Riccardo Angelini: Pure Graphite Monotypes at Tomav, Moresco

Riccardo Angelini, born in Moresco in 1980 and now based in Paris, presents an exhibition at Tomav in Moresco, Marche, featuring works made from pure graphite. Rather than drawing, Angelini melts, dissolves, and fuses graphite into a living substance that he spreads, stamps, and presses onto white gesso or paper grounds to create monotypes. The process is described as chemical, then physical when he induces accidents in the molecular arrangement to control the outcome. Psychologically, viewers project forms onto the resulting stains, and spiritually, the installation guides the eye from a heavy table at the front, through canvases, then papers, culminating in a dematerialized work thanks to French video artist Tibo Soyer. Angelini follows Rudolf Steiner and esotericism, loading the works with metaphor, but the aesthetic message stands strong on its own.