Silvio Porzionato
Italian, b. 1971
Silvio Porzionato’s figurative painting is deeply humanistic. His reinvented realism is an attempt to overcome forgiveness, uniformation, and the negation of ‘face-to-face’ distinctive of totalitarian regimes. Although he borrows the codes and imagery of portraiture, his huge signature portraits break through its limits. Each painting explores and dives into sensations and emotions. Free of any convention, they give their own dreamlike reinterpretation. Some paintings may look like stolen photographs, a snapshot of reality.
