ONE | Galleria 33 | Arezzo

ONE, solo show,
curated by Tiziana Tommei
Galleria 33, Arezzo
25 / 01 / 2018 

To truly understand the kinetic art of Simone Lingua, one would have to follow all the stages of creation: from conception to design to realization of the work. We see the result of a very complex process: it begins with a purely abstract idea, which immediately afterwards translates into a graphic sign – a freehand drawing – and then takes shape through the materials. The study underlying the kinetic and optical effect is anything but trivial and immediate. The fulcrum of it all is the viewer, or rather his gaze (not surprisingly, along with the chess motif, a recurring theme in Lingua’s painting is the human eye). During the creative process, the artist is constantly asked to compete with the viewer’s point of view. We could define it as an empathy of gazes, a three-way relationship between the observing subject, the author and the observed object; from this comes the inclusion of the emotional sphere. Through experimentation we try to surprise and captivate the other, to hold his attention and invite him to be carried away.

tiziana tommei