Exhibited at the first solo show of Sexto Canegallo set up in April 1920 in the foyer of the Argentina Theater in Rome, the painting belongs to the series entitled "Environmental Psychology", and is described in the catalog as a "Panorama of an industrial landscape with a bridge and watercourse, and interior of a steel workshop completed by the effects of electric arc lamps. Summary of lively and fast vibrations ”.
Vibrante tells the fervent activity of a factory through a suggestive play of interior and exterior with a surreal flavor, emphasized by the presence of small events that unfold in the lower band of the canvas starting from the couple of workers emerging on the far right between fiery flashes and shadows vigorous, intent near a cauldron from which a luminous and flickering material of alchemical memory emerges: below, dark silhouettes stop in front of the throbbing crucibles, scattered everywhere, while a row of four figures pull a heavy load, creating a diversion of diagonals, and others are gathered in a compact group, restoring stability. The horizontal layout is emphasized by the hatching of the brushstroke that regularly alternates the primary colors overlapping with men and things, with the scenario of severe buildings illuminated in ocher and the high fence that glimpses in the distance. A sequence of bright point-like elements, irradiated like suns, mark the rhythm of the composition, simulating the enchantment of an artificial starry night.
Canegallo's avant-garde conception is part of a path that from Neo-Impressionism leads to Futurism passing through Symbolism, the totalizing geometrization incorporates the reasons of light, form and color, the line does not break up the mass in motion, but acts as a superficial interference capable of identifying an incorporeal, mental space.
In the work, supported by the vitality of a Divisionism still quivering with warmth and energy, Canegallo's taste for narration is perceptible.
Title: Vibrant
Author: Sexto Canegallo
Date: (1914 - 1919)
Technique: Oil painting on canvas
Displayed in: Pinacoteca il Divisionismo
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