so Res is entrusted with the task of translation so that the visual text becomes unforgettable, a sort of language for the deaf and dumb. The result of these ambiguities is a continuous "retraction": here the intention is not to withdraw or declare the testimony given by the images as false, but rather to "treat again", or to define the meaning in an increasingly clear way, to continue the magic of writing.
Like a secret breath in light • 9 artworks 1v4xs
View allL.O.W. Camera Grammar Exercises • 77 artworks 2w6i22
View allVisual dialogues • 32 artworks b1r3b
View allRADICanto • 23 artworks 3pb1d
View allA contemporary look, however, reveals a curious dynamic: in fact, a contrast seems to emerge with the attacks that the earth suffers, while it defends itself by reclaiming its space again. This operation of apparent "erasure" manifests itself more as a sort of rewriting. We like to imagine that, behind this apparent disagreement, the true contours of coexistence between man and earth are hidden. No longer a relationship of aggression, but a symbiosis, a profound connection that our eyes unfortunately struggle to capture due to the growing distance from the essential things of the world.
This project presents itself as an investigation, an attempt to scrutinize through a gaze less contaminated by prejudice, what could be the ways to return to a principle of cooperation and integration with creation in this era of ever-increasing separation from the fundamental realities of life.
The teeming chaos of these images, a tribute to Pieter Bruegel, will slowly take shape to condense into a large digital collage after a long and meticulous study.
arcaSacra • 36 artworks a5x6n
View allMan, as an integral part of nature, has the duty to protect and preserve its beauty and complexity. The distancing from this awareness has led to an increasing exploitation of natural resources and a general disregard for life.
Noah's ark represents a last hope of salvation for a world increasingly on the brink of destruction. The evocative and surreal images aim to convey the beauty and fragility of creation. They depict animals of different species always in the same natural setting characterized by earth and roots, a sort of mental space, and always directing their gaze towards Noah, invisible until the end and positioned, ideally, on the left side of the scene. The figure of the prophet is also characterized by earth and roots, and takes on the appearance of a classical statue, almost representing that elusive ideal of the most authentic humanity.
Each photograph is accompanied by a short first-person text, an evocative presentation of each individual creature, aimed at stimulating reflection and awakening the sensitivity of the audience. Through the beauty of the images and the depth of the texts, it is hoped to inspire a change in direction in our relationship with the planet and the creatures that inhabit it. The palindrome used in the title leaves no way out: it can be read in multiple directions but with only one meaning, a fixed point that allows no negotiations or postponements.