In this striking work, Giorgio Stocco reinterprets the iconic Arc de Triomphe , placing it at the heart of a reinvented urban scene, on the border between realism and fantasy. Created digitally and then pasted onto canvas , the composition offers a contemporary interpretation of the Parisian monument , transformed here into a vertical playground. The Arc comes to life: dozens of figures—tiny but animated— climb its facades , cling to its sculptures, wander across the upper terrace, or shelter under a floating tricolor umbrella . The work introduces a fascinating play of scale , between architectural monumentality and human abundance. The background, discreet but present, is composed of printed pages , adding a cultural and textual texture that enriches the reading of the piece. With this offbeat scene, Giorgio Stocco questions the relationship between man and history , between the individual and symbols. He mixes humor, visual poetry and a remarkable technical mastery of digital imagery, served by a collage perfectly integrated into the canvas support , halfway between traditional painting and contemporary digital art.
€450,00
In this striking work, Giorgio Stocco composes a dance between image, text, and color. On a double-page spread from an old dictionary (printed and glued to the canvas), the artist paints a ballerina in full motion, smiling, embodying grace and lightness. The typographic background becomes both stage and decor, where each printed word seems to participate in the ballet. The dancer's dress, made up of red and turquoise diamond patterns, evokes a harlequin's costume, a symbol of elegance and playfulness. Around her, a shower of petals in red, turquoise, and black literally explodes onto the page, blending dynamism and poetry. This profusion of color breaks the rigidity of the printed text and evokes a joyful liberation of artistic expression. With this work, Stocco explores the contrast between structure (the dictionary, a tool of definition and framework) and freedom (movement, color, dance), thus giving a second life to a forgotten page by transforming it into a scene of emotion.
€750,00
