{"id":644099,"date":"2026-08-18T18:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/644099\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:55:41","slug":"glowing-paintings-by-francesco-pirazzi-meditate-on-the-enigmas-of-absence-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/644099\/","title":{"rendered":"Glowing Paintings by Francesco Pirazzi Meditate on the Enigmas of Absence \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor me, paintings represent an attempt (sometimes more successful, sometimes less so) to grasp a \u2018something\u2019 that for some reason deeply moves me, agitates me,\u201d says Turin-based artist Francesco Pirazzi<\/a>. In atmospheric, dreamlike paintings, deceptively simple architecture, trees, walkways, and other features of the landscape glow amid uncanny lighting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat drives my research is the feeling that something in reality is slightly off, that before my eyes lies an indecipherable enigma,\u201d Pirazzi says, adding that he enjoys the way painting can encompass both reality and the \u201cunknowable world,\u201d and the ways they irresistibly converge. Deep shadows, minimalist archways, luminescent clouds, and exaggerated perspective combine in bold chromatic tableaux. \u201cThe subjects are recurring: trees, street lamps, houses, windows, hedges, and a few others that I feel I use as actors on a stage, each aware of their role,\u201d Pirazzi says.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cMomenti\u201d (2024), oil on linen, 70 x 80 centimeters<\/p>\n

Light plays a unique role, establishing the mood and drawing our attention to \u201cthe hierarchies between elements and the relationships that intertwine them, the things we must pay attention immediately to and those that need\u00a0to emerge very slowly.\u201d Illumination also reveals absence, which Pirazzi centers as much as the structures, plants, fences, and other objects. He\u2019s interested in the unseen on the same level as what is visible, drawing us to these obscure and mysterious details. <\/p>\n

Starting Octobe 28, the artist\u2019s work will be on view at Luce Gallery<\/a> in Turin. See more on Pirazzi\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cQuasi ora\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 60 x 85 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cDal fuori\u201d (2024), oil on linen, 80 x 110 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"an<\/a>\u201cNessuno\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 75 x 100 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cOde\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 90 x 120 centimeters<\/p>\n

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