Angel Darisio, Mixed Media Painting on Paper No. 20, 20th Century
A modern mixed media painting on paper by Franco-Italian painter and installation artist Angel Darisio. Rendered in layered washes of turquoise, yellow, and rose, the composition weaves handwritten text with gestural marks, creating a composition where language dissolves into abstraction. Sourced in France, 20th Century.
About the Artist
Angel Darisio (born 1951) is a Franco-Italian artist whose work bridges abstraction, writing, and material experimentation. Emerging in the late 1970s, Darisio developed a visual language grounded in the dialogue between gesture and structure — where paint, pigment, and the trace of the hand become a form of written expression.
Working across painting, works on paper, and installation, Darisio’s compositions explore the tension between surface and depth, silence and inscription. His practice reflects the broader European movement of lyrical abstraction and concrete poetry, where the mark itself becomes both symbol and texture.
In 1992, the Bibliothèque Méjanes in Aix-en-Provence presented Darisio’s exhibition Œuvres Écrites, in dialogue with Italian artist Franco Beltrametti. The exhibition highlighted his meditative approach to abstraction — layered, chromatic fields that evoke palimpsests of thought and memory.
Darisio’s works have circulated through French, Italian, and British galleries, including presentations with Streett Marburg & Charlotte Casadéjus (London) and Proantic (Paris). His pieces from the 1970s–1990s — such as Calligram and the Œuvres Écrites series — are recognized for their balance of restraint and emotion, situating him among the lineage of European painters who merged art and language into a single poetic gesture.
DIMENSIONS: 29.5"W x 2.25"D x 41.25"H
ORIGIN: France
PERIOD: 20th Century
MATERIALS: Paper,Acrylic,Wood
CONDITION:
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