A Samurai of colours, he reconfigured the crystallized symbols of beauty and the sacred, reinterpreting effigies of the Buddha, Psyche, Nike, and Venus through his painting, conveying a message of irenicism. The organic energy of the pictorial matter that erupts from the automatism of his calligraphic gesture is both a perceptive and an existential vitalism.
- Giuseppe Morra
When I say that art is astonishment, people react with surprise. We tend to think of art as something aesthetically beautiful, the fruit of delicate labour, but I would say that this is truer of craftwork. On the other hand, art, or the artistic gesture, consists in astounding the public. Obviously, "astounding" does not mean surprising by sudden and brash gestures.
- Shozo Shimamoto
For: | Giuseppe Morra;Teresa Carnevale;Diego Strazzer;Shao Yung-Tien |
Editor: | Yaman Shao, Taiwan |
Essays: | Yaman Shao, Taiwan;Giuseppe Morra, Italy;Jérôme Neutres, France;Shozo Shimamoto, Japan;Jiro Yoshihara, Japan; Lorenzo Mango, Italy;Andrea Mardegan, Italy |
Concept and graphic design: | ALIEN Art |
Photo Credits: | Fondazione Morra |
Exhibited by: | ALIEN Art |
In collaboration with: | Shozo Shimamoto Association, Fondazione Morra |
Exhibition video: | Giuseppe Morra, Shozo Shimamoto Association |