Giacomo Matarazzo, the artist

Giacomo Matarazzo (1979) sees art as a meeting point between historical memory and contemporary tension. Building on a solid classical foundation acquired during his secondary school studies — with a specific focus on art history — and in parallel with his development as an engineer, Giacomo has developed a pictorial language that consciously moves away from traditional figurative art. Influenced by the aesthetics of fine art photography and contemporary movements, his work focuses on composition, light and absence. If the engineer constructs reality, the painter deconstructs it: in his works, the figure dissolves into colour and gesture, freeing itself from the obligation of realistic likeness to reach a deeper truth. A painting of synthesis, where technical precision gives way to emotional instinct.