Italian born artist Giuseppe Mastromatteo graduated from the Accademia di Comunicazione di Milano in art direction. He still writes today about the Arts, teaches advertising at various significant academic institutions, and teaches and collaborates with the Triennale Museum of Milan in the role of art director. Giuseppe’s surrealistic digital photographs on the five senses ‘Indepensense’ takes cadvantage of the subtlety of digital technology to reproduce humanity in impossible and illusory dimensions. Faces are ripped; hands have eyes; human anatomy is surgically rearranged with no blood flowing in these absurd images. Transfigured bodies, pierced and lacerated do not show any form of violence, but instead pose solemnly in front of the photographer’s lens, beyond any suffering. No expression exists in these faces, there is no tension but rather a sense of timelessness that leaves us open to reflect about the uncertainty of this third millennium. Like Magritte and Man Ray, Mastromatteo intervenes in the interior sense of beauty. The models he chooses for his work bring to the stage classic canons of harmony and equilibrium creating a complex dialectict between fascination and repulsion. Body expressions have always played an important role in life and communication. Most secret emotions can be explained by the use of body language. Giuseppe Mastromatteo has succeded in creating his art by expressing his emotions in an Italian way.
Exhibitions:
2012
- Art Hamptons, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery , NY
- AAF New York, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, NY
- Art Palm Beach, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, FL
- “Indepensense” Solo Show, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, NY
2011
- ART GREENWICH New York, Emmanuel Freming Gallery – New York
- SEAFAIR NEW YORK, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery – New York
- ART HAMPTONS Bridgehampton, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery – New York
- “Il dubbio della bellezza – Fotografie dalla collezione Gibelli”, a cura di Denis Curti, Palazzo Te Fruttiere - Mantova
- Road to Contemporary Art – Fabbrica Eos – Rome
- AAM, Fabbrica Eos – Milan
- AFF, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery – New York
- INDEPENSENSE, Galerie 208 – Paris
- AFF, Fabbrica Eos – Milan
2010
- ARTKERNEL INDEPENSENSE – Aci Castello (CT)
- HIDENTITIES, MC2 Gallery, Group Exhibitions – Milan
- REMAKE, Contemporaneamente Gallery, Group Exhibitions – Parma
- THE ROAD OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Group Exhibitions – Rome
- GOOD LUCK LUCK LOOK, Solo Exhibitions, San Salvatore Gallery – Modena
- MIART, Fabbrica Eos – Milan
- TEATRO SELVE, Solo Exhibitions – Vigone (Turin)
- ARTVERONA, Fabbrica Eos – Verona
- 2009: INDEPENSENSE, Fabbrica Eos, Personal Exhibitions – Milan
- PHOTONOEMA, Fotografia del Pensiero – Milan
- SWINGART, Golf Le Rovedine – Milan
- CONTEMPORARY LIFE ART GALLERY – Isola d’Elba
- ARTVERONA, Fabbrica Eos – Verona
- STEP, Fabbrica Eos – Milan
- IL DIAFRAMMA, Lattuada StudioATTUADA STUDIO, Solo Exhibitions Indepensense – Milan
- PARISPHOTO, Forma Foto Museum And Contrasto – Paris
2008
- MIART, Fabbrica Eos – Milan
- ARTVERONA, Fabbrica Eos – Verona
- VISIONNAIRE DESIGN GALLERY, Group Exhibitions – Milan
- MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT, Group Exhibitions – Miami (USA)
2007
- MIART, Fabbrica Eos – Milan
- ARTVERONA, Fabbrica Eos – Verona
- “14 Metri Quadri” Solo Exhibitions – Milan / Crema