{"product_id":"french-mixed-media-painting-on-paper-no-09-by-angel-darisio","title":"French Mixed Media Painting on Paper No. 09 by Angel Darisio","description":"\u003cp\u003eA French mixed media painting on paper by Angel Darisio, conceived as a double-sided work with two distinct compositions held within a single frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne side is saturated in layered shades of emerald, teal, and deep blue. Broad fields of color are crossed by loose, looping lines and sweeping gestures, giving the surface a sense of continuous movement. Areas of pigment have been worked over one another, allowing earlier marks and variations in the paper to remain visible beneath the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse shifts into a quieter palette of pale green and muted cream, punctuated by strong passages of cobalt blue and flashes of ochre. Here, the gestures are more open and dispersed, with broad strokes and isolated marks moving across the lighter ground. The contrast between the two sides is one dense and enveloping, the other airy and graphic. The artist’s name, “Angel Darisio,” appears on the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in a simple natural oak frame with a dark rubber band for hanging, the painting can be displayed vertically or horizontally. Its double-sided construction makes that versatility part of the work itself: it can be turned, rotated, and rehung to reveal an entirely different composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDarisio’s works have circulated through French, Italian, and British galleries, including presentations with Streett Marburg \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"South Loop Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51252597621047,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/0135\/0967\/files\/Rqhi5AGwGEwQ7zecADE2yuHn7SIhfRxNvqK0w-HGsL8.jpg?v=1790383141","url":"https:\/\/thesouthlooploft.com\/products\/french-mixed-media-painting-on-paper-no-09-by-angel-darisio","provider":"South Loop Loft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}