Gianfranco Grosso's Enigmatic Art and the Power of Repetition

In an interview with Alan Jones on Artribune, Italian artist Gianfranco Grosso discusses his solo exhibition "Vero/falso… Eros è la Vita… Metafisico è il viaggio" at Angelo Azzurro gallery in Rome in 2018. Grosso reflects on the concept of the exhibition, which he describes as a personal show that appears collective, drawing on the multiple personalities of artists like Picabia, Picasso, Duchamp, and Philip Guston. He emphasizes a vertical development in his work, connected by a red thread of memory and historical reference. The conversation touches on influences from Erik Satie and Constantin Brancusi, and the idea that art is a pharmaceutical product for imbeciles, quoting Francis Picabia. Grosso discusses the role of manual labor and the impulse to create, referencing his work "Cromatic Calabria" as a homage to his origins. The interview explores repetition in art, from Baroque music to Philip Glass, and the friendship between Giorgio de Chirico and Andy Warhol, arguing that reproduction enhances an artwork's aura. Grosso questions the nature of truth and falsehood in art, and the enigma of artistic creation.