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ROBERTO LALLI        - Italy - 

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Large construction site

The Hole

Technique: enamel, combustion on jute canvas, 120 x 80 cm

Technique: chalk, resins, mesh, oil, enamel on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Tribute to Burri

Weft

mixed media cm 100 x 80

mixed media cm 100 x 70

Untitled 2

Energy

mixed technique 100 x 70 cm

mixed media 60 x 60 cm

His Biography I WAS BORN IN ROME ON 14.05.57. I APPROACHED PAINTING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, FREQUENTING THE CIRCLE OF PAINTERS TIED TO THE INFORMAL TRADITION. FOR MANY YEARS I WORKED AS A RESTORER FOR SEVERAL COMPANIES. DURING THIS PERIOD, I TRULY DISCOVERED HOW DEEPLY I COULD BE CONNECTED TO INFORMAL PAINTING AND EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNDS IT. I STARTED WORKING HARD IN A STUDIO I SET UP MYSELF, CREATING MIXED MEDIA TECHNIQUES, WITH IMMENSE SATISFACTION. EVEN TODAY, EVERY TIME I CREATE A PAINTING, AFTER SO MUCH EXPERIENCE GAINED, I FEEL A SENSE OF TORMENT, LINKED TO THE DESIRE TO PERFECTLY ACHIEVE WHAT I SEE IN THE DEPTHS OF MY BEING. CREATING MY CANVASES IN A PLEASURE, ALMOST ECSTASY, I TRY TO FIND THAT PEACE WHICH CHARACTERIZES THE PROJECT AND THE ACTIVITY OF A MODEST PAINTER LIKE MYSELF. Exhibitions held: * MARCH 2008, “IL CANOVACCIO” GALLERY, GROUP SHOW, ROME * JUNE 2008, “LA TELACCIA” GALLERY, ART REVIEW Turin- San Remo-Montecarlo. * SEPTEMBER 2008, “IL COLLEZIONISTA” GALLERY, ART FESTIVAL   LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, ROME * NOVEMBER 2008, O.A.D. GROUP SHOW, ROME * NOVEMBER 2008, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE, VIA VENETO, EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO WORLD HUNGER, ROME * NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008, ART FAIR, REGGIO EMILIA * JANUARY 2009, “IL CANOVACCIO” GALLERY, GROUP SHOW “MAKTUB” ROME * APRIL-MAY 2009, CIVIC MUSEUM OF MARINO “DIALOGUES” * JULY 2009, EMBASSY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT      CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW ROME-CAIRO * AUGUST 2009, MALASPINA CASTLE (MASSA) ART REVIEW “Art in Art” Critical presentation by Adelinda Allegretti for the exhibition “Art in Art”, Malaspina Castle With Roberto Lalli, we arrive at a painting of great and profound introspection. Considering Alberto Burri—as he truly is—one of the greatest masters of the twentieth century, Lalli starts from his research to dig deep, down to the abysses of consciousness. Burned, abraded, cut, literally wounded and brought back to new life, the canvas undergoes a sort of purification. Sometimes one must destroy and corrode appearances to find the right path. In Grande cantiere (2008), a work exhibited on the occasion of the “Dialogues” project**, the title itself suggests getting one's hands dirty to build something new, which eludes the polished surface of reality to move towards the essence. It is a process that concerns the soul, even before the exterior and the canvas, or better yet, it manifests itself on the canvas only when it has reached total maturation in the subconscious, often in apparent disagreement with any logic. Even Homage to Burri and Untitled, both from 2009, are the representation of that continuous and incessant tear, an ideal laceration of what is most sacred for a painter, namely the canvas, an indispensable condition for the achievement of Truth.

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