BERSANI Morpheus Portrait/Greek Myth/Original Italian Contemporary Art Painting

Description: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ART - ART OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY - ORIGINAL ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY ARTIST: RODOLFO BERSANI (PIACENZA, 1954) SUBJECT: THE PORTRAIT OF MORPHEUS - THE GOD OF DREAMS OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS SIGNED AT LOWER RIGHT BERSANI AND DATED 1991 ON THE BACK OF THE CANVAS ARTIST'S SIGNATURE FOR AUTHENTICATION, TITLE "MORPHEUS" AND DATE OF EXECUTION THE ARTWORK IS PRESENTED IN ITS BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT COEVAL GILDED WOOD FRAME WITH PINK TRIM AND RED INTERIOR FRAME, PARTICULARLY SUITED TO THE TONES OF THE PAINTING EXCELLENT STATE OF PRESERVATION OF THE PAINTING, ON THE FRAME SLIGHT SIGNS OF WEAR DUE TO TIME MEASURES OF THE PAINTING: 23 3/4 INCH (CM 60) HEIGHT X 19 3/4 INCH (CM 50) WIDTH MEASURES OF THE FRAME: 33 1/4 (CM 84) HEIGHT X 29 1/4 INCH (CM 74) WIDTH RODOLFO BERSANI WAS BORN IN CORTEMAGGIORE (ITALY) IN 1954. HE BEGAN HIS ARTISTIC STUDIES BY GRADUATING AS A MASTER OF ART AT THE "PAOLO TOSCHI" ART INSTITUTE IN PARMA; LATER HE ATTENDED THE BRERA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN MILAN WITH DOMENICO PURIFICATO. A VERY ECLECTIC ARTIST, HIS RESEARCH HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF IN DIFFERENT PHASES. FROM THE REALISM AND HYPERREALISM OF HIS BEGINNINGS, HE ARRIVED AT A RECOVERY OF MYTHOLOGICAL INSTANCES, FINALLY ELABORATING WHAT CAN BE DEFINED AS A "TECHNO-METAPHYSICS." HIS WORKS, PRESENT IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN NUMEROUS REVIEWS IN ITALY AND ABROAD. IT IS IN THE MYTHOLOGICAL REALM THAT BERSANI HAS REPRESENTED A COLLECTIVE DREAM LONG APPRECIATED BY PUBLIC AND CRITICS, BECAUSE MYTHOLOGY HAS ALWAYS FASCINATED. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THE MONUMENTALITY OF THOSE SUBJECTS AND WITH GREAT INSIGHT HAS IDENTIFIED AND TRANSLATED ON CANVAS THE MAGICAL SUGGESTION OF MYTHOLOGY, ALMOST ALWAYS LINKED TO HISTORICAL AND LITERARY ECHOES. THEN HE MOVED FROM THE MYTHIC DIMENSION TO NEW AND EQUALLY CHALLENGING THEMES ATTESTED, HOWEVER, ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SIDE, RELATING TO A MACHINIST EPOS, AS IF IN THIS HE SAW A TRANSFORMATION OF MYTHOLOGY ITSELF, ALMOST MODERNIZED INTO ANOTHER AND VERY CURRENT CONFIGURATION:-"TECHNO-METAPHYSICS," AS IF HE SAW IN TECHNOLOGY THE SAME LEVEL OF MYTHMAKING THAT HUMANITY ONCE PLACED IN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES. BUT IT IS ALSO AS IF THE SAME SENSE OF ALIENATION MATURES IN TECHNOLOGY AS IN MYTH. THAT WHICH GOES OUTSIDE THE HUMAN DIMENSION, CREATING ECSTASY, AWE AND AT THE SAME TIME ALIENATION. IN THIS SENSE TECHNOLOGY IS THE OTHER SIDE OF MYTHOLOGY. AFTER ELABORATING AND DEEPENING THE ERA OF MYTH MOVING ON TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA WAS FOR BERSANI A CULTURAL-PHILOSOPHICAL-ARTISTIC STEP, SO TO SPEAK, ALMOST OBLIGATORY, IMMEDIATE, CONSEQUENTIAL. PARMENIDES IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE FATHER OF WESTERN METAPHYSICS, THAT IS, THE INITIATOR OF A FORM OF PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION AIMED AT THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEING AS BEING, THE SUPREME SCIENCE OF REALITY THOUGHT IN ITS ABSOLUTENESS AND GENERALITY. BERSANI WANTS TO TELL US THAT PAINTING IS INCREASINGLY A STRUCTURED MEDIATION BETWEEN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. BEGINNING BY CONFRONTING CLASSICISM AND THE SYMBOLISM THAT CLOAKS IT, BERSANI UNFOLDS A COMPLEX AND FASCINATING REFLECTIVE JOURNEY ON THE MODERN AGE, CHARACTERIZED, OFTEN, BY A TECHNOLOGICAL EXCESS THAT IS ALMOST ALIENATING. FOR RODOLFO BERSANI, FANTASY IS THE EXPLORATION OF THE MARVELOUS. WITH EXTREME FREEDOM HE TRAVELS TO DISCOVER OTHER WORLDS, LIVING ARCHEOLOGIES AND ARCHETYPAL PLACES. HE DISCOVERS EMBLEMATIC MUTATIONS AND ALIEN BIOLOGIES LOST IN TIME AND SPACE. THE MYTH OF MORPHEUS MORPHEUS IS THE GOD OF DREAMS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, THE SON OF HYPNOS AND NIGHT. HIS NAME COMES FROM THE WORD MORPHÉE, MEANING "FORM" OR "APPEARANCE," FOR HE WAS THE DEITY WHO TOOK THE FORM AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DREAMS AT NIGHT. HE SAILED ON BUTTERFLY WINGS, BRINGING DREAMS, OMENS AND MESSAGES FROM THE GODS TO HUMANS THROUGH THE VEIL OF SLEEP. THE IDEA OF A SPECIFIC DREAM DEITY CALLED MORPHEUS IS LATER AND IS GENERALLY ATTRIBUTED TO OVIDIUS, WHO IN HIS METAMORPHOSES NAMED THE THREE SONS