Pietro Dente
Painting works
Pietro Dente's works seek three-dimensionality through the superimposition of a sheet of polycarbonate worked in relief and a canvas painted using several layers of acrylic paint. The end result is a dreamy vision that brings the observer closer to the work and, at the same time, creates a play of shadows and reflections that change with the observer's movement.
Sculpture works
Graphic works
Photographic works
Biography
Pietro Dente was born in Padua in 1977. He studied at the Sacro Cuore Art High School and later graduated from the DAMS in Bologna in 2003, with a thesis on light in art. He further developed his artistic interests through studies in graphic design, design, music and photography.
After an early period influenced by abstraction, Surrealism, Dadaism, computer art and Neo-Medievalism, Dente developed his distinctive technique, also inspired by his travels to major cities such as Berlin and London.
His works are created on two levels: a painted polycarbonate panel, featuring views of major cities in raised colours, is placed over a canvas treated with layered acrylics. The two surfaces merge into a single composition, creating new perceptual effects. The polycarbonate panel is shaped to extend beyond the picture plane, introducing a three-dimensional element and generating changing shadows and reflections as the viewer moves around the work.
Publications
PIETRO DENTE
Metropolitan Embedded System II
Layout and critical text: Maria Giovanna Dal Tin
Languages: Italian/English
Text translation: Alessia Conti
Pages: 18
Size: cm 21 x 21
Price: 10.00 + € 10,00 shipping.