Franco Lo Cascio - Solitude

Social themes in art began to gain prominence in the mid-19th century, coinciding with the spread of social questions throughout European societies. The work of painters such as Millet and Daumier, for example, favored subjects related to life in the fields, factory work, or strikes. In Italy, among the first painters to engage deeply with social themes were Pellizza da Volpedo and, in the contemporary era, Renato Guttuso. Franco Lo Cascio also followed this trend, and his subjects were often fishermen, depicted through his original and personal artistic language, which combines contemporaneity with an authentic and sincere description of a typical Sicilian reality.

Franco Lo Cascio's artistic production fits perfectly into a pictorial movement that combines realist themes with a predominantly surrealist language. Indeed, while the subject matter focuses on the world of work and the working classes, the style embraces a dreamlike interpretation of reality. In a complex space, alienating elements appear to transfigure reality in an expressive and symbolic sense. The process of abstraction, therefore, is conducted by the painter to extract the essence from sensory data. The subject is thus resolved in a juxtaposition of spatial zones, with vivid and vibrant colors. In this way, Lo Cascio creates an image charged with primary, immutable values, thanks to its expressive simplicity and chromatic power.

Franco Lo Cascio was born in Palermo in 1942, where he lives and works. His illustrious thirty years of artistic activity, evidenced by hundreds of exhibitions and appearances in Italy and abroad, have made Franco Lo Cascio a leading figure in contemporary Sicilian painting. After graduating from high school with honors and earning his teaching qualification, he was appointed professor of drawing and art history in Palermo. At a very young age, he actively participated in the island's artistic scene, exhibiting at the most important exhibitions and later traveling to Rome, Bologna, and Milan, which allowed him to come into contact with the most significant avant-garde painters.

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