Doménico C. V. Talarico

"Aesthetics and pragmatism are in constant tension with each other. Something that exists for aesthetic reasons is often not given the same respect in society as something that exists for practical or conceptual reasons. It seems that no overlap exists or is even allowed between these fundamentally different ways of thinking.

With my art I want to close this gap and declare beauty a necessity.

My sense of beauty...

"Aesthetics and pragmatism are in constant tension with each other. Something that exists for aesthetic reasons is often not given the same respect in society as something that exists for practical or conceptual reasons. It seems that no overlap exists or is even allowed between these fundamentally different ways of thinking.

With my art I want to close this gap and declare beauty a necessity.

My sense of beauty draws from past, almost forgotten Art Déco aesthetics. Clearly defined, reduced forms manage to flatter the eyes despite their cool austerity and at the same time trigger desire and longing. Combining Art Déco elegance with modern portraiture and the technology of AI I build a bridge between the past, the future and the present."

Doménico CV Talarico, born in 1989 in Gießen, is an autodidact and bon vivant living in Berlin. His works have been presented in numerous exhibitions within Europe and they are part of various private collections, for example in Paris, Brussels and Vienna.

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