Gianluigi Jeanfilip
The Odyssey Within
December 15 - January 5, 2010
Reception:
Thursday December 17, 2009 6-8 PM
Press Release
Though the work of Italian painter Jeanfilip has evolved through Impressionism to his present style of Abstract Expressionism, each work still teases viewers with some hint of figuration. His canvases feature dynamic compositions organized around swirling, colorful geometric forms and playful linear shapes that float and skid across alternately constrained and explosive backdrops. Still, Jeanfilip keeps his distance from any identifiable imagery, instead drawing our eyes to the striking sense of motion and movement each work elicits.
Indeed, even paintings that resemble nocturnes and broad landscapes maintain this pervasive sense of movement, as though Jeanfilip’s thick shapes and wiry silhouettes inhabit mythic, primordial windswept plains. Somewhere between architectural forms and musical rhythms, his canvases become an enveloping, overlapping play of tones, hues, lines and planes. With their nearly overwhelming array of movements and colors – vibrant reds, deep blues, crisp yellows and calming cream hues – Jeanfilip’s works are continually rewarding. Each canvas reveals new spaces, layers, relationships and trajectories to patient and observant viewers.
Artist Statement
My works are born from a rapport with nature and the world around me, and in that sense are always an expression of my life broadly speaking, and of my daily existence. Sometimes I create in order to experiment with alternative materials, or with different combinations of materials and color. Sometimes I am seeking the harmony that comes when I find the correct form, the right colors and details. I want to use all of my talent and hard-earned skill to express my more beautiful experiences, my emotions, so that someone looking at my work will also be moved by what he sees.
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