Enne Boi
“Enne Boi (Cantù, 1989) is instead the artist who, in this exhibition, most recalls a certain expressionism of the last century, especially of German and Northern European roots. Although altered and deformed, the figure is often at the centre of his paintings. But here too the formal aspect is the very purpose of the painting. Bodies and elements of nature are made wild and primitive through a painting that is at once violent and elegant, carrying within it a classical and ancient soul. The oil surface is often blurred by the use of airbrush and spray.”
Enne Boi’s research concerns the enigmatic nature of figurative painting, and his works investigate the structural elements of this medium, often encroaching on the territories of sculpture and installation. As in a sort of rebus, the artist’s visual language is based on a juxtaposition of elements in which instinctive gestures and complex allusions coexist.
From 2008 to 2011 he attended the three-year course in Painting and Visual Arts at NABA in Milan, where he founded the collective F84. In 2013 he moved to Ghent, Belgium, obtained a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the KASK School of Arts and won the first prize of the Stichting René Bruynseraede-De Witte. He has exhibited his work in solo and group shows at European galleries, institutions and museums.