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Other details :
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
Dimensions :
27.6x19.7in
About this artwork
In a refined blend of the Dutch Golden Age and the Gothic darkness of contemporary pop culture, the work reinterprets the iconic pose of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring through Catwoman's torn mask. The oil technique, applied with respect for tradition, ennobles the modern subject, rendering the stitching of the synthetic leather and the glassy intensity of her gaze with tangible realism.
However, the true heart of the work lies in the shadows,… as suggested by the title, which pays homage to Carel Fabritius's masterpiece. In the background, an open cage and a solitary feather floating in the void present the viewer with an unsolved riddle. Has the anti-heroine broken her chains to free the goldfinch, in a gesture of empathy for those living in cages, or has she given in to her primal instincts, consuming the prey? Suspended between empathy and predation, The Goldfinch offers no answers, but leaves the viewer's conscience to decide the fate of the absent one.
Alessandro Marini, born in Rome in 1973, lives in Viterbo. After a course of studies focused on the artistic field, he began his personal journey in the mid-90s, where he debuted as an author in the world of comics with the magazine SHORTS. Since 2000, what had previously been a gradual transition to painting, has become definitive. Over time he has had the opportunity to experiment and deepen the use of the major pictorial techniques; finding in oil painting the most suitable expressive capacity to combine his grotesque and generally monochromatic style with an idea of tradition. Alessandro Marini's world is inhabited by silent, solitary characters, full of distorted expressiveness, where from within closed and dark environments, they have the ability to attract the attention of the viewer through their dark looks full of sustained and intriguing irony. In recent years he has collaborated with artists in various sectors, creating themed exhibitions and multimedia shows.