Reality cannot be defined by a simple frame; it changes depending on the point of view, light and other conditions.
In his works, Porta encapsulates the philosophy of a people, its whispered elegance, its rigor, its ever-present but never invasive memory: exactly what resurfaces through short, quick brushstrokes that capture the mind.
Although intimate, in the portrait dimension, the subjects are depicted spontaneously, in fleeting poses, yet they are able to generate such empathy between us and them that we feel we have already met them.
They tell us about their lives that seem to intertwine with our own. They leave us with the desire to listen to the story of their lives and experiences.
The delicacy and lightness that run through Davide Puma’s canvases lead to a reflection on nature and the higher laws that determine it and allow each element that is part of it to move and change. Vegetation is described with precision, knowledge and extreme awareness but it becomes iconic by losing the reference with reality and its materiality.
An abandoned but still existing past interfaces with modernity and makes way for other manifestations, reviving through the lively expression of nature and contemporary street art.
Impact is the result of an act, which through performance becomes concrete. In this way, the work becomes the final result of the entire creative process. Impact is a symbol in which one can find expressed the value that, today, society attributes to the power of impact, of shock.
“Rust, that derogatory term, I turn into an image of beauty! I love the light lines embroidered on the metal surface, those warm colors, that perfect metaphor for the change that time exerts on everything.”
