Risacca by Matteo Massagrande
With Risacca, Matteo Massagrande introduces us to the interior of an abandoned house suspended in time. In front of us, a balcony opens onto the sea, visible through scattered trees, while a door on the right adds depth and distorted perspective to the scene. Soft light envelops the space, transforming silence into a poetic narrative suspended between memory and contemplation.
The artist: Matteo Massagrande
Matteo Massagrande (Padua, 1959) is one of the leading figures of the new Italian figurative art movement. His paintings portray rooms and abandoned places inhabited by a single presence: light. A soft and suspended light that restores intensity to emptiness and transforms absence into essence. Active since 1973, he has exhibited in over one hundred solo shows in Italy and abroad, with works included in museums, churches, and prestigious collections, among them the Uffizi’s Prints and Drawings Cabinet. He lives and works between Padua and Hajòs (Hungary).
Description “Risacca”
The work depicts the interior of an abandoned house with a balcony overlooking the sea, trees visible between the balcony and the horizon, and a door on the right that accentuates the artist’s characteristic distorted perspectives. Soft light illuminates the scene, transforming the silence of the place into a poetic narrative suspended between memory and contemplation.
Conclusion
With Risacca, Massagrande explores the relationship between light, memory, and time, transforming an abandoned interior into a poetic echo suspended between reality and memory.