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Art of the New Millenium
By Michael Gorczynski
“the essence of Scrivo’s works: it is a reflection, an image of his life, our life, life itself… a blueprint of the unbridled human soul.”
Michael Gorczynski explores the development of Scrivo’s work over more than four decades. From his early investigations of structure and rhythm to his more recent compositions, her text examines the constant dialogue between order and intuition that defines his practice.
CONTENT
- Sensations
- Evolution
- Music
- Opinion
1. Sensations
Looking at Scrivo’s unique masterworks leaves few untouched. At first sight the paintings in the series ‘Life’s different roads’ look alike. But nothing could be less true! Each life follows a fixed structure, but is paradoxically unique; the same applies to each painting in this series.
They drag the spectator along through an abundance of sensations: sun, music but at the same time the tragedy and the inevitable ending that is the closure point of each life.
One can look endlessly at that color game, and each time one can discover a new element, new roads, a new look at life. This is the essence of Scrivo’s works: it is a reflection, an image of his life, our life, life itself… a blueprint of the unbridled human soul.
2. Evolution
In his extensive oeuvre a true metamorphose happens, of his perceptions and sensations, in a synthetic abstraction, where the essence and the energy of the events that have stimulated him to this deposit of feelings, are as it were extracted from the act, filtered and rendered with an uncommon precision and humor on the canvas in their true outspoken form. Scrivo is blessed with the unique gift of visualizing his ideas in abstract, unrestrained, sharp brushstrokes.
Fascinating is the evolution one can find through an attentive study of the series ‘Life’s different roads’, starting with strongly contrasting color surfaces, in intense, often primary colors and evolving to tight, energetic lines who present a striking reflection of the essence of painting, and at the same time are a product of these hectic, energy-rich times. Art of the new millennium.
What is remarkable in his works is the unusual dimensionality. Besides the horizontal and vertical dimensions, there is a remarkable third dimension, that of front – background and of the relief in the painting; and only a personal meeting with the painting does it completely justice.
“‘Life’s different roads’, starting with strongly contrasting color surfaces, in intense, often primary colors and evolving to tight, energetic lines who present a striking reflection of the essence of painting, and at the same time are a product of these hectic, energy-rich times. “
3. Music
Lately I had a conversation with a musicologist, who told me about fugatic musical forms, the repetition and the evolution of themes in refrains and alterations of motifs. It did strike me that these style forms can also be applied to the works of Scrivo. One can compare certain colors to melodic themes, where brushstrokes dictate the rhythm and refrain.
This link became clear to me when I read in an interview with Scrivo that he likes to inspire himself by music during the process of creation, especially by Vivaldi.
4. Opinion
Scrivo is a true contemporary artist who doesn’t stay in the boundaries of conventions, but reinvents painting. His works are proof of an extraordinary maturity, the product of a deeply felt, intimate insight in life.