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Via Ludovico il Moro, 1
20143 Milan, Italy

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ARTISTS:
Marco Paleari
Enrico Baj (Collezione Ramo)


Marco Paleari answers questions from
Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, curator of the Collezione Ramo.

Give a definition of what drawing is to you.
Drawing is a particular way of moving the hand.

What creative techniques and processes do you use when working on paper?
I like to trace things around me or that I own with long sharp pencils, which I run perpendicularly around the perimeter of the object in question. Often these are toys that I have kept since I was a child. Sometimes I also trace plants and people. I thus obtain silhouettes that are somewhat reminiscent of the image of the crime scene, deeply embedded in our collective memory. After that, if the drawing requires it, I insert characterizing elements within these encumbrances, through slow and meditative hatching, which creates a strong chiaroscuro and volume contrast with the dry and incisive lines of the tracings.

Why did you choose this work from the Collezione Ramo?
Because in this work by Enrico Baj(Untitled, a study for The Birth of the Gods, 1986) I found there strong formal and poetic affinities with my own work, as well as the fact that he is an artist I particularly admire. At this time in my life I realize that drawings interest me the more they move me, and I find this work very moving in its own way. I myself would like to make drawings that are.

What value does the dialogue with modern design have for you?
It has the value of a discovery.

MARCO PALEARI (1998, Desio) - Lives and works between Seregno and Milan.
Marco Paleari's drawings, return the precise moment, through the tracing of the encumbrances of people and objects directly on paper. Within these boundaries, traced in the tip of a pencil, a new dimension makes room in which roles are assigned from time to time, with a precise and detailed drawing. The representation of the characters decontextualized on the blank sheet of paper, takes on the appearance of a large set design that offers the viewer the opportunity to identify with the composition and inhabit the scene.