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In "POLLAIO VOLANTE," Paolo Chiasera uses muted browns and tans to create a surreal composition, featuring a large, draped form resembling a tent or cloak with a peaked roof. The enigmatic shapes and textures suggest fluidity and transformation. The style blends abstraction with a hint of surrealism, employing soft brushwork to evoke a dreamlike atmosphere. Chiasera’s work often explores cultural symbols and myths, reflecting his interest in the interplay between history and societal constructs, aiming to question and reinterpret traditional narratives. ...
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Paolo Chiasera’s multi-disciplinary work involves installation, video, painting, performance, architecture, curating and writing. These mediums often overlap in Chiasera’s analysis and staging of collective myths, cultural symbols and icons. Through manifold narratives the artist retraces the interactions between history and power, social groups, and the loss of control. For years Chiasera has addressed the complex relationship which connects people to their role models and traditions, as in the Tupac Project in 2005, a monument dedicated to Tupac Amaru Shakur, the Black Panther rapper who died in ‘96 in a Las Vegas. More recently, while the relationship between the body and architecture has remained central, his practice has focused on the medium of painting in its expanded field of appearance and use. ...