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ArchiveBorn 1966 in Carmel, California/USA
A leering sarcastic mouth sign-posts the beginning of a new stylistic phase for Michael Bevilacqua.
The sound of heavy metal blares out once more: "Corrosion of Conformity" is the name of the show (The Flat-Massimo Carasi, Milan), borrowed from the famous 80s band. The eyes of the
observer are drawn into a vortex of recurring, stratified icons that animate enormous paintings.
Bevilacqua devours, regurgitates and then recomposes images like the shattered fragments of a mirror. His energic brush strokes force the artist to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the canvas. He is seduced by punk aesthetics, absinthe drinkers and Film Noir.
Hence, each painting focuses on the elaboration and the revisitation of a media event or a personal recollection.
The artist's works are present in international collections: Louisiana Humlebaek (Denmark); Deste Foundation, Athens (Greece); Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (TX, USA); The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (USA); San Francisco Museum of Art, (USA); Mitsuni Collection Tokyo (Japan)
 Michael Bevilacqua, "Singing and Laughing in the Rain", acrylic on linen, cm 152 x 122, 2008. |
