Mirko Baricchi - And the light?

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic currents. However, when an artist's goal is to represent an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is also charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. In Mirko Baricchi's subjects, their connection to phenomenal reality is still evident, but they are subjected to distortions and processes of synthesis that distort their expressive nature.

Mirko Baricchi's world seems to have emerged from a storybook filled with illustrations, yet the artist manages to force this dimension, rendering it remarkably dreamlike, with extremely evocative and, in some ways, even disturbing contours. We find ourselves, in fact, in a rarefied world, where the vital presence (of solitary Pinocchios) is reduced to a minimum. The characters move in a dimension filled with darkness, where only a few scattered flashes of light identify their subjects. Everything takes on the character of a diaphanous and instantaneous vision. Formally, this translates into a substantially two-dimensional surface in which the few elements attributable to reality are subjected to an extreme synthesis that renders them completely anonymous. Baricchi's language is further enhanced by the application of color, in brown and amber tones, whose complexity creates a patina of lived experience and strong existential vibrations on the surface. Finally, the composition is embellished and made even more mysterious by the presence of small calligraphic inscriptions.

Mirko Baricchi is an artist born in La Spezia in 1970. After graduating from the Palazzo Spinelli Institute in Florence, he worked as a graphic designer. A trip to Mexico, where he worked as an illustrator and discovered the art of Rufino Tamayo, a great source of inspiration, was crucial to his artistic career. After participating in a group exhibition at the Siqueiros Museum, he returned to Italy and worked in advertising and publishing in Milan. In 1998, he returned to La Spezia and decided to devote himself exclusively to painting.

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