A phenomenal mural by Turin born artist VESOD has just been unveiled in the picturesque city of Padua, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. The city is intensely pretty, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze and charming bridges crossing the Bacchiglione river, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. Most of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” was set in Padua, and VESOD’s new mural is certainly a triumphant addition to the historic city.
The work, “Compianto, tra spirito e materia” (“Regret, between spirit and matter”) graces the two main walls on a small tower overlooking Via Codalunga. The misty spirit revolves around the subjects as a key to access infinity. A Giottus-like starry sky spreads celestial light over the subjects; the glistening coins, the central nave of the Chapel, and the group of onlookers in the background.
Vesod’s artistic attitude has been heavily influenced by his father, Dovilio Brero, a surrealistic painter. Capitalizing upon his innate artistic talent, Vesod immersed himself in the graffiti world at the start of the 90s, when he was just a teenager. His career has been on an upward trajectory ever since, and Vesod has diligently honed and defined his personal painting language over the years.
Vesod graduated in Mathematics, which, along with renaissance art and futurism, is an important component to his work. This can be recognized in his attempt to harmonize anatomic proportion and futuristic dynamics. Vesod’s work plays with the concept of time and encourages the idea of the eternal present. His art is often from “God’s point of view,” and the idea of representing space and time all in a single moment allows the viewer to detach from their own reality and muse upon the eternal.
The mural was facilitated by OCULUS, an innovative programme created and managed by the Italian National Observatory on Urban Creativity, in partnership with three UCAs: Il Cerchio E Le Gocce in Turin, Macross in Trieste and Xpression in Bergamo. The scheme is also partnered with the Khorakhanè Cultural Association in Abano Terme and is funded by the Youth Department of the Italian Government. Oculus also won the nationwide “Giovani Talenti” (Young Talent) contest.
After the initial training and tutoring phases, the Oculus Traineeship connected the forty beneficiaries of the program with public entities and artistic/ technical curatorship. The continuation of this path will see the birth of a new Urban Creativity Association (UCA).
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