ALESSANDRO
ZENOK LOMBARDO
ART CRITICISM
Alessandro
Zenok’s “crossing the line paintings” are characterized by a
very distinctive chromatic sensitivity which makes it very
difficult to categorize them in a final and critical way.
Although
his training was mostly concerned with Aerosol art,
Zenok’s last works show, however, few traces of that technique.
He has evolved and concentrated instead on focusing research on
the figurative micro-mark on canvas, rather than wall graphic
macro-mark.
Mostly, but
not exclusively, he pays attention to the female body, and
sometimes discovers new shapes. These become part of his
previous creations and convey a blatant and vibrant sensuality
as well as showing a refined and spontaneous facial deformity.
Therefore,
the female body doesn’t disclose but reveals something, it
doesn’t declare but suggests something. Besides, these female
bodies are sometimes meant to convey a meaning through the use
of colours. The artist combines them in a way that expresses joy
as well as a certain energy.
In his last
art production entitled “Brigitte mie”, each painting represents
a triumphant woman: showing-off and uninhibited, enchanted and
disenchanted, but never natural because unreal. This is what
Zenok’s unlimited imagination suggests apart from revealing,
through the use of his spray colours, his very distinctive kind
of rebellion and freedom. (Katia Olivieri)
