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PAOLO
TIETO
Giovanni
Cavazzon: a unique and audacious maestro
Giovanni
Cavazzon is essentially a concept painter. His work, which has
ancient roots, takes art to the limits of the purest and truest
forms of classicism. He takes inspiration from the divinities,
from the myths generated by the fervid imaginations of faraway
peoples, from those whose never-ending quest is the search for
mysterious entities and super-human powers. We find this in the
subject matter of his works and the ways he chooses to portray
them through the use of colour, plastic strength, vigor, unique
depth in rotundity and movement. The images are extremely faithful
and refined, sketched with lightness and precision, but with a
personal touch, not to be underestimated, that clearly brings out
the outstanding creativity and sketching qualities of this elegant
and refined artist. These qualities are manifested in his numerous
and renowned Venuses, which are depicted both as marvellous images
of women and as pagan deities, representing perfect beings of a
transcendental nature from a world beyond. Arcane effigies, formal
and impeccable in their nature, style and technique of colour
variations and hues with a mix of ancient ages and traditions can
be seen in Cavazzon’s deep sky-blue Venus cerulean, in the rosy
skinned Venus rose, and in yet another, modelled by the
chiaroscuro of light ivory, to personify regalness and
gloriousness.
Along this conceptual and allegorical thread
the artist continues his narration with Iuno, where the goddess
Juno is bestowed with dynamism and vitality through the
sublimation of her physical features, whereby glorifying her
interior being and spirit. A real drape makes this scene even more
original and innovative as it creates a sort of figurative dualism
from a realistic portrayal perspective. This is indeed an unusual
way to give shape and substance to human idealization. Cavazzon
returns to metaphorical nature with his two pyrographies on poplar
inspired by Eve in heaven on earth entitled Eden.
Here, the delicately exalted deep red of the apple of deceit
stands out with amazing effect as if it were engraved in
stone.
This unique and audacious maestro uses quite a few
tricks to inject new life into this form of plastic-figurative art
of our times in order to renew it and keep pace with the needs of
our modern world. Take, for example, The
Birth of Venus
(La
Nascita di Venere),
where the ethereal profile of the goddess appears suspended
between sea and sky, whereas in the installations Paris
and Aphrodite
(Paride
e Afrodite)
and Apollo
and Daphne
(Apollo
e Dafne), humankind is grafted onto the same painting becoming an
integral part of it. These and other expedients used by Cavazzon
create interest and curiosity in his works. They elicit inquiry
into the pictorial disquisition leading us to a better
understanding of it, and consequently to a greater assimilation of
its intrinsic values. The work of art is a topic of intellect,
know-how and knowledge apart from being an ostentatious and
esthetic act. These characteristics are very much alive in
Cavazzon’s inventiveness and creativity. He is very successful
at combining both these aspects, to join in perfect accord and
harmony moments of brilliance with visual consistency, which are
the conditions necessary for true and authentic art.
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