Venturelli Born 1949 in Caen, France Click to see collection. Venturelli 's pictures do not represent anything. They are non-figurative. They are not, then, abstract in the sense that the eruptions of color, the graffiti-like black nerve fibres, the spaces seemingly and illusorily opening deep into the surface of the picture, the reciprocal configuration of the strokes, the architecture of the work or the collision of the colors refer to the objects or motifs in a world outside the picture frame. Conversely, it would be a far too banal and above all nondescript reading to speak simply of inner landscapes.
All pictures reflect a disposition, a frame of mind, a temperament, a person.
They become a quivering, energy-packed encounter of colors in a particular demarcation. This is where Venturelli 's quality lies. Highly banal, highly simple, deeply serene. Colors spread across a canvas, intertwining, their temperament and nervous resilience underscored by the palpitating black ribbons interspersed like tentacles in a world of colors. Not for the sake of narration, but to give the picture texture, color-swept demarcations and counterpoint.