pa.

IT / ENG

Pa.’s work originates in a practice of free, informal experimentation that merges with a pop-oriented approach to imagery, graphic research, and contemporary material expressionism. Across both figurative and abstract canvases, the artist favors large-scale formats that allow for the immediacy of gestural painting, built on expansive, textural applications and direct, instinctive action.
A defining feature is the use of typography, not merely as a vehicle for text, but as a formal element in its own right. Painterly media are interwoven with techniques drawn from graphic experimentation and the “Carsonian” free-graphic aesthetic. Hand-rendered inscriptions coexist with collaged fragments from iconic publications such as Life magazine.
Figures emerge with striking physical presence, intensified by the optical and perceptual contrast with the dense, almost magmatic backgrounds. Newspaper clippings and graffiti-like marks surface within these fields, contributing to a layered, existential and socio-cultural backdrop. Through collage, new relationships between form, word, and image take shape articulating, in a free, playful, and often ironic manner, the contradictions and complexities of contemporary society.
Pa.’s practice is marked by ongoing technical experimentation, resisting any fixed or repetitive methodology. Materials such as acetate, charcoal, chalk, bituminous wax, and organic substances are stratified across raw canvas surfaces, generating a sense of spatial density. From this richly textured and experiential matter, the image emerges as a contemporary icon rooted in collective memory and capable of conveying deep emotional resonance.
Equally varied and prolific is the range of themes explored, spanning classic design, pop objects, musical icons, and the social construction of female imagery.
Rather than conveying a singular, fixed message, expressive freedom and technical exploration become tools for evoking emotion and communicating lived experience bringing forth figures and fragments of life through the immediate visual power of iconic subjects.

Prof. Roberta Gubitosi