This contemporary artwork features a striking blue tonal composition, with a prominent focus on reflections and transparency. The composition centers around a group of glassware, including wine glasses and a decanter, which are depicted with a high level of detail and realism. The overall style is photorealistic, highlighting the artist's technical mastery in capturing the nuanced textures and reflections of the glass objects. The somber, moody blue palette and the minimalist background create a contemplative atmosphere, inviting the viewer to ponder the interplay between light, shadow, and the ephemeral nature of the subject matter. This piece likely reflects the artist's interest in exploring the relationship between form, material, and the human experience. ...
Working in painting, installation, sound and performance, Jacopo Pagin creates art historically charged enigmas. The artist's paintings depict elongated objects and figures, misty in the soft colours and fluid movement of his composition. Inspired by nature and its psychological ramifications, Pagin blends night and day, reality and representation, illusion and decoration. Evoking traditions of Rococo and Neoclassicism, he continuously places the familiar imagery within unexpected, elegant tropes. The ephemeral colour palette of his paintings is inspired by Fata Morgana, an Italian folklore myth that the sea's horizon at dusk and dawn is the creation of witches. Magic, illusion and murano glass run through Pagin’s works, alluding to the role of painting in the concepts of time, history and perception.
Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...
