Giuliano Ghelli | |
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Born | Florence, Italy | 10 May 1944
Died | 15 February 2014 San Pancrazio (Florence), Italy | (aged 69)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Painting, graphic arts |
Movement | Pop art |
Giuliano Ghelli (10 May 1944 – 15 February 2014) was an Italian painter who produced several series of works, each rooted in the practice of drawing. An autodidact,[1] Ghelli's early influences were informalism and geometric abstraction,[1] from which he developed a cartoon-like style of figuration inspired by pop art[2] and Surrealism.[3] Ghelli was said to draw on affect over intellect, working personal interests and relations,[4] and, later, dreams[5] into his pictures; the Italian word racconto (narrative or story) often appears in the artist's titles.[6]
Ghelli ebbe contatti anche con la corrente surrealista: celebri i suoi oggetti 'volanti' che compaiono sempre nelle sue opere, come la busta da lettere, l'arcobaleno, i bastoni bianchi e rossi.
Lo sguardo di Ghelli è dato da un occhio incantato sul mondo, dove l'esterno agisce in modo subliminale, in una sostanziale estraneità rispetto ad approcci propriamente mentali o intellettuali.
L'artista fiorentino ci propone dipinti dove i confini si disgregano sotto e sopra le sue porte, dove il passaggio si trasforma, semplicemente, in un luogo mentale che disinibisce la creatività diventando propulsore di coscienti illusioni.