Life for art and art for life. Calabrian artist Aldo Calla screams entire dedication to painting via his works. He defines himself as a still-alive painter, emphasising the necessity to exist and opposing the invisibility and anonymity that characterises the lives of artists.

The drive to establish himself “alive” is shown in the core of his works, which are distinguished by the use of vivid colours and fast brushstrokes. A tekne who emphasises the gloomy but essential core of his creations.

The artist anthropomorphizes the two sensations, which are both essential engines, to the point of making them pure emotion in his most famous paintings, Passione e Speranza (Passion and Hope). The red colour is penetrated by the figure of an eye, an omnipotent aspect of his paintings.

In particular, for the painting “Speranza” (Hope), the sentiment arises from the need to know that it wouldn’t be the last painting he would create. “Speranza is my first commissioned painting after fifteen years of rejections by gallery owners,” commented Aldo Calla. “My first commissioned painting overwhelmed me with happiness and hope, the hope that it wouldn’t be the last.“

Article by Ritamorena Zotti