Gabriele Napoli

Gabriele Napoli ironically gets back the concept of painting as a trompe l’oeil in a new imaginative way of looking at reality. His oil paintings are marked by a rigorous process: the application of multiple layers of plaster on the canvas creates a textured surface that simulates the perception of ripped frescoes. His pictorial practice unfolds through the slow emergence of the image, followed by a spontaneous tendency to saturate every part of the composition with signs, objects, and figures. In this way, a symbolic universe takes shape, inhabited by a diverse range of presences. The environments, suspended between the real and the fantastical, branch out into natural settings — plains and forests that recall fairy tales — or interior spaces that evoke personal narratives.