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AFANTINI — The Great Menarca
Published: 2006-07-24 19:00:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1538; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 19
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This picture was painted in 1999 when I was fascinated by the artistic figure of the female italian pop singer Carmen Consoli. I renderized her pale skin against the dark urban environment of a bladerunnerlike city in order to highlight my irrational attraction towards her delicate and ghostlike energy.Related content
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Thanks for your comments. Actually I think it's one of my most intense painting from my '90s creative period.
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feels almost geiger-esque. very beautiful and surrealist.
bravo sir, bravo
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Indeed it belongs to the first phase of my personal reinvention of biomechanical aesthetic.
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you do very well, i wasnt thinking of geiger initially but the more the detail sinks in the more the mind finds itself seeing hidden in the darkness, the mechanistic bits and the way the scenery sweeps away as though made by great titanium ants fro0m another world... brilliant...
though space ants are creepy.
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Thanks for your kind appreciations and comments. During the 1999 I slowly fallen in love with her, probably 'cause I met her many times in person in the backstage of her concerts and she liked the portraits and the artworks I used to show her. At that time she promised to give me a special present some day but until now I never received it. According to her manager she has collected some of my drawings in her house: she has placed an oil on board on the wall of her bedroom, the portrait I painted on the 1999 summer properly for her. Every time I look at this canvas I remeber that charming period of this platonic, impossible love, and a powerful sadness covers me.
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I adore the depth in this, and the fact that she's so pale adds to that. I don't know of this singer but you must've really loved her to paint something with such detail. Absolutely kickass! I really like your style
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