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Dot Matrix Portraits
"The chiaroscuro gives sculptural plasticity to these images which, depending on the different angles of observation, really seem to emerge as if sculpted in marble or rock. Black and white allows the author to obtain, through the skillful and laborious use of overlays of inks and solvents, multi-level chiaroscuro effects that give body and substance to the images. De Gennaro's divisionist portraits certainly fall within the realm of cool media, that is, those in which the viewer is the focal point. It is up to the viewer to recompose the faces and recognize them. What currently differentiates De Gennaro's approach from Seurat's, beyond the technique of execution, is certainly the preference for black and white. The matrix of dots, the technique used in these works, is a grid that generates images and graphics, based on the dots that are "activated" and "deactivated." This is the principle underlying printing and many digital devices and presupposes active participation by the viewer, who is called upon to "recompose" these images divided into dots. And it is precisely in the divisionism of the late nineteenth century that we must identify the source of inspiration for this visual approach, a precursor and forerunner of the pixels of the modern screen. In the technique of divisionism, we find an invitation to set aside one's particular interests to consider oneself part of the whole. We are dots that make up a universe, and each of us can and must contribute to the harmony of the cosmos."
Lorenza Cariello (MAMBO - Museum of Modern Art of Bologna)
Collections
"Women Press"
"E pluribus unum"
Portraits of love
This is a collection of portraits created to highlight the role of reporters, first Italian ones, then extended to the international sphere.
Women of journalism: portraits with needles.
This collection of 13 portraits was created following the invasion of Ukraine, with the intention of representing some of those souls from whom the breath of fraternal freedom emanated. And this first embryo of a broader project was born, aimed at extending the collection to all the Presidents of the United States,
Dot matrix portraits for freedom.
A selection of dot matrix portraits of the souls who have unknowingly influenced and inspired the artist throughout his life.
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