Trace, imprint, fragment, citation, permanence and interpretation of the past, concealment, oblivion.Emilio Isgrò’s erasure, which is not limited to black traces on books, but extends to red stories, extracted vowels, enlarged details, extrapolated musical quavers, is like a beam of light moving over a shadowed surface revealing its unseen elements. A hand of red that unearths a character from …
Trace, imprint, fragment, citation, permanence and interpretation of the past, concealment, oblivion.Emilio Isgrò’s erasure, which is not limited to black traces on books, but extends to red stories, extracted vowels, enlarged details, extrapolated musical quavers, is like a beam of light moving over a shadowed surface revealing its unseen elements. A hand of red that unearths a character from the revolution, a white background that illuminates the story of a musician, an enlarged detail that brings up the forgotten image of a person.In Giorgio Griffa’s work, the lines drawn on the canvas by …
