Manifesto 2017, 2017

Surface, form and varying tones, are the key components of Gabriele de Santis contemporary series of paintings. He uses a wide variety of materials such as marble, wooden panels and tablets, which carefully integrate striking textures and evocative colours. De Santis draws attention to the contrasting evocativeness of open and closed spaces, and transforms them until they become interchangeable. He works with objects from our ordinary reality, and re-contextualises them into the environment of the world of fine art. De Santis works and lives in Rome where he was born in 1983. His work has always incorporated the chromatic interplay between the backdrop and forefront of his canvases. His paintings also capture the simultaneity of changes occurring in nature, as it is mirrored by changes taking place in his conceptual work. His 'Skate Canvas Works' series displays large surfaces, embellished with rollerblades wheels stitched together with duct tape. De Santis successfully patterns the contemporaneity of pop culture with sets and installations, which amplify the residual support of his modern abstractions.