EXHIBITION

AN ALCHEMY OF MATTER

In Tempo Perso, Orazio De Gennaro creates a field where color and matter dissolve into one another, evoking both the slow erosion of walls and the vastness of skies. Broad swathes of black, blue, ochre, and white appear suspended between opacity and light, rendering time not as a straight line but as layered presence. The work resists depiction, instead offering an atmospheric space of memory and transformation.

Born in Benevento, near the Sannio region, De Gennaro grounds his work in earth pigments, lime, and graphite—materials that carry the resonance of landscape and history. His approach recalls the meditative surfaces of Mark Rothko, yet tempered by the tactile immediacy of Italian fresco traditions. Like Giorgio Morandi’s restrained palette or Pierre Soulages’ exploration of depth through darkness, Tempo Perso achieves intensity by stripping away excess. It becomes an “inner landscape” where viewers are invited to dwell in the fragile balance between permanence and loss.