L’Amore La Morte E Il Sogno 2017

Roberto Ferri made this painting, L’Amore La Morte E Il Sogno, with oil, conjuring drama through shadow. It's a big pile of bodies, but what grabs me is Ferri’s process, how he teases out form with delicate brushstrokes, like a sculptor with light. The textures are amazing. Look at the skin tones, how they subtly shift from warm to cool, creating this sense of depth and volume. Ferri's use of thin, transparent glazes allows light to penetrate the surface, giving the figures an almost ethereal quality. Notice the precise rendering of muscle and bone, contrasted with softer, blurred edges. The markmaking in this painting feels so deliberate, so carefully considered. Ferri, like Caravaggio, paints bodies under duress. It’s all high drama, Baroque turned up to eleven. But it's also very Ferri; not quite pastiche, but a deeply personal take on art history. It makes you think about how artists are always borrowing, always responding to what came before. It's all one big, beautiful conversation.