Vittorio Mazzucconi's paintings,
with the Artist's comments
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| 1978-1979 Vittorio Mazzucconi's paintings, with the Artist's comments |
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The Mother 1978.01.15 100 x 80, oil on canvas |
It is as though the previous paintings had
prepared the artist for the loss of his mother, who perishes in February,
1978. In this painting, dating to the days which follow the loss, there
is the image of the mother, now old and tired: as if she were sitting at
one end of a wall, in the very point where the wall finishes, just like
life finishes also; and she inundated by a halo of light. Click detail: |
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Epifhanya 1978 80 x 100, oil on canvas |
This, too, is a birth: a baby is conceived, created from an incredible magic, dense with mystery. It is as if he were the son of the fabulous sphinx that we can admire in the painting. If one were then to look at the baby’s profile and were to try and concentrate more on the background’s black than on the new-born’s white skin, you shall behold the outline of an old man, an aspect of the exact same mystery. |
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Aeneas and Anchises 1978 120 x 90, oil on canvas Click detail: |
Durante il terribile incendio di Troia, Enea
trae in salvo il vecchio padre. Come è bello che egli lo porti in
grembo come un bimbo, e che i due volti siano teneramente accostati. This detail brings back to mind another painting. See: The Death of our Lord 1979 |
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