Artists / Salon Palermo 3

Alessandro Aprile

Modica (RG), 1999 · Lives and works in Bologna

Salon Palermo 3 · 2023

Alessandro Aprile, Pupo I sconfitto — Pupo I sconfitto2023, Monotype and mixed media on raw canvas, 200 × 120 cmSalon Palermo 3

Alessandro Aprile, Quanto mi manca il mare — Quanto mi manca il mare2023, Monotype and mixed media on raw canvas, 120 × 150 cmSalon Palermo 3

Alessandro Aprile, I teatranti — I teatranti2023, Monotype and mixed media on raw canvas, 50 × 40 cmSalon Palermo 3

Alessandro Aprile, La morte entra quasi sempre in scena — La morte entra quasi sempre in scena2023, Monotype on raw canvas, 40 × 30 cmSalon Palermo 3

Alessandro Aprile, Tarocco n.15 — Tarocco n.152023, Monotype and airbrush on raw canvas, 40 × 30 cmSalon Palermo 3

Alessandro Aprile’s research has to do with folklore and with a sacredness typical of his place of origin: the statue of the saint carried in procession, the Easter illuminations, the games invented and the childhood scenes used to fight the heat and boredom. The desire to find an expedient runs through his pictorial research, and in his works he always feels the urge to evade specific limits and rules, experimenting with and testing every device he uses.

In his latest cycle of paintings he borrows the Sicilian marionettes and theatrical settings of his native land, departing from the narrative of street puppet theatres. In his paintings he forces the narrative scene, creating a paradox between the unreality of the Pupi and the narrative representation of the actions.

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