Bruno Ceccobelli - Not Only with Eyes

Surrealist aesthetics emerged around the 1920s and encompassed 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 Bruno Ceccobelli's artistic production, the surreal vision has a strong symbolic and sacred connotation, deriving from his research into Eastern philosophies.

As we can see from this work with its highly elaborate iconography, artist Bruno Ceccobelli seeks to evoke a true vision, one that is both sacred and symbolic. For this reason, drawing on the Surrealist tradition, his formal language is strongly figurative, evoking concrete images, even if they belong to a dimension other than that of the perceptible world. However, to heighten the fantastical tones, this figurative concreteness is subjected to expressive distortions by the artist. The visionary element is also accentuated by the highly elaborate application of the paint, with an almost gestural pictorialism that does not undermine the concreteness of the images, yet still gives them a vivid, highly dynamic quality. From a chromatic perspective, there is great tonal coherence, based on fiery hues.

Bruno Ceccobelli was born in Montecastello di Vibio in 1952. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he studied under Toti Scialoja. Bruno Ceccobelli's artistic output is strongly symbolic and characterized by surreal visions fueled by his studies of theosophy, alchemy, and Eastern philosophies. In the early 1980s, he was part of the Nuova Scuola Romana group, also known as Officina San Lorenzo. Throughout his career, he has exhibited his work in numerous shows both in Italy and abroad.

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