"EXISTENCE" Paintings
“The first painting of Existence was the Sad Tree. Invited to participate at "Traffic", the exhibition that launched Nicola Bourriaud's "Relational Aesthetics", I decide to paint a picture that was stuck in my mind from the days of art school. That was three trees, two strong ones and a weak tree, curved as if the wind blows it. As I had no idea of how to paint realistically, I called a friend and he gave me a few instructions that later became content for FrancescoBonami.com (Neen Painting Manifesto). I decide to paint four versions of the SadTree and send a copy to every exhibition that I was invited to participate at that very moment.