Giulio Saverio Rossi on Painting Today: Between Digital and Material

Giulio Saverio Rossi (born 1988 in Massa, lives in Turin) discusses his practice in an interview published on Artribune. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Accademia Albertina di Torino, and Il Bisonte di Firenze. Rossi describes his approach to painting as 'inattuale' (untimely), a concept borrowed from Nietzsche and Agamben, positioning painting as a critical medium that challenges dominant visual technology. His work often begins with digital images, which he deconstructs through traditional techniques. Notable series include 'Fluidi – dopo Worthington' (2018), inspired by Arthur Mason Worthington's 'The Splash of a Drop', where he inverts the ideal-real paradigm by assigning idealistic value to 3D liquid simulations and realistic value to painting. His solo show 'Ogni cosa rappresa' at CAR DRDE, Bologna (2018) explored the mineral gesso di Bologna as a link between landscape and pictorial tradition. Rossi's work 'Riscrivere un albero' (2017) at PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Turin, involved redrawing a tree trunk with graphite. He has participated in residencies including Landina, VIR Viafarini-in-Residence, and Mediterranean Landscapes (BJCEM). Rossi sees painting as a way of thinking, not a choice, and critiques the Italian art scene for reintegrating painting without understanding its grammar.