Solo exhibition - Federico Solmi: American Circus

Federico Solmi was born in Italy in 1973. Lives and works in New York

In his works Solmi combines traditional hand-drawn animation with computer game animation, video skill, and a cinematic idiom. His video works feature multiple layers of paintings and drawings created as three-dimensional environments. The work process involves filming against a painted background using Motion Capture technology. Solmi plays the lead figures, who speak in his voice. The wild, distinctive style of his work is characterized by a simple narrative, monumental spatial perception, a grotesque design of the characters and visual elements, the use of multiple layers of paintings in bold colors, and an exaggerated wealth of detail that is simultaneously unnerving and attractive.