PAOLO LOSCHI
I WAS ASKED TO DESCRIBE MY PAINTINGS, TO EXPLAIN WHERE SIGNS AND FIGURES COME FROM, WHAT IS IT THAT LINKS MY ARTWORKS.
I WENT BACK TO ONE OF THE FIRST PAINTINGS DEDICATED TO PINOCCHIO (1999-2000) THAT WAS INSPIRED BY READING ‘ TRIP AT THE END OF THE NIGHT’. WHO BETTER THAN PINOCCHIO BARDAMU? WHO IS THE MAN THAT DOESN’T WEAR A MASK AT LEAST ONCE A DAY OR ONCE IN A LIFE TIME?
I FEEL THE CHARACTER OF PINOCCHIO IS A PERFECT METAPHOR OF THE ROLE THAT THE ARTIST PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY, AS SOMEONE WHO IS KEEN ON CHANGING FROM A ‘DIFFERENT’ TO A WELL BEHAVED PERSON, THAT LIVES AN ORDINARY AND CONVENTIONAL LIFE. AN ANTI-HERO THAT SHOWS WHAT OTHERS EXPECT TO SEE.
‘ANGEL DE TIERRA’ WAS BORN IN CADICE, SPAIN, WHEN ONE NIGHT A GUITAR PLAYER MET A STREET MUSICIAN. TOGETHER THEY PLAYED ANDALUSIAN FLAMENCO MUSIC THAT ENCHANTED PEOPLE PASSING BY.
THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, AT THE GRAN TEATRO FALLA, LISTENING TO A CONCERT, I REALIZED ONE OF THE PERFORMERS WAS THE MUSICIAN WHO PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN THE STREET, I TOLD MYSELF …‘IT’S AN ANGEL !
THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE LEARNT THAT ANGELS DON’T NEED TO HAVE A PARTICULAR TALENT, THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO REACH PEOPLE’S SOULS, SPREADING THEIR PURENESS .
‘ANGEL THE TIERRA’ HAS AN OBJECTIVE: TO BRING RAISE UP PEOPLE’S SOULS.
RECURRENT THEMES IN MY WORKS ARE METAMORPHOSIS, REBIRTH, CHANGE. IN MY LAST SERIES OF PAINTINGS NAMED “B BONES” - THAT STANDS FOR REPLACEMENT - THE CANVAS REPRESENTS SOULS’ X RAYS. METHAPHORICALLY WE ARE BORN WITH “A” BONES, AFTER WE DECIDE TO CHANGE, WE END UP WITH “B” BONES. WE REGENERATE OURSELVES THROUGH IMPORTANT CHOICES THAT ALLOW US TO BE MORE AWARE AND TO BE STRONGER.
THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM ART / MICHELA GIACON
PAOLO LOSCHI, WAS BORN IN TREVISO IN 1966, SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ARTIST AS ART SEEMED HIS DESTINY, FROM WHICH HE COULD NEVER ESCAPE.
IN THIS CYNICAL TIME, WHEN ARTISTIC ACTIVITY IS PLANNED ACCORDING TO BUSINESS AND MARKETING AIMS, LOSCHI’S CHARACTER STANDS OUT AS ONE OF THE LAST IMMAGINARY AVANTGUARD ARTISTS, WHO REJECTS PREDETERMINED SCHEMES. AS HE ALWAYS FELT HE WAS DESTINED TO THE ARTISTIC PROFESSION, LOSCHI ISTINCTIVELY TRAINED HIMSELF BOTH IN VISUAL ART AND MUSIC.
THIS EXPERIENCE BOOSTED HIS CREATIVITY THAT CONJUGATES SOUNDS, COLORS AND ODOURS, TURNING THEM INTO MEMORIES – I.E. THE SMELL OF HIS VERY FIRST ARTWORKS – AND A VISUAL AND PHYSICAL CONCEPTION OF COLOURS. HIS PASSION FOR COLOURS HAS PHYSICAL/ TECHNICAL AS WELL AS POETIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONNOTATIONS. AS KLEE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH COLOUR WHILE IN KAIRUAN (TUNISI) - AND SAID “ COLOUR IS IN ME I KNOW IT WILL OWN ME FOREVER, THAT IS WHY I AM HAPPY, THE COLOUR AND I ARE THE SAME ENTITY. I AM A PAINTER “- LIKEWISE, LOSCHI, WHILE IN SIVIGLIA, PERCEIVED EVERYTHING AS TRANSFORMED BY A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT; LIKE IN LISBON, WHERE HE FOUND A BIG BOX FULL OF BAGS CONTAINING BLUE COLOUR POWDER.
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ANECDOTE WRITTEN BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ… AS ONE OF THE STRONGEST POETIC METAPHORS FOR AN ARTIST, THE EPIPHANY OF AN IMMINENT CHANGE.
PAOLO LOSCHI HAS BEEN SHOWCASING HIS WORK FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, BOTH IN SOLO AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
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