Le tele di Claudio Giulianelli sono porte attraverso le quali è possibile entrare in una dimensione di magia dove leggenda storia e costume si mescolano e per chiunque diventa tangibile la scintilla che Hieronymus Bosch ha prodotto in Claudio nell’episodio che lui stesso ci descrive. Ogni dipinto è una narrazione anche quando una singola figura riempie la tela, per questo sempre ho avuto la sensazione che anche lo spirito di Pieter Bruegel il Vecchio si diverte a varcare le “porte” lasciate aperte dal nostro Maestro.
Giorgio Bertozzi
Italian artist Claudio Giulianelli is inspired by Commedia dell’ arte characters, which he paints in a very tender manner as if they were the people next door.
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Claudio Giulianelli's art is full of fantasy, creativity and deep analysis.
A kind of art that goes back to the past to discover true beauty, purity and authenticity of the imagery.
Claudio's pictures, most of them representing feminine subjects, are a commixture of reality and imagination, dream and mystic, memories and symbolism.
The inspiration to the antique represents for this artist the opportunity to free his mind and create images that cast themselves to a new time of revolution in graphics.
This is a very difficult form of art maintained between tracks of real memories and freedom of expression. There's a flash of light coming from the looks of Claudio's pictures; it's a light that doesn't seem to belong to a particular time, neither in the past nor in the present. It's the light of Claudio's soul, the light of true expression of art going beyond any established dimension.
In terms of quality his works are spectacular; in terms of meaning his works are deep and remarkable. Claudio Giulianelli, like others despises the world around him; a world where hypocrisy, chaos and confusion seems to predominate over good. Therefore he finds home in his own universe, a place where he experiences mystery and fascination.
Claudio's works have a particularly beautiful appearance and at the same time, they carry the capability of catching the observer's interest and curiosity.
Viewing and pondering his works brings up a question about the subjects in his paintings, it seems impossible to determine their gender. This artist doesn't distinguish male and female in his portraits because he sees both of them just as manifestations of human nature. In Claudio's symbolism, where every character has a spiritual value, the differences lose their meaning and leave space for a new enchanting expression capable of engaging the observer. His body of work embraces many different cultural movements. It's easy to identify elements of Surrealism, Impressionism and Symbolism. A very distinctive form of art based on instinct in which the imagery is lacking only the ability to converse. If those paintings could talk, they would certainly have something to say about the contemporary human behaviour. They would suggest a sweet and quiet period of hybernation, opposing reality in order to discover peace and serenity.
The message that this artist seems to convey is one of regaining the true dimension of the existence through history and ourselves.
C. Zonno.
“The Lady”
“The Lady of the lake”