OF HYPNO, SLEEP: MORPHEUS, PHOBETOR, AND PHANTASUS. THE MEANING OF THE NAME MORPHEUS IS THUS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE WORLD OF DREAMS. IT SYMBOLIZES THE ABILITY TO CHANGE, TO TAKE ON MULTIPLE FORMS, JUST AS IT DOES IN DREAMS. THIS NAME EVOKES A SENSE OF MYSTERY, OF THE ABILITY TO GO BEYOND CONCRETE, TANGIBLE REALITY. MORPHEUS REPRESENTS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE WAKING AND SLEEPING WORLDS, BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION, BETWEEN THE CONCRETE AND THE ABSTRACT. SHIPPING AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAINTINGS FOR SALE: ALL THE PAINTINGS WE PRESENT FOR SALE ARE UNIQUE PIECES, ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, WHERE THEY ARE NOT LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS (LITHOGRAPHS AND SILKSCREENS), CHOSEN WITH EXPERIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND PASSION. FOR SOME PAINTINGS AVAILABLE IN OUR CATALOG, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO POST SEVERAL LISTINGS OF THE SAME PAINTING ON DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL EBAY SITES. WE DO THIS TO OFFER OUR PAINTINGS TO A WIDER AUDIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. BY COMPLETING THE PURCHASE OF THE PAINTING ON ONE OF THESE PLATFORMS, ALL OTHER LISTINGS WILL BE DELETED AND THE PAINTING WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE. FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS, THERE IS AN OPTION TO REQUEST SHIPMENT OF THE PAINTING ONLY WITHOUT THE FRAME, GETTING A DISCOUNT ON THE FINAL PRICE DUE TO THE LOWER SHIPPING COST. IN THIS CASE, YOU MAY CONTACT US PRIOR TO PURCHASE FOR A FINAL QUOTE. EACH PAINTING IS SHOWN IN PHOTOS IN ITS ENTIRETY, EVEN WITH THE FRAME, IF PRESENT, AND IN DETAIL. PHOTOS ARE TAKEN AT HIGH RESOLUTION AND ARE INDICATIVE OF THE STATE OF PRESERVATION OF THE WORK. ANY DEFECTS ARE NOTED IN THE SALE DESCRIPTION. THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN COLOR DUE TO BOTH THE POSITION OF THE PAINTING IN RELATION TO THE LIGHT SOURCES AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES USED TO VIEW THE AD (DEPENDING ON THE DEVICE, PAINTINGS MAY APPEAR SLIGHTLY DARKER OR LIGHTER). YOU MAY CONTACT US TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. ALL PAINTINGS MAY BE RETURNED IF THEY DO NOT MATCH WHAT IS SEEN AND DESCRIBED. THIS IS THE ONLY REASON FOR RETURN WHICH MUST BE WITHIN 14 DAYS AND WITH THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING. WE GUARANTEE ACCURATE PACKAGING AND TRACEABLE, INSURED SHIPPING VIA INTERNATIONAL COURIER. VISIT OUR EBAY STORE TO FIND MORE CLASSIC, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART PAINTINGS. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT US FOR ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE WORKS FOR SALE, PAYMENT METHODS AND SHIPPING. WE GUARANTEE THE UTMOST SERIOUSNESS THROUGHOUT THE TRANSACTION, FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LISTING, TO PACKING AND SHIPPING TIMES, TO THE CHOICE OF COURIER, TO AFTER-SALES ASSISTANCE FOR ANY EVENTUALITY. WHERE IT IS NOT ALREADY PROVIDED AND STATED IN THE DESCRIPTION, IT IS POSSIBLE TO REQUEST FROM OUR GALLERY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE WORK, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED WITH THE PAINTING. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FINE FRAMES, THE VALUE OF WHICH IS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, FOR ALL OTHER WORKS OF ART THAT FEATURE A FRAME, THE VALUE STATED REFERS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE WORK OF ART AND ITS AUTHOR, WHILE THE FRAME HAS A PURELY DECORATIVE VALUE. YOU CAN ALSO CUSTOMIZE YOUR PURCHASE REQUEST FOR AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS NOT YET IN OUR CATALOG. WE WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT THE TIMING AND POSSIBILITIES OF OBTAINING THE REQUESTED ARTWORK. AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION WE INVITE YOU TO ISSUE POSITIVE FEEDBACK, EXPRESSING THE HIGHEST VALUE IN THE EVALUATION OF THE FOUR PARAMETERS IN STARS THAT EBAY ASSIGNS YOU AFTER THE PURCHASE. OTHERWISE, BEFORE ISSUING A NEGATIVE COMMENT, PLEASE SEND US AN E-MAIL STATING THE REASON FOR YOUR DISSATISFACTION; WE WILL CERTAINLY FIND AN APPROPRIATE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED. TO TAKE A PAINTING IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

Price: 1250 USD

Location: Napoli

End Time: 2025-01-21T13:46:07.000Z

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