Ernesto Treccani - Hedge

The work draws on an Informal aesthetic language. The devastation wrought by World War II left a profound mark on Western civilization, which in the visual arts also resulted in an inability to communicate. For some artists, this challenge resulted in a total rejection of any visual language, resulting in the birth of Informal Art. The various Informal movements are certainly connected to American Abstract Expressionism, especially with regard to the gestural component, but they go further in their rejection of any figurative element, even geometric. Their exploration focuses instead on the material with which they compose their works. This "Hide" by Ernesto Treccani is part of a line of works in which the Milanese artist resolves the representation of nature through material and gesture. It is a conclusion consistent with Treccani's artistic path, always characterized by a progressive emptying of form in favor of expressive synthesis, which, in works like this, evidently reaches its highest level.

Ernesto Treccani's artistic language tends to minimize phenomenal reality, but this exercise in reducing the sensory data helps the artist go beyond the appearance of things and grasp their true essence. What remains is the spiritual and emotional concentration of the subject, which Treccani seeks to connect with, eliminating any formal frills and leaving only an elegant trace to define the view. In this case, unlike most of his works, characterized by a light and impalpable aesthetic, Treccani demonstrates a full adherence to an informal poetics with a powerfully gestural execution. The subject is resolved through a dense impasto of colors that leaves the viewer without any reference point. The layers of color overlap in vigorous interventions, transferring the artist's sensitivity and perception to the canvas through the mediation of the painterly gesture.

Ernesto Treccani, a Milanese artist born in 1920 and passed away in 2009, founded the magazine Corrente, which brought together a group of artists including Birolli, Guttuso, Migneco, Sassu, and, later, Cassinari and Morlotti. His first solo exhibition was in 1949. In 1978, he created the Corrente Foundation, a center for studies and cultural initiatives, and especially for archiving documents relating to the Realism movement.

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