BAROQUE POP-BEATRICE FEO draws from history
I call it as I have often stressed the painting of Beatrice Feo rather "pop histoire" Pop history, why does not "need" just stories Baroque and characters but a 360 ° between the Italian history and mythology and universal ... So 'as himself admits Nappa in many of his reviews about the painting movement that is generating interest, curiosity and excite collectors, gallery owners and critics are Art in Italy and overseas, just days ago a U.S. site dedicated to a beautiful article Beatrice Feo (soon to be online) defining his style "The new pop art made in Italy" ... But it was Philippe Daverio to have the very first intuition, and enter the supreme work with Beatrice Feo "Lamb of God" and the mysterious underworld and "Ophelia" at the 57th Premio Michetti among "The Baroque" ... As he shared in categories participating artists, giving a shiny and more 'than ever relevant definition for each of these. It is part of this new movement in art, the artist also Palermo Gabriele D'Acquisto (pictured left his drawing: "Semele") with uncommon talent chart, which deals with issues instead of the Holy (Saints) and the Profane (characters from mythology, like the beautiful series of "Bacchus" in a completely similar to all the prerogatives of the "B pop." Beatrice Feo was born in Palermo, from a noble family, mother, father, upper middle class, lawyers, grandparents, cousins, uncles, all notaries, or key figures in medicine, a family always immersed in the history of native nobility in the refined elegance of contemporary and ancient culture, although it should make her a notary or a lawyer, Beatrice wavers between the physician and the career of art. The artistic inspiration ... will prevail will investigate with the utmost rigor in schools and Academies of Art in Italy and abroad. Graduating with honors and with due praise. Cosi'come Beatrice begins to surround soon and win the hearts of celebrities of artists important in the history of art as Gianni Dova or friendship with Ugo Nespolo, Salvatore Provino (his teacher at the academy in Palermo), Vittorio Sgarbi, Philippe Daverio, Paul Levi, and many other Italian and international artists, many of the show, music, theater, television and culture ... Artists are able to enrich his already ricchissimo.E Beatrice loves being surrounded by them! It should be noted that many have known as Beatrice Feo abstract painter, and in effect for a period it was a true master of color (as he wrote Emilia Valencia) but we must not overlook the evidence that Beatrice was born as a figurative artist, and remains such, it fascinates el 'intriguing realism, but She goes beyond creating his own recognizable marcatissima artist who makes internazionale.Lei same breath mentions the thousand or two thousand figurative drawings executed between Palermo and Salzburg, perfect shape design of rigorous and extremely precise anatomy, (his teacher was a coroner! ) portraits of friends, his loves. Sometimes carried out even without the model front, without the help of a photo or something else, only with the memory of your face and expressions that have affected ... This graphic component that distinguishes them and Salvo Ferlito (critic ' Palermo art) always sings and puts in evidence is in fact the key to understanding this hybrid between pictorial, graphic and extremely pittorico.Una painting made of layers of color, alchemy of beautiful colors, textures and graffiature.La of contradiction reigns supreme masterpieces and makes Beatrice Feo ... always love the history, law, documents, research, is an expert semeotica perfectly aware of the meanings and mysteries everything and every symbol has roots here ... From the desire to make available, easy to read, to sympathize and modernize his characters, sometimes with humor and irreverence, sometimes with dramatic and extreme cruelty. With his temperament, which is theatrical, ironic, and passionate, but often leads to a vision of raw, deep, mystical and intimate (as in a series of beautiful "read a tramp") reminiscent of the famous Rauschenberg's bed, large artist of the Pop Art Americana.NASCE A NEW WAY TO REVISE HISTORY THROUGH HIS PAINTINGS ... What will be called by others the "baroque pop". Beatrice welcomes the establishment with great interest and enthusiasm, even with great ispirazione.Già American pop art by Warhol had made of everyday objects works of art, the Roman school was then taken as our monuments or icons such artists as Michelangelo (see Tano Festa) ... Beatrice draws in history, its culture, its people to become current and accessible, legible to all, without the boredom of school books, ranging from the French Revolution, mythology (Odysseus) music (Bach and Chopin), the majestic Federico II complete with a falcon on his arm, and icons more 'popular and sacred as (the Lamb of God, pictured top right) absolute masterpiece of his career so far, because it is an exact summary of all his artistic career by Studio-umano.Frank von Wofraum Piranesi