Reviews and Criticism: The Art of Alessandro Butera
Reviews and Criticism: The Art of Alessandro Butera
Here's what two prominent figures in the Italian art scene, with whom I had the pleasure of collaborating in the past during my activity as an art dealer, say about Alessandro Butera's art:
Bruno Donzelli, artist and one of the founders of Italian Pop Art:
"Alessandro Butera's works almost represent a collaboration of various materials. They are anchorages of elements (cardboard, jute, etc.) that, freely combined, move freely to the eye of the beholder from their point of attachment, to form new compositions according to the viewer's readability. Space, communication, and finally pictorial gesture give these works an explosiveness towards real space."
Roberto Masia, expressionist artist:
"I have known Alessandro Butera professionally for a short time, but in this short period I have had the opportunity to get to know him deeply, both on a human level, and in terms of his artistic preparation, and then as a painter. I have found in him a very artistically evolved mind. On a pictorial level, he possesses a very high interpretative key: he manages to enter the deepest meanderings of a painting, he perceives every slightest sensation that the artist wants to express, both in a figurative and abstract key. He possesses a considerable knowledge of the history of art; if you find yourself talking about art with him, you will be amazed by his enormous cultural and expressive background. As an artist, he technically ranges from the Italian Abstractionism of Piero Dorazio to the dripping technique of Jackson Pollock. I must say that, on an expressive level, he possesses an interpretative key all his own: the figural taste of his work is recognizable. On a technical level, he uses colors sensitively. He manages to give original colors and tonal keys. He therefore fits well into the Italian contemporary art scene."
