Bislacchi
Based London, UK
The exploration of the confines of the painted canvas support is at the core of my practice. I am interested in painting as a medium that renovates its visual language through the notion of three dimensionality where the work addresses issues of space, form and colour. I adopt wooden surfaces as purely functional structures creating insertions of painting supports upon which I apply pieces of scrunched or twisted canvas. Consequently, canvas acts as a means to create the work rather than just being a pictorial support, re-confronting space within the boundaries of painting.
By scrunching, stretching and twisting several pieces of canvas in elaborated forms, the work achieves geometric voluptuousness prescribing a degree of interplay with the viewer, who is invited to observe the behaviour of the fabric and to experience the application of colour in relation to form. The alteration of the canvas’s surface, open to 3D experimentations, questions long-established painting processes highlighting a coexistence between its traditional stretching purpose and a more
unconventional approach that is key in comprehending the relationship between the historical painting heritage and a new contemporary language.
Education
2009-2014 – Diploma in Graphic Design and Photography // Istituto Stattale d’Arte “V. Gerace”
Selected Exhibitions & Awards
2020
Rea Art Fair // Milan // Italy
Artpiq at The Flag // Frankfurt // Germany
Sitting Room (Bislacchi & Gabriel Carucci) // Artisan Space // London
2019
Young Talent Contemporary Purchase Prize // The Cello Factory // London
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair // London
The Feeling’s Mutual // The Rectory Projects // London
The Art of Nature (Residency Exhibition) // Mestna Obcina // Nova Gorica
PADA Studios End of Residency Show // Barreiro // Portugal
The Signature Art Prize Finalists Exhibition // Bankside Hotel - Trinity Art Gallery // London
2018
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair // London
Artpiq Summerhouse Vernissage // Dusseldorf
City & Guilds BA Degree Show // City & Guilds of London Art School //London
Dimensions // Menier Gallery // London
2017
City & Guilds Interim Show // Crypt Gallery // London
2016
City & Guilds Interim Show // Diorama Arts Centre // London
Press
- https://www.floorrmagazine.com/issue-19/bislacchi
- https://art-verge.com/2019/03/18/bislacchi-flowing-bonnard/
Credentials
- Award winner
- Internationally exhibited
- Represented in top-class private collection
Purchase artwork by Bislacchi
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Achievements & Goals
- Having a big studio
- Working between London, New York and Milan
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Genre & Style
- Canvas base for several structures
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Inspiration & Vision
- Middle age art
- Renaissance art
- 20th century art
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Sales & Trajectory
- Sold works in the past
- Self-financed through sales
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Technique & Material
- Mixed Media on canvas/wood/paper
- Acrylic pigments, oil bars, oil pastels and spray paint
