Nomad IV oil painting by Armand Campi.
Series and sequences
"I feel that I have finally succeeded in decoupling my work from my personal problems. It is the problems of painting that fascinate me. I try to work them out in the canvas.
The most important is the question of how to transpose the original image. The original image is imaginary, has no physique, knows no boundaries. The canvas, however, demands the concrete, the physical. This implies that the conversions are inherently flawed, while at the same time they continue to challenge, incite experimentation, study and strive for the optimum. It involves a complex interaction of image, technique, format, composition, materials and colors.
These confirm and limit each other. They can harmonize, or react in chaos and nonsense. No one can know if one is aligned with the optimum. This insight guided me through my experiments and leads me to painting in series and sequences."
Armand Campi
© Tatiana Sauvaître de la Fuente
Armand Campi has expressed himself in a range of styles. From surrealism in the beginning to abstract expressionism in the 1980s to his current style that recalls the atmosphere of old masters such as Turner, Goya and Moreau. Campi goes his unique way in which painting for him is.. Read more…