In And Now, Federico de Francesco presents a new body of paintings, synthesizing his lush abstractions and lyrical drawings. Taking inspiration from the body in motion, the artist makes records in paint, his line a seismographic mark of limbs shifting in space and time. Together, they mark a focused development in his practice, consolidating themes of movement, gesture, and form.
Beginning from images, taken, given, and found, of bodies in motion and moments of intimacy, the artist extracts his forms, first in sketches, then expanded on canvas. In paint, line dissolves into stroke, and bodies emerge from the force of color as light. Decontextualized, it is unclear if the writhing body is wrestling or dancing; the twisting limbs caught between Eros and Thanatos.
