Conversation Pieces

Conversation Pieces

Conversation Pieces is a project loosely based on the 18th century English genre of the same name, which featured groups of people engaged in dialogue and interaction, shown at times outdoors, at times in domestic interiors: it is this idea of interaction between various elements placed in an either enclosed or open space I took inspiration from, translating it into my own non-figurative style.

In terms of composition and color, these works are based on some of my main interests of study: all the various laws for a harmonic division of the painting's surface - from ancient times to early 20th century avant-garde -, the work of Gestalt authors (Wertheimer, Kanizsa, Arnheim) and the optical/chromatic theories of scientists such as Chevreul, Munsell and Ostwald.

All artworks are made in egg and oleoresin tempera on calcium caseinate, a painting technique dating back to ancient times.