Portrait of Warren Buffett with a Poodle

I protagonisti dell’opera sono: Warren Buffett.

Presentato accanto al ritratto di Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet funge anche da ospite, accogliendo lo spettatore alla mostra. Le due figure contemporanee sono reinventate come aristocratici dell'era rinascimentale, abbracciando l'atmosfera del palazzo storico sontuosamente decadente in cui si svolge la mostra. In questo particolare pezzo Warren Buffet posa con un barboncino, in riferimento alla Dama con l’ermellino di Leonardo Da Vinci.

Main Characters in the Artwork are: Warren Buffett

Hung alongside the portrait of Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet also serves as host, greeting the viewer to the exhibition. The two contemporary figures are reimagined as renaissance-era aristocrats, embracing the atmosphere of the lavishly decadent historic palace in which the exhibition takes place. In this particular piece Warren Buffet poses with a poodle, in reference to Leonardo Da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine. In “Joie De Vivre,” an ensemble of contemporary and historical leaders, tech tycoons and influencers are portrayed in a dreamlike Metaverse atmosphere. These figures are costumed in eccentric courtly outfits from a variety of historical references such as the paintings of Velazquez, De Chirico, and Picasso, as well as the silent films of Fritz Lang. They are digital still images that Solmi transforms to bring them back to the two-dimensional reality of drawing and traditional painting. It is a process of returning from the digital world of his videos to a present, physical reality. By capturing the poetic world hidden behind the soulless digital renders that populate his video work, Solmi explores the mysterious realm that lies underneath the countless images that fill our devices.

 

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