Untitled by Ruggero Gamberini, Image 1.
In this 1973 print, Gamberini transforms the dragon into a hybrid creature - part myth, part machinery. Rendered with heavy, sculptural lines and punctuated by screenprinted colour, the dragon appears grounded rather than airborne: bulky, armoured, and almost industrial. Stripped of its traditional menace or heroism, it becomes an ambiguous emblem of power, endurance, and latent energy, poised somewhere between ancient mythology and modern anxiety.
  • Ruggero Gamberini
  • Untitled, 1973
  • Lithograph with screenprinted colour on paper
  • 45 x 61 cm
  • Paper size: 50 x 70 cm
  • Signature: Signed lower right: "Gamberini 73"
  • Subject Matter: Dragon, Mythical creature, Fantastic imagery, Hybrid form, Power and control