Geometries of Light collection
Alphabet
Alfabeto (original Italian title)
Twenty-five signs arranged on a grid: circles, two-coloured squares, sparkling rectangles. The letters of an ancient, mysterious alphabet.
- Artist
- Antonio Di Cristofaro
- Collection
- Geometries of Light
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Availability
- Available for purchase
Limited edition
Canvas prints
Faithful reproductions of the work on canvas, numbered and hand-signed by the artist, with certificate. The edition is closed: once sold out, it will never be reprinted.
The format follows the proportions of the original. Price and delivery times on request; worldwide shipping.
On a white ground, five rows and five columns of shapes: red, green, blue, grey and golden circles; squares split in half into two colours; small green rectangles. Each shape is covered with a grainy, sparkling surface that catches the light.
An alphabet
The arrangement recalls a table of symbols, a primer, the tiles of an ancient game. Each shape seems to be a letter of a language we do not know but can sense: there are repetitions, symmetries, variations. The black circle at the centre, unique of its kind, is the fixed point around which everything is organised.
Symmetry and variation
Looking carefully, you discover the rule: the composition is symmetrical around the centre, but not rigidly so. Corners answer corners, sides answer sides, but colours swap and pairs are reversed. It is a game of order and surprise, as in a dance.
The light
The glittering surface makes the work alive: it changes with the light. By day the colours are full and velvety; in the evening, under a lamp, the shapes light up with reflections like small jewels.
