Lost Soul Series The image of the eye through the history of Humankind has a connotation of power, wisdom and poetry. It is said to be also the sensor of reality and the mirror of the Soul. Just a simple line drawn in the paper may not express anything but if we draw two converging lines forming an eye, the drawing becomes alive! An eye is a living entity. The eye becomes an obsessive presence in my work. It’s a metaphor for life and death. An eye is a flux of joy or sadness, misery or enthusiasm. Through the eyes we dream, we anticipate, we expect. Through the eyes we desire, we love, we hate, we kill. In my work...
My work expresses deepest existential moments in my life. They reflect emotional intensities linked with precious encounters or unique moments that have touched me forever. They involve sole instants captured in time and space, that I call "momentum". Effigies are aerial beings floating in space, metamorphic silhouettes constructed with interwoven lines. They configure action sculptures loosened by the actionable impulse of my spirit. In between automatism and calculated movements of my hands, they sought to represent states of the subconscious mind where change, spontaneity and flux assimilate the human essence. They congeal transient marks of organic shapes processed as metaphors of the quintessential human encounter: dance, hug, love, passion, anger, consolation are at the core of my figures. B A...
Giovanni Basile graduated in Astronautical & Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois. During his college years, he acquired great knowledge in Painting and Design. Soon after graduation, Basile traveled to Milan where he continued his studies at the Design Institute ARS-Sutoria. His artistic passion and style was shaped in Venice in 1986, while visiting the exhibition “Futurismo & Futurismi” at the Palazzo Grazzi. For the next 10 years Basile worked in the field of Industrial Design, as Creative Director for Basile Industrial Design, focusing on Consumer Product Designs, Graphic Design and Brand Identity but continuing his performance as a painter inspired by Picasso and the Futurismo artistic movement. In 1994, along with his artistic career, Basile joined The Timken...
