Untitled (Riflessi - Reflections) by Ruggero Gamberini, Image 1.
In this vividly charged "Riflessi", colour behaves less like atmosphere and more like impact. A blazing vertical field of red collides with a dense sweep of black, while flashes of acid green and cobalt hover at the margins. The composition pivots around a pale, almost circular passage that reads like a burst of light breaking through layered planes. Collaged fragments interrupt and recalibrate the surface, creating abrupt shifts between opacity and luminosity. Reflection here is not tranquil but combustible - an image caught at the very moment it fractures and reforms. The result is a compact yet forceful meditation on contrast, velocity and painterly tension.
  • Ruggero Gamberini
  • Untitled (Riflessi - Reflections), 2003
  • Collage with oil paint on paper
  • 21.5 x 22 cm
  • Paper size: 45.5 x 44 cm
  • Signature: Signed lower right: "Gamberini 2003"
  • Subject Matter: Abstract art, Italian art, Collage, Oil on paper, Bold colour