Walter Cremonini - Pegasus and Bellerophon

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic movements. However, when an artist's goal is to depict an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is simultaneously charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. Symbolism and Expressionism are emblematic stylistic movements in their conceptual interpretation of reality, with an iconic rendering of images and a symbolic interpretation in the use of color. In Walter Cremonini's paintings, abstract and figurative blend almost seamlessly. This artist's research focuses on the human and animal body, and its dynamism, whether engaged in battle scenes or inspired by ancient myths. But everything is transfigured into an extremely experimental language, always striving for strong expressiveness.

As we can see from this work, Walter Cremonini's starting point is tangible reality, a reality that leaves a clearly visible trace in his work. The encounter between the subjects' naked bodies and the horses inspires the artist to create a complex composition based on a dramatic and dynamic rhythm. Cremonini's aim is to modulate the figures' positions in a theatrical and evocative manner, engaging the viewer in the construction of a complex space. This space, also reminiscent of Cubist painting, is not univocal, but is structured on multiple viewpoints and simultaneous temporal moments. Cremonini's experimental approach, however, is expressed primarily formally; indeed, his language reflects various aesthetic influences of contemporary art. First and foremost, the expressionist synthesis of the subjects, transformed into pure vibrations by the pictorial layers (in some cases denser, in others almost transparent) that render the forms with a frenetic rhythm. In terms of color, the artist draws on an almost exaggerated gesturality, dictated by his unbridled creativity. From a chromatic perspective, a tonal unity of the bodies prevails, standing out against uniform, decontextualized backgrounds.

Walter Cremonini was a Milanese artist born in 1924 and died in 2007. He attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, studying sculpture. He began exhibiting in Milan's most important galleries, and was invited to the Permanente, the Styrian Festival, Craz, Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, and the International Graphics Festival in Ljubljana, winning numerous awards. In the mid-1980s, he spent a brief period in Rome, where he was able to devote himself to sculpture, frequenting the Anselmi foundry. A few years later, in a foundry in Fino Mornasco, the bronze and silver "Trojan Horse" was created. His friend and collector, architect Gerosa, dedicated an entire exhibition to this sculpture (along with a large number of drawings and etchings) in 2003 in Pusiano, in the ancient Palazzo Boharnais. In Brianza, he created frescoes that remain a testament to his availability and ability to attract popularity in religious painting.

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