#40 Marco Lorenzetti: "Untitled"

The figures in the paintings of Marco Lorenzetti (b. 1972) operate under a similar collective distraction. Depicted in various states of repose, they congregate, they mingle, they lounge, they aimlessly proceed through the motions of social rituals. While inclusive as characters, the universal applicability of the figures contains a darker flip side. Fellow figures could be anyone, but the requisite discernment of neighboring individual goes undone. The other remain as unknown as ever, which, when coupled with a blind adherence to traditions, creates an indifference, a lockstep march towards an increasingly isolated society full of scared and faceless people. This work was acquired at an art fair in 2018. 

Artist: Marco Lorenzetti 
Title: Untitled 
Year: 2017 
Size: 52 x 68 cm 
Materials: Oil pastel on paper 
Originally acquired for: € 1,600.00 EUR