Art: Italian-Canadian Surrealist Artist
Archiavv Inc.
- Netsurfer Digest, August 16, 1995 - Volume 01, Issue 27
JOSEPH CUSIMANO: DREAM OF FLIGHT, FLIGHT INTO DREAM
... take a painting like Romantic Harmony (1966), in which a
chalice set on a sort of altar enclosed in a niche seems to emit
roses and rose-leaves against a luminously unreal sky. But what
kind of lyricism is at issue here? Not an inert lyricism, that is
for sure; rather, I would say, a decidedly erotic lyricism,
"darkened" by a mystico-religious element.
Here Surrealist heraldry (in an absolutely non-blasphemous key)
overlaps with alchemical heraldry in which, as we know, erotic
impulses become sublimated into a species of ceremonial and iconic
paralysis. Cusimano's eroticism makes use of various stylistic
features of the Surrealist school, but judiciously. Mockery and
desecration are not among his muses. Even in the vague unease of
his world, Cusimano's sensuality is on the whole joyous...
Prof. Mario Lunetta, Accademia Platonica, July 1989,
Commenting on an artwork of Joseph Cusimano shown at
http://www.terraport.net/archiavv/
Visit the web site of Italian-Canadian artist Joseph Cusimano for an
educational experience on surrealism and you will:
* Enjoy over 70 metaphysical surrealist artworks,
* Learn the beautiful language of metaphysical surrealist art
(37 surrealistic elements explained with pictorial examples),
* Gain an insight into the artist's creativity,
* Explore thoughts on surrealism,
* Read excerpts by Prof. Pellegrini, Prof. Giannelli, and Prof.
Lunetta included in Pellegrini's book "Passage to Canada", and
* Experience moments with the artist.
P.S. You can find "Romantic Harmony (1966)" in Gallery 2.
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arch...@terraport.net
http://www.terraport.net/archiavv/ (Metaphysical Surrealist artist)
"... the Cusimano gallery is well worth a visit..."
- Netsurfer Digest, Aug. 16, 1995 - Vol. 01, Issue 27.
Voted "eyeSITE of the DAY" by "eye Weekly" magazine - Dec. 13/95
Andrea Peiser
surreale-metafisico? Ho timore che sia come dire che io sono
un' artista batman -frullelitrico, ovvero nulla. Per favore,
qualcuno puo` spiegarmi che significa surreale-metafisico?
Grazie
Andrea