WAITING FOR THE SUN
Solo Exhibition

20 January – 10 February

Private View
19 January 2012
18.30 – 20.30

Fabio Coruzzi is a story teller. His imaginative tales capture the realities of urban life and infuse them with the social commentary of a court jester. The work in this exhibition titled Waiting for the Sun looks at our urban landscapes, the financial crisis and our daily roles and rituals.
These mixed media works use contemporary and historical photography screen prints as their starting point. Rough, raw canvases bring a concrete quality to which he adds his graffiti of oil pastels, acrylics, watercolours, pens, markers and pencils. His hand drawn annotations bring insight to these multilayered images like an architect adding notes to a masterplan.

“I think about human beings living in the post-industrial, urban environment, where the interaction between manual and mechanics is the main dish of our existential menu. That is the main reason I use printmaking in my works, a mix of manual and mechanical interactive processes.”

Fabio is clear: art belongs to everyone. Art and artists should be accessible. In 2011, Fabio was selected for the final jury of the BBC 2’s programme, Show Me the Monet. A possible example of the growing democratisation of the art world.
Mass media has created a structure for language, leading the human mind to become a limited edition print. Our narratives are created, repeated, distorted until they evolve and take on new meaning. His provocative and ironic urban scenarios are simple witness to that process.

BICHA GALLERY
7 Gabriel’s Wharf
South bank
London SE1 9PP

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