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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Chalk on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 27.6x31.5in
About this artwork
In "Corteggiamento," Andrea Benetti explores the ancestral ritual of romantic encounter with subtle irony and profound sensitivity, translating it into a visual language that blends the archaic and the contemporary. Stylized figures chase and confront one another in a space punctuated by essential signs and universal symbols, where the pictorial gesture becomes narrative. The textured, etched plaster base accommodates oil-based and oxide pigments…
that construct warm, pulsating fields of color, evoking a palpable emotional tension. The movement of the forms suggests a silent dance, made of waiting, approaching, and distancing. The hearts, arrows, and biomorphic symbols scattered across the surface are not mere ornaments, but structural elements of a tale rooted in collective memory. With this work, Benetti succeeds in giving voice to the universality of desire, transforming courtship into a metaphor for the human search for connection and recognition.
Andrea Benetti
Italy
Credentials
- Major permanent collection
- Art Fair Participant
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« The painting of the future was born in caves, since art has always been the most fascinating medium with which matter depicts the spirit. »
Andrea Benetti is the author of the Manifesto of Neo-Rock Art, presented at the 53rd Venice Biennale. His works have been acquired by international art collections and museums (United Nations, Vatican, Quirinale, Chamber of Deputies, etc.). Several universities have conducted graduate research on his art. He has collaborated with many universities to organize exhibitions and seminars on Neo-Rock Painting (Universities of Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Ferrara, Johns Hopkins University, Lecce, Messina, Roma Tre, and Venice). In 2020, he won the "Nettuno d'Oro" Award from the city of Bologna. His biography appears in major encyclopedias, including Treccani, De Agostini, and WikiArt, and is translated into 45 languages on Wikipedia.
Andrea Benetti
Corteggiamento
$4,330