Matteo Basil猫: ThisHumanity
Nov 23, 2010 - Jan 29, 2011
Galleria Pack is proud to present the new project by Matteo Basil猫 entitled THISHUMANITY, inspired by one of the foremost masterpieces of late Gothic Florentine artwork, The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello (1397-1475).
The famous triptych Paolo Uccello was commissioned to paint in 1438 by the Bartolini Salimbeni family in order to commemorate the Florentine victory over troops from Siena allied with Milan that took place on April 1, 1432. In the Florentine painter鈥檚 artwork everything appears frozen in place, ready for the final act. It was precisely this 鈥渋mage capture鈥�, subdivided into three different moments, that inspired Matteo Basil猫 to create the subsequent frame, in other words the physical clash between its peoples and imaginary armies. In The Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello experimented for the first time ever with techniques in perspective that were revolutionary for his day, creating multiple visions within the same scene. The artwork THISHUMANITY will be put together following the same rules of perspective employed by the fifteenth-century painter, this time created using postproduction digital photography techniques.
Faithful to his expressive intent, Basil猫 is creating the sets within which this great battle will be set directly in South East Asia. The artist has lived and worked there for some time now, and has been able to involve a multitude of identities and female characters ready for the clash.
Women will be the protagonists of Basil猫鈥檚 work 鈥� their fight for their own identities and independence 鈥� connecting two artworks divided by centuries; a female universe ready to take to the field for a world dominated by men. It is a sort of The Rape of the Sabine Women in reverse, in which rather than being raped, the protagonists fight to reveal and protect their own identities. It is a purifying battle in which women of different races and with different pasts face their enemies down in a fight to the last breath in order to escape a destiny that makes them increasingly resemble the opposite sex.
The famous triptych Paolo Uccello was commissioned to paint in 1438 by the Bartolini Salimbeni family in order to commemorate the Florentine victory over troops from Siena allied with Milan that took place on April 1, 1432. In the Florentine painter鈥檚 artwork everything appears frozen in place, ready for the final act. It was precisely this 鈥渋mage capture鈥�, subdivided into three different moments, that inspired Matteo Basil猫 to create the subsequent frame, in other words the physical clash between its peoples and imaginary armies. In The Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello experimented for the first time ever with techniques in perspective that were revolutionary for his day, creating multiple visions within the same scene. The artwork THISHUMANITY will be put together following the same rules of perspective employed by the fifteenth-century painter, this time created using postproduction digital photography techniques.
Faithful to his expressive intent, Basil猫 is creating the sets within which this great battle will be set directly in South East Asia. The artist has lived and worked there for some time now, and has been able to involve a multitude of identities and female characters ready for the clash.
Women will be the protagonists of Basil猫鈥檚 work 鈥� their fight for their own identities and independence 鈥� connecting two artworks divided by centuries; a female universe ready to take to the field for a world dominated by men. It is a sort of The Rape of the Sabine Women in reverse, in which rather than being raped, the protagonists fight to reveal and protect their own identities. It is a purifying battle in which women of different races and with different pasts face their enemies down in a fight to the last breath in order to escape a destiny that makes them increasingly resemble the opposite sex.
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Galleria Pack is proud to present the new project by Matteo Basil猫 entitled THISHUMANITY, inspired by one of the foremost masterpieces of late Gothic Florentine artwork, The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello (1397-1475).
The famous triptych Paolo Uccello was commissioned to paint in 1438 by the Bartolini Salimbeni family in order to commemorate the Florentine victory over troops from Siena allied with Milan that took place on April 1, 1432. In the Florentine painter鈥檚 artwork everything appears frozen in place, ready for the final act. It was precisely this 鈥渋mage capture鈥�, subdivided into three different moments, that inspired Matteo Basil猫 to create the subsequent frame, in other words the physical clash between its peoples and imaginary armies. In The Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello experimented for the first time ever with techniques in perspective that were revolutionary for his day, creating multiple visions within the same scene. The artwork THISHUMANITY will be put together following the same rules of perspective employed by the fifteenth-century painter, this time created using postproduction digital photography techniques.
Faithful to his expressive intent, Basil猫 is creating the sets within which this great battle will be set directly in South East Asia. The artist has lived and worked there for some time now, and has been able to involve a multitude of identities and female characters ready for the clash.
Women will be the protagonists of Basil猫鈥檚 work 鈥� their fight for their own identities and independence 鈥� connecting two artworks divided by centuries; a female universe ready to take to the field for a world dominated by men. It is a sort of The Rape of the Sabine Women in reverse, in which rather than being raped, the protagonists fight to reveal and protect their own identities. It is a purifying battle in which women of different races and with different pasts face their enemies down in a fight to the last breath in order to escape a destiny that makes them increasingly resemble the opposite sex.
The famous triptych Paolo Uccello was commissioned to paint in 1438 by the Bartolini Salimbeni family in order to commemorate the Florentine victory over troops from Siena allied with Milan that took place on April 1, 1432. In the Florentine painter鈥檚 artwork everything appears frozen in place, ready for the final act. It was precisely this 鈥渋mage capture鈥�, subdivided into three different moments, that inspired Matteo Basil猫 to create the subsequent frame, in other words the physical clash between its peoples and imaginary armies. In The Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello experimented for the first time ever with techniques in perspective that were revolutionary for his day, creating multiple visions within the same scene. The artwork THISHUMANITY will be put together following the same rules of perspective employed by the fifteenth-century painter, this time created using postproduction digital photography techniques.
Faithful to his expressive intent, Basil猫 is creating the sets within which this great battle will be set directly in South East Asia. The artist has lived and worked there for some time now, and has been able to involve a multitude of identities and female characters ready for the clash.
Women will be the protagonists of Basil猫鈥檚 work 鈥� their fight for their own identities and independence 鈥� connecting two artworks divided by centuries; a female universe ready to take to the field for a world dominated by men. It is a sort of The Rape of the Sabine Women in reverse, in which rather than being raped, the protagonists fight to reveal and protect their own identities. It is a purifying battle in which women of different races and with different pasts face their enemies down in a fight to the last breath in order to escape a destiny that makes them increasingly resemble the opposite sex.
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