Antonio Squicciarini - The Odalisque

Surrealist aesthetics emerged around the 1920s, encompassing all fields of artistic research. Specifically, in the visual arts, Surrealism sought to explore the human subconscious and translate it into artwork through a mechanical writing process based on dream analysis. Consequently, Surrealist artworks propose the representation of a dreamlike dimension, completely dissociated from reality. However, this representation often relies on a hyperrealistic formal rendering, precisely to paradoxically accentuate the illusory and ambiguous nature of the surreal dimension.

In this work, Antonio Squicciarini demonstrates his interest and affinity with the work of Marc Chagall. This affinity is poetic, as, like the Russian artist, Squacciarini's paintings are characterized by atmospheres somewhere between fairytale and dream. Stylistically, however, Squicciarini demonstrates a propensity, like Chagall, for combining surrealism, a markedly expressionist line, and cubist deconstruction.

Antonio Squicciarini, a painter originally from Bari, was born in 1957. His career developed primarily in Milan, where he organized numerous exhibitions in nightclubs, hence his nickname, "the painter of the night." Also in Milan, he founded, along with other colleagues, the "New Realism" group. His encounter with Marc Chagall was crucial to his development. In 1984, he created the set designs for Federico Fellini's film "Ginger and Fred."

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