Gesture, Form and Colour | Novalis Art Design
Gesture, Form & Colour
A solo exhibition by Francesco Carozza
Date: 28 Feb - 26 Mar 2022
Venue: Novalis Art Design, G/F 197 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong
"Gesture, Form and Colour" is Francesco Carozza’s first solo exhibition in Asia at Novalis Art Design, curated by Vera Canevazzi.
Francesco’s approach is ritualistic, almost obsessive. His creative gestures are reiterated on each canvas, in a constant search for the repetition and variation of the elements of painting: gesture, form and colour.
Perhaps the real hero in Francesco Carozza’s paintings is colour. Bright, brilliant, and captivating, it draws the attention of the observer, luring them in. Francesco has embarked on a ceaseless study of the potential and perceptual possibilities of colour and all its pairings.
In his paintings, he superimposes colour on monochrome backgrounds, playing on chiaroscuro contrasts (white/black; white/blue), on the relationship between matte and satin finishes (pearl white/black) and on the contrast between primary or secondary colours and metallic tones (red/gold, magenta/silver). He even experiments with fluorescent pigments that glow when exposed to UV light, or dichroic colours that vibrate between two complementary tones (pink/yellow-green) as the observer moves.
For Francesco Carozza, the study of colour is multifaceted: he carefully observes his surroundings to capture their hues and tones, drawing inspiration for his new creations. Francesco interiorises these visual inspirations in digital photographs.
The artist’s creative manuality is impressed on the body of the canvas. His manual technique is what gives texture to the colour; it is crystallised in the copious layers of acrylic pigment with a slow, curving movement, elongated and interrupted. This is a ritual expressive gesture that Francesco repeats on each canvas, forming an indissoluble bond with each of his creations.
Most of Francesco Carozza’s works are dominated by circles, although irregular and with ragged edges. Francesco did not choose this shape; it came to him unconsciously in a dream, hence the title to these works (“Onirico”, or “dreamlike”, in English). As the artist himself tells us, he only decided to pursue this career after a nocturnal vision showed him the paintings he would later create. The circle is not just the Self. It is also the Absolute, the Everything. Perfection and harmony. It symbolises eternal movement and the ceaseless regeneration of the universe.
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