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Artist Biography The human landscapes of Lucio Diodati reveal the deep roots of artistic trends that occurred in the first half of the last century. Lucio Diodati is a self-taught artist whose works are not easy to categorize precisely. His way of depicting and of transforming the human character communicates a sense of late-expressionism, at least where his expression shows touches of critical irony and perhaps even of amusement at the transformations of the characters presented. Diodati places his characters in a neutral setting. They seem to participate in communal rituals but they don’t talk to each other and they don’t look each other in the eye. Each character puts on a front, one alongside another, wearing personal masks that indicate a sense of social belonging, if not the hidden essence of a psychology that confines itself to the act of existence without disturbance. Or perhaps these characters are only prepared to present an image of them selves, which is smooth and sage. They are middle class people with a sense of detachment; their long necks straining to listen to some strange sounds, polite policeman (Carabinieri) and Arturo (the tamer) who are a bit cautious; Arlecchino (the jester) who enchants us and catches our eye with his coloured patches and mask; people with weird hairstyles that speak volumes about the people that wear them; young people wear daring necklines that express femininity yet with a polite innocence. He makes use of colour tones and counter colour tones, along with contrasting shades and vivid colours so the whole work is presented in a really spectacular way, always illuminated by direct solar light. Diodati tends to fill the space of the canvas with the fullness of chromatic volume, so that the bodies are defined concisely in geometric elements that are almost cubist in shape. Behind figures there is empty space, apart from references to a horizontal sea-line or to colourful background modulated in an abstract layout. These backgrounds, which cannot be decoded, serve to emphasise the stupefied expression of the human beings who seem to be waiting. Diodati’s works make you feel bound to applaud the pictures, which show a theatrical style of images in a moderate and almost sweet way. Lucio Diodati was born in 1955 in Popoli, Italy where he still resides and works. His paintings can be found in galleries around the world.
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