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In his current works, Antonio Sarcinella deals with the topic of how the finely calculated use of color influences and determines our perception of spatial structures, of what could be foreground or background or what is inside or outside.

At first glance, the composition of the picture series is very simple. A round arch appears on the portrait-format wooden panels and canvases. Sarcinella dispenses with figurative figures and other details that could give an indication of the location or size of this architectural structure. Is this a wall painting or a wall opening that allows a view into an abstract landscape?

 

The impression of space and depth or expanse is created solely through the choice of different colors and color gradients. Referring to Josef Albers' legendary theory of color, which he published in 1963 under the title “Interaction Of Color”, Antonio Sarcinella sees the great potential in the changeability of colors and their fluid character. We only ever perceive individual colors in relation to other colors, and we experience the transformation of colors in contrast to others. Sarcinella skillfully uses this knowledge to create atmospherically charged, metaphysical visual worlds that defy rational unambiguity.

 

This ambiguity is already inherent in the painterly process of creating his works. Simple, roughly worked areas of color alternate with fine, detailed elements. With a reduced formal language and his courageous use of unconventional color combinations, Antonio Sarcinella shows us that there can be no certainty, no one-to-one, no truth in the observation of colors, but that it depends on the willingness to go on a journey of visual sensations.

 

 

                                                                                                   (Text by Dr. Claudia Quittenbaum)

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