Resta qui, 2021

Archival pigments on cotton paper mounted on aluminum, hand-finished wooden floater frame.
60 × 45 cm (23 ⅝ × 17 ¾ in); 63 × 48 cm (24 ¾ × 18 ⅞ in) framed
Edition of 5

The artwork stems from a stratification of signs and compositional planes, elaborated by the artist through digital painting. It is realized on Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper and mounted on Dibond according to museum standards, ensuring high stability and conservation over time.

Signed and numbered on the reverse. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity on watermarked paper with unique holograms.

Resta qui, framed monochromatic contemporary artwork by Lorenzo Gramaccia

Stop here. Stay like this.

Before time takes everything away.

Before time takes everything away.

Before time takes everything away.

Panoramic view of the artwork Resta qui: corporeal tension in an embrace where the figure dissolves into abstraction Panoramic view of the artwork Resta qui: corporeal tension in an embrace where the figure dissolves into abstraction

What remains of us?

What, if not the imposing presence of your absence? Of your scent, of the warmth, only this white sheet remains.

  • Close-up detail of the face and the transition between realistic anatomy and graphic marks in the artwork Resta qui
  • Macro detail of the dense tangle of lines and graphic stratifications by Lorenzo Gramaccia
  • Study of luminous contrasts and pointillist traces suspended in the composition, Resta qui
  • Close-up shot of the material grain and deep shadows of the contemporary artwork
  • Focus on the muscular tension holding the body in the artwork Resta qui, a visual investigation by the artist

Resta qui is a love letter.

Faces and bodies emerge from the material: an imprint that fades but does not vanish.

The need to give physical form to a time that is no more.

Section of the artwork Resta qui, focus on the drapery and the technical fusion between classical drawing and digital painting Section of the artwork Resta qui, focus on the drapery and the technical fusion between classical drawing and digital painting