Armored corp
Armored corp
2022
Italy
The painting is part of the "Armored corps" collection (2022-24). "Armored Corps" is
a military term that identifies the American armed troops that fought against Germans
during the second world war. The title emphasizes the combative nature of the subjects represented within this pictorial production. The collection marks a return to the pictorial style of the previous artist's collection "Twilight" (1998-2002) but also to the centrality of the human figure, focused in particular on the male universe. The source of inspiration borns from the life-drawing and from the sculpture of Greek-Roman ancestry. The subjects aim to reproduce the concept of "introjection" through the representation of crouched and twisted figures, usually folded on themselves that describe innate fears, defense mechanisms outwards. This collection represents an important turning point in the artist’s research process because it contains the result of significant biographical experiences related to the acceptance of sexual identity, public recognition, social and racial prejudice (in this light make sense the frequent black figures) and the defensive mechanisms that arise from childhood experiences and are the basis of the process of formation of the ego. However, while such traumas heighten the sense of estrangement and divergence from the social context, they also raise awareness of one’s own individual value through the spirit of resilience. This is the main point of the collection, to which the artist comes through experiences, repeated over the years, which lead to the difficult process of acceptance and awareness of their inner strength. In this regard, the creation of sketches and drawings aimed at representing figures alienated from the context and focused on defending this force, which is sealed in the body matter, makes sense (as in the painting "The rock-man").
