Roberto Mantellini Oil Street On Canvas, Mixed Media, 50x40 cm
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National Road Oil on Canvas by Roberto Mantellini 50x40 cm
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National road oil on canvas by Roberto Mantellini 50x40 cm
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"national road"Oil on canvas by Roberto Mantellini - 2002"
Canvas dimensions 50x40 cm
Framed work format (photos 2 and 3) 63x53 cm
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ATTENTION: the frame supplied with the blackboard is the one shown in photo n.2. Photos 5, 6 and 7, which reproduce the work on different types of frames, are provided for indicative purposes only.
Roberto Mantellini was born in Naples in 1946. The encounter with painting occurs very early. The internship with Professor Amilcare Astone, a painter of great sensitivity, was fundamental because it prepared him for entry to the artistic high school in Naples, where he graduated in 1965. During this period he had the privilege of studying with masters such as the young professors Gianni Pisani, Carmine di Ruggiero, Bruno Starita and the less young Guido Tatafiore, Raffaele Lippi and Domenico Spinosa. Roberto Mantellini's artistic production stands out for his in-depth research into the existential condition of contemporary man, through the exclusion of human figures from his representations of urban landscapes. The absence of people in his works is not a simple omission, but a deliberate act that places the environment at the center of his artistic research as a reflection of modern solitude and alienation. The urban landscapes he paints, imbued with an aura of suspension and silence, become metaphors of an existential void that permeates bourgeois life, which he observes through a critical prism.
Mantellini constructs a vision of the world in which the human presence is felt, but not explicitly represented, as if humanity had already disappeared or was about to disappear. His art does not focus on objective details that can place the work in a specific context, but, as we underline, focuses on the interiority and existential condition of man. The cities represented, deserted and naked, acquire an almost abstract appearance, becoming symbolic places where the feeling of disorientation and loss increases. This approach suggests a subtle critique of modernity and its inability to authentically connect people.
Mantellini's existentialist aesthetic requires a reflection on the meaning of human relationships in the context of a life that seems mechanized and aimless. The absence of characters in his paintings does not cancel the narrative, but amplifies it, inviting the viewer to ask themselves what is missing, what is not said. The scene is realistic, but what matters is not the adherence to external reality, but its transfiguration in an emotional and conceptual key.
In conclusion, Roberto Mantellini's work represents a sort of visual meditation on existence, where absence becomes a symbol of the crisis of human relationships and the existential condition of the individual in contemporary society. His urban landscapes, devoid of people, offer food for thought on the dehumanization of everyday life and on this condition of isolation that seems to characterize modern life.
Roberto Mantellini was born in Naples in 1946. The encounter with painting occurs very early. The internship with Professor Amilcare Astone, a painter of great sensitivity, was fundamental because it prepared him for entry to the artistic high school in Naples, where he graduated in 1965. During this period he had the privilege of studying with masters such as the young professors Gianni Pisani, Carmine di Ruggiero, Bruno Starita and the less young Guido Tatafiore, Raffaele Lippi and Domenico Spinosa. Roberto Mantellini's artistic production stands out for his in-depth research into the existential condition of contemporary man, through the exclusion of human figures from his representations of urban landscapes. The absence of characters in his works is not a simple omission, but an act
Roberto Mantellini was born in Naples in 1946. The encounter with painting occurs very early. The internship with Professor Amilcare Astone, a painter of great sensitivity, was fundamental because it prepared him for entry to the artistic high school in Naples, where he graduated in 1965. During this period he had the privilege of studying with masters such as the young professors Gianni Pisani, Carmine di Ruggiero, Bruno Starita and the less young Guido Tatafiore, Raffaele Lippi and Domenico Spinosa. Roberto Mantellini's artistic production stands out for his in-depth research into the existential condition of contemporary man, through the exclusion of human figures from his representations of urban landscapes. The absence of characters in his works is not an s
Roberto Mantellini was born in Naples in 1946. The encounter with painting occurs very early. The internship with Professor Amilcare Astone, a painter of great sensitivity, was fundamental because it prepared him for entry to the artistic high school in Naples, where he graduated in 1965. During this period he had the privilege of studying with masters such as the young professors Gianni Pisani, Carmine di Ruggiero, Bruno Starita and the less young Guido Tatafiore, Raffaele Lippi and Domenico Spinosa. Roberto Mantellini's artistic production stands out for his in-depth research into the existential condition of contemporary man, through the exclusion of human figures from his representations of urban landscapes. The absence of characters in his works is not an s