Francesco Deiana

Cologne

Francesco Deiana is an Italian artist who embraces the unexpected and the contrary. Neither his personal life nor his professional art conform to the norm. Deiana left home when he was 21 years old. He moved to San Francisco where he began to piece together the foundations of his career.

Deiana started out in classical graffiti. These days, he works within the long-established art world using ballpoint pens, photographs, bleach and photo paper, found objects and sculpted wood forms.

Deiana’s upcoming show, On Thin Ice, is based on the artist’s signature juxtapositions and abstracted understanding of humanity, society and identity. It features geometric, ice-like drawings placed next to figurative images, presenting an unsettled reality where human culture can break away and melt like ice cream. Deiana’s use of simple lines against floating, nebulous forms and all-over pattern provokes a visual dialogue between space and time – two elements that we cannot control. He stands back from conformity to show that nothing is conceptually or emotionally stable.

On Thin Ice at Ruttkowski;68 gallery is Francesco Deiana’s first solo exhibition in Germany.

Francesco Deiana

Ruttkowski;68

October 12th – November 18th, 2012
Bismarckstr. 68
50672 Cologne
Germany

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