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Matteo Massagrande (b.1959, Italy) - Interior IX / Interior VII. Oil and mixed media on canvas, 30x30 cm

For this Tumblr Monday we are pleased to have iamjapanese to share with us one of her favorite contemporary artists Matteo Massagrande, an accomplished painter and a talented engraver. In this series of paintings, Massagrande explores intimate interiors in varying states of deterioration. These derelict urban spaces once so full of life are hauntingly depicted through the use of light, subtlety of palette and cinematic use of perspective. His hard and almost cynical vision, which spotlights the hidden side of the urban environment, bridges the realism which characterized the literary and artistic creation of late XIX century Italy with gritty contemporary photo-realism. (cf. shine artists)

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