Although he was born in Italy, Sergio Gotti paints at times with an Asian flair. His color combinations of deep red and rich gold, for example, take the viewer on a journey to the beauty of the Far East. Furthermore, his landscapes and abstract designs share the quality of balance found in feng shui. Still other works, have the more romantic feel of Italian art. His works are rife with graceful movement and the idealization of the human form that hearkens back to the days of the Renaissance.
Influenced by his studies of anthropology and paleontology, Gotti seamlessly blends cultures. When painting an animal from the West’s horoscope, he does so in an Eastern style that recalls the Chinese zodiac, as if to show the similarities between the cultures. Likewise when he paints a portrait of a North African nomad, the flowing ripples in the Tuareg’s clothes call to mind the naturalism found in the cloths carved by Michelangelo in his Pieta. In his quest to connect man to earth, Gotti ties cultures together.
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