2001 | Fondi | Italia
(Alessandro De Santis)
Alessandro De Santis was born in Fondi in 2001 and spent his childhood in San Felice Circeo, where he graduated from classical high school. In 2019, he moved to Rome to begin studies at the IED - European Institute of Design, graduating in 2022 in Fashion Stylist and Editor. This course of study allowed him to deepen his understanding of aesthetics and develop a critical eye, through which he can express his vision of the world originally through images.
From 2021, he participated in his first group exhibition called "Art Open Space," which allowed him to connect with the lively young artistic scene in Rome and develop his personal style. In June 2022, he took part in the Foiano Painting Biennale, followed by participation in the Alessandro Parisi award in May of the same year.
In 2023, Alessandro held his first solo exhibition entitled "ADA" at the Frissón exhibition space in Rome. This exhibition stands out for its deeply nonconformist spirit and underground taste. He chose a conceptual approach, using an expressive poetics situated halfway between text and visual, aiming to emphasize, challenge, and sometimes provocatively mock the clichés of contemporary society.
22-28 Jun 2023
Vernissage
Thursday 22 Jun 18:30-21:30
Ada observes the world with a deeply critical eye and attempts to express her vision through the reworking of the so-called "objet trouvé," whether it is a poster, a fine, or the packaging of some food. This exhibition emphasizes the textual expression elaborated on the "torn posters," taken from their original context to be displayed with blunt and raw phrases printed on reworked, defaced, distorted images. The artist adopts a conceptual approach with an expressive poetics, blending conceptual and visual elements to emphasize, contest, and sometimes mock the clichés of contemporary society with a provocative and irreverent style. Her nonconformist spirit, combined with an underground style, is effectively expressed and summarized by the acronym of her artistic name: Sometimes You Must Let Yourself Go. A philosophically tinged admonition that recalls the famous Heraclitean doctrine of “πάντα ῥεῖ”: everything flows, everything changes form, and it is therefore necessary to surrender to the ever-changing reality in order to grasp, observe, and eventually critique it.
