"La Vertigine" (Cardinale)
Oil on linen, 200 x 100cm (2012)
Gothic's shadowy relationship with the past is conveyed in the solidified ghosts of Italian artist, Nicola Samorì. Known for his smoldering intensity of his figurative work, Samorì skillfully creates moody and atmospheric pieces that weigh heavily, both physically and metaphorically. In a recent interview with Mia Benenate (The Huffington Post) the artist states that his work "stems from fear: fear of the body, of death, of men. I think my nature as an artist is something like feeling helpless. Works are just temporary shelters and painting is a leisure place where one can conceal yourself". His influences range from a Baroque use of 'tenebrism' (darkened or deepened shadows), to a dark and eerie Gothic world. The artist lives and works near Ravenna, in Italy. When asked about the "darkness" in his work he replied that "it is an unconscious mirror perhaps, sort of an exorcism to take away something from you or give form to whatever you do not want to live. What is shown in my work is what I have escaped".
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