Duomo imperante
TECHNIQUE PHOTO-PAINTING
The technique used was defined as PHOTO-PAINTING by the art critic Silvia Pegoraro of Ravenna Italy and was my invention in 1994. In fact, since 1964 I had been working with photography and painting which had never been united.
In 1994 I returned to Naples, the city where I was born and had been missing for 10 years after moving to Rome in 1984. I returned to see the MIRACLE achieved by the G7 with the Presidents of the most powerful countries led by Bill Clinton, US President. It was a wonderful visit to my city reborn in its ancient splendor! I took over 5,000 photos of the squares and monuments of Naples with my Nikon. I returned to Rome and had all the photos printed and put them on various tables and assembled all the various pieces. I immediately realized that parts were missing which I completed with paint. A spontaneous gesture with which I had unconsciously achieved a great innovation: I had combined the REALITY of photography with the DREAM represented by painting. Silvia, my muse who knew me well, when I showed her the first work IMPERATING MALE (R:0176) that I had done she said to me: "Dario you have united the TWO WORLDS of your life: that of your childhood with the sensitivity of the dreamer with the concrete one that they gave you taught your parents with education, studies (degree in Economic Sciences) and work started at 15 years old in your family's copper industry. These formative years had distanced myself from those of childhood when I studied the piano and dreamed of becoming an orchestra conductor. I also drew and painted with my imagination in search of the affections I was missing. In fact my parents were busy in the factory (copper production) rebuilding Italy destroyed by the recently ended war. I then refined PHOTO-PAINTING which developed into DIGITAL PROCESSING having replaced the BRUSH with the MOUSE to fill the gaps left by the photography and complete the REALITY which with painting became another FANTASTIC reality.
PLACES OF MEMORY Cities
This work is part of the "research" PLACES OF MEMORY Cities revisited by me in a fantastic way. In fact I use my exclusive PHOTOPAINTING technique with a photographic element to which I add painting (oil or acrylic) to create a NEW REALITY.
IMPERANT CATHEDRAL
Seeing the gigantic Cathedral of Milan I had the same feeling of majesty as the Maschio Angioino of Naples even though they were both built in Gothic style, but completely different in their function: the first is a religious residence while the other is a royal castle! I add another link between the 2 cities because my twin has lived in Milan since 1968 when he moved to study at Bocconi University. So it's a city I'm very attached to. The painting starts from the square photocollage (clearly visible) placed at the top center with photos taken by me from below and therefore already "fleeing" towards the sky! Perspective accentuated by the construction of the façade with "naves", i.e. vertical blocks that give a strong geometry thanks also to its 108 meters of height! Finally, on the top (but you can't see it from below) there is the famous golden "Madonnina" which is the symbol of the city...
Photo-Painting realized by Dario Cusani. Certificate of authenticity by the Artist.
TECHNIQUE PHOTO-PAINTING
The technique used was defined as PHOTO-PAINTING by the art critic Silvia Pegoraro of Ravenna Italy and was my invention in 1994. In fact, since 1964 I had been working with photography and painting which had never been united.
In 1994 I returned to Naples, the city where I was born and had been missing for 10 years after moving to Rome in 1984. I returned to see the MIRACLE achieved by the G7 with the Presidents of the most powerful countries led by Bill Clinton, US President. It was a wonderful visit to my city reborn in its ancient splendor! I took over 5,000 photos of the squares and monuments of Naples with my Nikon. I returned to Rome and had all the photos printed and put them on various tables and assembled all the various pieces. I immediately realized that parts were missing which I completed with paint. A spontaneous gesture with which I had unconsciously achieved a great innovation: I had combined the REALITY of photography with the DREAM represented by painting. Silvia, my muse who knew me well, when I showed her the first work IMPERATING MALE (R:0176) that I had done she said to me: "Dario you have united the TWO WORLDS of your life: that of your childhood with the sensitivity of the dreamer with the concrete one that they gave you taught your parents with education, studies (degree in Economic Sciences) and work started at 15 years old in your family's copper industry. These formative years had distanced myself from those of childhood when I studied the piano and dreamed of becoming an orchestra conductor. I also drew and painted with my imagination in search of the affections I was missing. In fact my parents were busy in the factory (copper production) rebuilding Italy destroyed by the recently ended war. I then refined PHOTO-PAINTING which developed into DIGITAL PROCESSING having replaced the BRUSH with the MOUSE to fill the gaps left by the photography and complete the REALITY which with painting became another FANTASTIC reality.
PLACES OF MEMORY Cities
This work is part of the "research" PLACES OF MEMORY Cities revisited by me in a fantastic way. In fact I use my exclusive PHOTOPAINTING technique with a photographic element to which I add painting (oil or acrylic) to create a NEW REALITY.
IMPERANT CATHEDRAL
Seeing the gigantic Cathedral of Milan I had the same feeling of majesty as the Maschio Angioino of Naples even though they were both built in Gothic style, but completely different in their function: the first is a religious residence while the other is a royal castle! I add another link between the 2 cities because my twin has lived in Milan since 1968 when he moved to study at Bocconi University. So it's a city I'm very attached to. The painting starts from the square photocollage (clearly visible) placed at the top center with photos taken by me from below and therefore already "fleeing" towards the sky! Perspective accentuated by the construction of the façade with "naves", i.e. vertical blocks that give a strong geometry thanks also to its 108 meters of height! Finally, on the top (but you can't see it from below) there is the famous golden "Madonnina" which is the symbol of the city...
SKU | T-149324 |
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Artista | Dario Cusani |
Typology | Original Paintings |
Technique | Oil Painting, Photo |
Editor | The artist |
Periodo | 20th Century |
Year | 1996 |
Signature | Hand Signed |
Conditions | Excellent (perfect conditions, as new) |
Dimensioni (cm) | 70 x 100 x 3 |
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Nude400,00 €
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Untitled280,00 €
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The Golden Sea240,00 €
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Six mother and child studies1.500,00 €
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Navona Square200,00 €
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The Tree with Poem150,00 €
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Woman600,00 €
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The Battle300,00 €
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Cauchemar200,00 €
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