Nucleus
Nucleo (original Italian title)
An incandescent ellipse of orange and red, wrapped in an acid green halo on a blue ground: the warm heart of something being born.
- Artist
- Antonio Di Cristofaro
- Collection
- Spirals
- 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.
A large oval form burns at the centre of the canvas. Orange, red and yellow brushstrokes turn on themselves, layered like the surface of a star or a yolk seen against the light. Around it, a halo of acid green separates it from the blue ground like a field of energy.
The composition
It is a very simple composition — three areas of colour, one inside the other — yet full of movement. The brushstrokes are never still: they all follow the same circular direction, so the whole form seems to rotate slowly.
The contrast between the warm centre and the cool ground is at its maximum: orange and blue are complementary colours and enhance each other. Green, halfway between them, acts as a cushion and a vibration.
The meaning
Nucleus recalls a sun, a cell, a heart, a seed: everything that contains energy and life within. It is a painting about the essential, about what remains when everything superfluous is taken away.
Who it is for
A warm, luminous work, perfect for a living room or dining room: it brings the feeling of a lit hearth into the space.
The poem · original Italian
Nucleo
Togli tutto: le parole, i giorni, le cose che credevi di volere.
Togli ancora, fino a quando resta solo quello che brucia.
Lì, nel mezzo, c’è un arancio che gira su se stesso come un sole bambino.
Non ha bisogno di niente. È già tutto.
