Arturo Di Stefano : New Paintings

8 Jun-3 Jul 2017

Overview

Arturo Di Stefano's latest series of paintings is called Cangiante, and like the title of his last show at Purdy Hicks Gallery, Fat over lean, the title refers to a painting technique, in this case one that dates from the Renaissance, in which a different colour rather than a darker hue was used to suggest depth to a given form. Cangiante derives from the Italian word Cangiare: to change. It also has other connotations pertinent to the activity of painting: iridescence; simultaneous colour contrast; optical glare and so on.