EXHIBITION

AN ALCHEMY OF MATTER

In Memorie II, Orazio De Gennaro captures a contemplative, atmospheric landscape that hovers between abstraction and memory. Soft hues of lavender and misty blue blend into earthy grays and muted greens, creating a horizon that feels simultaneously vast and intimate. The unique texture, achieved with linseed oil, beeswax, and glass powder, gives the surface a soft, almost powdery depth, evoking a dreamlike quality, as if one were looking through a veil of time. This effect recalls the subtle tonal transitions in the works of Giorgio Morandi, yet De Gennaro’s composition is more ethereal, like a memory held gently in the mind.

The addition of beeswax and glass powder gives the painting a tactile allure, encouraging viewers to reach out and touch the image. This layering imbues the surface with a sense of sediment, echoing the theme of memory preserved within the earth itself. De Gennaro’s palette here is restrained but rich, grounding the ephemeral with an earthy resonance. The painting invites quiet reflection, embodying both the fragility and endurance of memory—an homage to landscapes that reside not just in the physical world but in the soul.