LUCA DE SANTIS (IT 1976)

Artist Bio

Pensive (sovrapensiero) 2010

"sovrapensiero (pensive)#3", 2010
collage and mixed media on foto
Cm. 70 x 70
The works on show are six pictures in black and white of medium size, where the subject is the figure, human or animal, placed in the center of the imagery; suspended at a depth where the flow of time is imperceptible and is enhanced by presence of thoughts and the associated flow in the form of colorful signs, oil, acrylic, collage elements foreign and unusual. Like contact lenses that retain what the eyes see, then turn it into memory. The background image is a landscape, natural or urban, assembled, sometimes inverted and expanded in its canonical form. The result of many journeys that start in Cuba, via Istanbul, New York City, Bali, Thailand, Dubai, Mexico and closed for now, after ten years, with a visit to Cape Town.

The exhibition includes a video installation that draws viewers' attention to an analysis of the historical moment, in which The artist interprets the consciousness of an individualistic society, forced into ever smaller spaces, constantly stimulated by too many media and thoughts fast standardized.



Extract from "Sovrapensiero", 2010 - DVD loop video / sound -59' 40" 
Director: Luca De Santis
Film and Editing: Antonio Petrianni
Music: "Every Traveled Road" by Scott Matthewfor Glitterhouse Records and Defend Music
Production: Chocolate Studio in association with Studio Maffei Milano

"sovrapensiero (pensive)#12", 2010
collage and mixed media on foto
Cm. 70 x 70
"sovrapensiero (pensive)#11", 2010
collage and mixed media on foto
Cm. 70 x 70
"sovrapensiero (pensive)#6", 2010
collage and mixed media on foto
Cm. 70 x 70
"sovrapensiero (pensive)#7", 2010
collage and mixed media on foto
Cm. 70 x 70