{"product_id":"titolo-provvisorio-5","title":"Doriam Battaglia, God is before all forms, 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e70x79 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003ePainting on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis painting presents an abstract composition dominated by deep violet and purple tones, creating an immersive and atmospheric visual field. Across this dark chromatic background, lighter lilac and pale pink marks emerge in the form of fine lines, splashes, and small organic shapes, producing a strong sense of movement throughout the surface.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is defined by a repeated diagonal flow. Thin, elongated traces move across the canvas in similar directions, while small clustered forms appear almost suspended within the painted field. These lighter elements contrast with the dense purple background, giving the work a sense of depth and rhythm. At times, the marks suggest natural or botanical forms, although they never resolve into a clearly recognizable subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface appears layered and highly gestural. Drips, splashes, and delicate linear interventions overlap with broader areas of color, creating a balance between spontaneity and repetition. The recurring shapes introduce a visual pattern, while the irregularity of each mark prevents the composition from becoming static or decorative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eDoriam Battaglia is an Italian artist and architect born in Berbenno di Valtellina in 1949. He has lived and worked in Como for most of his life. Battaglia studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and the Fondazione Castellini in Como before graduating in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1975. His artistic training later expanded into lithography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and other experimental practices.\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBattaglia’s work explores the relationship between\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ematter, life, energy, perception, and consciousness\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than treating painting as a representation of recognizable objects, he approaches it as a field in which form can emerge through material, gesture, color, gravity, and chance. His practice developed in dialogue with the experimental artistic environment surrounding Como’s Associazione Giosuè Carducci in the early 1990s, where artists sought to move beyond established conventions of traditional visual language.\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA recurring idea in Battaglia’s work is the fundamental unity of apparently separate things. He describes this through the concept of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003econsustanzialità\u003c\/strong\u003e, a condition in which matter, energy, life, and consciousness are understood as different manifestations of the same underlying reality. His paintings therefore often avoid fixed representation in favor of layered surfaces, spontaneous marks, chromatic interactions, and processes in which deliberate action and physical forces coexist.\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor plays an especially important role in his recent practice. In works connected to his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStati di Coscienza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eresearch, Battaglia uses relationships between red, yellow, green, and blue, together with different levels of saturation, to explore an idea of reality as a continuous field rather than a collection of isolated forms. His work invites the viewer to experience painting not simply as an image, but as a manifestation of movement, transformation, and an ongoing relationship between observer and observed.\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBattaglia has exhibited extensively in Como and across northern Italy, with solo presentations including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChlorophyll\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving Matter\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePercezioni\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsustanziazione\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCon-Sustanzia\u003c\/em\u003e, and more recently\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStati di Coscienza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat The Art Company in Como in 2026. His work has also been exhibited in Vienna, Milan, Lecco, Salò, and other locations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unframed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58092297847167,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/1028\/3647\/files\/W201112-R50B-Dep-faitf-70x79-paintes-on-paper-rid-1_0836ca1d-6628-4889-a70f-b613690b7e13.jpg?v=1785579329","url":"https:\/\/artkult.gallery\/products\/titolo-provvisorio-5","provider":"ArtKult Online Gallery | Curated Contemporary Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}