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. METAPHORICALLY 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.
PAOLO LOSCHI
PAOLO LOSCHI
