Francesco Ruspoli — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Biography

Born in 1958 in Paris from a British mother with a French background and a Belgian father with an Italian background, Ruspoli has presented his work in international art fairs and international galleries increasing worldwide exposure.
He has been recipient of a number of important international awards and medals such as to mention a few: Eugene Fromentin Award and Gold Medal in France, Masters Award and Honorable Award in USA, Gold Medal in China, Honorary Award of Distinction and Honorable Award in UK, Silver Medal in Italy.
Inspired by his surrounding Ruspoli moved towards a new way of working stimulated by the influences of artists such as Chaim Soutine, Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, Edward Munch and Egon Schiele.
Ruspoli art work places the human figures in an abstract environment supported by a vivid use of colours where subtle gradation and dramatic contrast express nuance of emotion and sensuous physicality. The work also expresses the direct sensation of lived experience through organic shapes and forms woven from flowing lines and the gaze of the viewer.
Ruspoli is internationally awarded with some of his paintings in Museum’s permanent collections.

Artist Statement

“Art expresses a fundamental part of what it means to be human. It is through art that the conflicts of life can be explored, better understood, brought to the surface and put into new relations with each other. I believe we are living in a time of unprecedented breakdown in human relationships and interactions, stretching from the individual and personal level to the geopolitical end of the spectrum. We tend to think of interactivity in terms of technology these days rather than as human feeling and connection.
My art is meant to directly challenge this state of affairs and re-invigorate and re-inspire the emotional and spiritual dimensions of human life. This is inevitably in direct conflict with much of what we see around us in our world now.”
Francesco Ruspoli’s work is an exploration of relational space and its shifting possibilities within the contemporary world in which we all dwell. Here is a certain defiant romanticism that insists that emotions are precious, that meaning is creative and that there is a world beyond commodities. Using a strikingly vibrant palette, each painting presents a symphonic dance of colour where subtle gradation and dramatic contrast express nuances of emotion and sensuous physicality.

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