This portrait was a request of a friend of mine for a portrait of her father. She wanted a full realistic result on a small sized canvas with him rearing his favorite red polo shirt. I don't know if Ι should have softened some of his wrinkles in order to prettify the final result but Ι must admit Ι enjoyed working on and recreating the heavy relief of his face. The work is based on photographs.
(private collection)
the publications of colleagues, Nov. 2021
Summer of 1969, Italy. A year after May '68, FIAT workers began a dynamic and unmediated strike against their powerful boss. Their struggle marked the beginning of a decade of workers' and students' mobilizations and the rise of the Autonomy movement. It was characterized by many as the last invasion of the working class into the sky. Last ... let's hope until the next one ...
