I love you inside Ed
Valerio Carrubba slices open faces and bodies to reveal hyper-realistically depicted innards. Anatomically correct or not, the results are certainly attention grabbing. The details, including lushly rendered backgrounds, are masterfully drawn. No doubt there is some point behind these paintings, waiting to be revealed like the guts of Carrubba’s subjects, but I’m willing to let this be another unsolved mystery. Though far more talented, I’m even tempted to view Valerio as one the many artists who are recognized simply because their style is so clearly recognizable. Instead I’ll reserve judgment here use the phrase I keep hearing everywhere I go, the deeply meaningless mantra of our time: “It is what it is”.
Tags: Valerio Carrubba
September 28th, 2009 at 6:12 am
What’s wrong with the expression “it is what is is”? Anyway this is good art, you shouldn’t complain about it. The artist is making a statement about how we hide our true beautiful insides until someone pries them open for us. it’s about the beauty of being nude before all.
Peace.
October 26th, 2009 at 7:05 am
[...] Milan based painter Valerio Carrubba is an extreme hyperrealism painter. The paintings are Dali inspired, tho he has some pure beauty work that are already in some big collectors homes. Some of his works are painted twice; one brushstroke lying on top of the other. This double painting emphasizes the colors and repeats the form in order not to describe them but almost to deny them. (via) [...]