IMAGO (VENICE LAGOON) 2019

Sergio Mario Illuminato made this piece, IMAGO (VENICE LAGOON), dimensions 70 x 100 cm, with I'm guessing a whole lot of layering, maybe oil paint, maybe something else that could create this kinda worn-down effect. The texture is killer, right? You can almost feel the layers peeling away, like old posters on a city wall. And those little bursts of white peeking through the blue-gray? It’s like finding tiny glimmers of hope in a cloudy sky. Look at how the paint seems to have been dragged and scraped across the surface, creating these horizontal lines that give it a sense of movement. It's got this ghostly, ethereal quality. There’s something so satisfying about seeing the history of a painting laid bare like this. It reminds me of Cy Twombly, in how he used layers and scratches to create depth and atmosphere. It's like a conversation between the artist and the materials, a constant push and pull that ultimately leads to something beautiful and unexpected.