Michele Lapesara - The Sassi of Matera

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and Modern times, but predominantly in an idealized manner. Scenes of city life became typical themes with a more realistic interpretation starting in the 19th century. It's worth remembering that immediately following the realist movements of the 19th century, the Impressionists also placed great emphasis on the everyday, on everyday life, with a certain predilection, however, for the frenetic pace of the city, its crowds, traffic, and typically bourgeois settings. Michele Lapesara's artistic production is dominated by urban landscapes, often rendered in a fanciful and surreal manner. His favorite subjects are Roman squares or characteristic views of Puglia.

This work is extremely interesting, as it demonstrates an unusual execution method in the work of painter Michele Lapesara. In this painting, he abandons his narrative and folkloric surrealism to adopt a highly experimental approach. The representation becomes powerfully abstract, with a remarkably synthetic application of color. The landscape of Matera is rendered through a complex, variegated, and polychrome paint mix, in which the expressive potential of the representation coincides with the very force of the painterly gesture. The artist maintains a connection with reality, thanks to the rarefied and calligraphic presence of the skyline of domes and bell towers. However, much of the painting takes on an informal character, relying on the paint and the artist's gesture. The final result is a decidedly expressionist and abstract landscape of great evocative power.

Michele Lapesara is an Apulian painter born in Bari in 1935. His work is distinguished by vibrant city views with a folkloristic feel. He prefers to depict important squares and monuments, especially in Apulia and his native Bari.

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