EXHIBITION

AN ALCHEMY OF MATTER

In this Terra Bruciata piece, Orazio De Gennaro captures the elemental beauty of earth shaped by fire, air, and time. The palette blends cool blues and soft purples at the top with a grounding warmth of ochres, deep reds, and smoky blacks below, creating a dynamic yet balanced composition. The textures feel raw and tactile, with areas that appear scorched or weathered, invoking a sense of resilience embedded in the land itself. This intimate scale enhances the impact, inviting close inspection, as though holding a fragment of a larger, ancient landscape.

The nuanced layers and variations in texture suggest a surface that has both endured and witnessed, evoking a geological history embedded in the canvas. De Gennaro’s unique material choices—oil, pastel, and pigment—give the work a rugged, almost fossilized quality, where each color seems to tell a story of transformation. Compared to others in the series, this work conveys an ethereal openness in its upper section, contrasting with the more grounded, earthy tones below, bridging a sense of sky and land within a single, intense frame.