The reading room
US$ 630
Overview
2021
Oil Paint, oil on thick paper
Unique Work
Dimensions: 40cm (H) x 60cm (W) / 15.7" (H) x 23.6" (W)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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This item ships from Italy
Please note that this item is unframed and will be shipped flat
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About the art
Artist statement
An original piece from the series “The reading room”:
In the reading rooms I wanted to represent a very simple idea, namely how much the content of a book can acquire reality for those who are reading it, becoming as present as the true reality. For this reason the rooms have a view towards the outside and the concrete world. Only by painting them, I realized that those windows are not an opening, the external landscape does not count at all, and the room is a refuge. The reader is somehow protected from the outside world as in a shelter, and his reality is only inside the book.
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Artist profile
Federico Cortese
Hometown: Turin
Based in: Turin
I was born in 1971 in Turin, Italy, where I live and work as an artist. Since I can remember I have always drawn. My preferred techniques are classic oil on canvas paintings, and pencil drawings.
I’m like a mouse in its box. A little mouse safe in its shelter, that …
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