Emanuel Mattini
"When I paint, I am a song. I am part of a rhythmic
flow thrown into the river of time."
Emanuel
Mattini's artistic gifts matured through extensive training in painting and photography
at the Atlanta College of Art. The result is an imagery of many textures and
cultures, embracing past traditions and present concerns in both the western
and eastern worlds. Just as the Polish-born author Joseph Conrad became an
eloquent and unique voice in English literature, Emanuel's art has begun to
mark the evolution of Western art. Combining a profound knowledge of history
with a sensitive awareness of his current cultural surroundings, Emanuel's art
presents an original expression of our time.
Built primarily on the art of collage, Emanuel's art is woven from a fabric of
tradition. Much more than a theoretical exercise or a decorative statement, his
approach to collage embodies the masters, such as Rauschenberg, Braque and
Carra, but also transcends their modernist stance, moving toward a more
sensuous and sincere artistic space. In this, his vision encompasses the
twentieth century experience while also intuiting the aesthetic outlook of the
new millennium.
Seeking new psychological and philosophical perspectives, Emanuel paints almost
exclusively en serie - allowing infinite variations to unfold and multiply from
a single, rational framework. This style approaches the postmodern, de-centered
attitudes of late twentieth century art, and this diversity mirrors our own
multicultural society. Moreover, as his work is saturated with the theme of
music, each canvas is injected with sound and opened up to additional senses
and interpretations.
Emanuel's sense of space and color are also unique in their balanced disorder.
Especially in the large-scale abstractions, color strikes an immediate,
emotional chord, delivering sensations that are at once emphatic and romantic,
concrete and metaphysical, post-modern and baroque. In these paintings, platonic
ideals mingle with tangible objects to create scenes that could be straight
from Donne's poetry - always transferring energy from the physical world into a
more spiritual realm.
Emanuel Mattini's work is avidly collected around the globe.
The Gallery at
Brookwood
5755 Cousins St
Austell, GA 30168
www.thegallery.us
770-941-3394