DG@RT

Daniele Paoni has a singular talent for conveying messages; in art DG@RT, he exploits an ironic bent that he combines with renewed Pop art hinges and a clear Post-graffiti style. Leo cover graffiti seems to be a work created to embrace the idea of ARTOXIC, an international art exhibition at the M.A.D.S. International Art Gallery. The term Post-graffiti refers to those stylistic trends rooted in the culture of Graffiti and Street Art and manifested in different forms of artistic expression. DG@RT creates something completely original because he combines a knowledge of the big names in art history, icons and popular culture of the last century and the new millennium, comic books and Japanese cartoons with his life experience and the people he met in every corner of the world. Daniele adds to this his great creative vein that explodes on any medium at hand, where he pours everything he has learned, creating a harmonious mix of components. In this specific case DG@RT uses the Pop vein to represent Leonardo da Vinci as the icon protagonist "With the dreadlocked hat I wanted to symbolize his freedom; the choice of bright colors is to praise his work in the different arts. The armed Mona Lisa shooting a paper airplane with the word peace to represent the double meaning in paintings (what the artist wants and what the buyer sees)." The Post-graffiti component is not only present at the graphic level but also in the stylistic sphere, Daniele embraces, in fact, the polemical tendency of the current. His denunciation is clearly linked to the art world, as suggested by the protagonist subject and the images associated with him. One creative peculiarity to dwell on is the Vitruvian Snoopy, a brilliant epiphany on the author's part.

Art Curator Mara Cipriano