Balsamo, Vincenzo Painting [Italy]

[...]He participates at the X Quadriennale (Tenth Quadrennial) in Rome. The works of Balsamo enter an expressive more complex phase where the colors of the blue, of the red, of the greens, of the yellow etc., they amalgamate like inspired from a controversial intimacy, at times suffered also. He knows and establish a relationship of collaboration with the "Bürdeke" Gallery of Zurigo. He becomes a father for the second time, his son Francesco is born. On his frequent travels abroad, on one occasion accompanied by Michele Calabrese, on another by Alfonso Gatto he has the opportunity to visit numerous museums. Among these the "Kunstmuseum" in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland. The works on exhibit by great masters leave an indelible impression on the artist. He exhibits in Zurich at the "Bürdeke" Gallery. In Saint Paul de Vence he gets to know André Verdet, Arman e César; in Paris he meets Picasso and Hartung and follows Léger at the Gran Palais. These encounters lead him to develop a clear idea of modern art in Europe. He begins to perceive his landscapes under a new light. The coloured backgrounds are deconstructed even further becoming almost abstracted. It is an evolutionary process that only subsequently in the 1970s will see the final transformation of the artist's expressive practice. The landscapes or the still lives become evermore fragmented and the perspective planes interlace, disarticulating the image. Balsamo becomes father for the third time with the birth of Antonella. The artist is now propelled towards a new representational form. He turns his research towards Cubism, attracted by an ever- greater synthesis. The perspective planes, the volumes, the objects intertwine and almost dismember, though without losing homogeneity and colour....

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