In the Moscow Museum of Modern Art opened the first solo exhibition in Russia Francesca Leone “Out of sight”

In the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Tverskoy Boulevard, 9) opened the first solo exhibition in Russia Francesca Leone «Outside the field of view» (Beyond their gaze). Paintings of this artist have a special place in the current Italian art. Project «Out of sight» represents the audience of about 30 large paintings, affecting even the experienced audience care letter focused awareness chromatic transitions, feelings of extreme elegance, combined with the power of visual spell. The exhibition is dedicated to showing restored film director Martin Scorsese, Sergio Leone, in the Moscow International Film Festival.

Francesca Leone was born in Rome in a creative and versatile family: her father, Sergio Leone, was a great movie director, the withdrawing of Robert De Niro, Clint Istvuda and Ennio Morricone, Francesca's mother was the famous ballerina, her grandmother - an actress. Francesca from birth was given a spontaneous emotional depth, which was reflected in her paintings.

At the beginning of his creative path Francesca Leone studied and redefined artistic experience Futurists: G. Severini, U. Bochchoni, K. Carr, J. Balla. Futurism's fascination reflected in the artist's works - for its creativity is characterized by vigorous song, where the traffic figures are shown in a dynamic flow of time, dominated by flash forms, zigzags, beveled lines, where the motion is passed by the overlay of successive phases in a single image - the so-called simultannosti. This feature closed-circuit principle dynamic is reflected in its enormous portraits will not fit in the boundaries of the canvas, and though navalivayuschihsya to the viewer.

Despite the obvious narrative and dramatic color works, Francesca Leone, tells the story that is not an event, a thought. The artist chose the subject matter, painting, forming and transforming in front of the eyes of the viewer, as if the image can not or should not be vested with static, which it consolidated to once and for all. Deepest meaning of Francesca - this metamorphosis of cloth, symbolizing the human condition in a maze of city and intimacy at home.

characters Francesca Leone paintings are distinguished by the highest concentration of stress, which leads to the idea and action. The theme of loneliness and the city is in its portraits, characters, thoughts and actions. Francesca Leone brings hyperrealism sensual, emotional dimension and creates a wonderful picture of performance that can be defined as a classic work of great style - but a classic of our time.

Exposition Francesca Leone «Out of sight» opened in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Tverskoy Boulevard, 9) from 26 June to July 13, 2009.

Source: press release MMSI