Wallpaper #1/Carta da parati #1The painting comes from an attempt of perpetuating and immortalizing a moment. There is a process going on temporarily leading to a troubled, uncomfortable condition. It is the symbolic image of the “mimetic principle” that René Girard studied and analysed: at the base of human behaviour there is an impulse that makes one move in the society. Our actions are marked by the rhythm of a desire that is not authentically ours; it is the desire of someone that we imitate. Therefore, we then find ourselves unexpectedly entangled in a fight that does not completely belong to us. The object of desire is just a projection, a pure imitation. The human conflict and the continued pursuit of happiness are then motivated by our similarities not by our differences. There is an unusual cryptic mimicry regarding the two protagonists of the painting as well as a gradual silent loss of identity: suddenly the background and the furniture turn into death traps. What once represented the object of interest, a goal to achieve has now become a feeling of slavery and a prison of the soul. The reinterpretation of the “Pointillism” of the 19th century wants to be an open invitation to interact with the work and it aims to acquire as well mix the elements. Descriptive text by Jenny Argentin
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Examining between the lines /
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A crumb of tea /
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The cat Lady /
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