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Giovanni Bongiovanni

Augusta, 2001 · Lives and works in Villasmundo (Syracuse)

Salon Palermo 4 · 2024
Portrait of Giovanni Bongiovanni
Giovanni Bongiovanni, Quel che ognuno scopre
Quel che ognuno scopre2024, Oil on canvas, 150 × 100 cmSalon Palermo 4
Giovanni Bongiovanni, Pilurusso
Pilurusso2024, Oil on canvas, 24 × 18 cmSalon Palermo 4
Giovanni Bongiovanni, Lara
Lara2024, Oil on canvas, 20 × 30 cmSalon Palermo 4
Giovanni Bongiovanni, Qualcuno alza le braccia al cielo, altri gli occhi
Qualcuno alza le braccia al cielo, altri gli occhi2024, Oil on canvas, 20 × 24 cmSalon Palermo 4

His research focuses on the themes of the sacred and the void. He paints images that are part of his daily life and chooses to alter them with ambiguous figures or elements. The work takes shape from traces of ordinary contexts: lush, wild and apparently abandoned vegetation and/or characters sharing the same space, with no placement in time.

It is a painting that lives on suggestion, born from a brainstorming of images he has photographed himself or found online. Having selected those he considers most functional to the work he has in mind, he begins to manipulate them through photo editing, changing contexts, lighting, the size of the various elements and other parameters. While painting, if necessary, he decides to stop before fully defining an area, which thus remains open to interpretation and consequently in constant evolution.

Bio

After studying art at high school, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Catania, where he graduated in Painting in 2023 and where he is currently enrolled in the two-year master’s programme.

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