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Gonzho's Pictorial Lexicon and Syntax in the Representation of Childhood, Youth, Maturity and Old Age (with Italian translation included).

Authors: Magni, Luca;

Gonzho's Pictorial Lexicon and Syntax in the Representation of Childhood, Youth, Maturity and Old Age (with Italian translation included).

Abstract

This article proposes a theoretical interpretation of the work of Spanish painter Francisco González Díez, known as Gonzho (b. 1967), arguing that a substantial body of his works constitutes a unified system articulating a non-linear ontology of human existence. Moving beyond conventional art-historical approaches centred on stylistic development or thematic classification, this study conceptualises Gonzho’s practice as a synchronic structure composed of four interdependent cycles: childhood, youth, maturity and old age. Drawing on critical descriptions of the artist’s use of dorsality, spatial indeterminacy and perceptual reduction, the article argues that Gonzho’s paintings function as epistemic devices in which body, space and shadow operate as structural operators of meaning. Through the progressive transformation of resistance, force, adhesion and persistence, Gonzho constructs a visual system in which identity is not represented but ontologically configured across time. Il presente articolo propone un’interpretazione teorica dell’opera del pittore spagnolo Francisco González Díez, noto come Gonzho (n. 1967), sostenendo che un gruppo cospicuo delle sue opere costituisce un sistema unitario che articola un’ontologia non lineare dell’esistenza umana. Andando oltre i tradizionali approcci della storia dell’arte centrati sullo sviluppo stilistico o sulla classificazione tematica, questo studio concettualizza la pratica di Gonzho come una struttura sincrona composta da quattro cicli interdipendenti: infanzia, giovinezza, età adulta e vecchiaia. Attingendo a descrizioni critiche dell’uso che l’artista fa della dorsalità, dell’indeterminazione spaziale e della riduzione percettiva, l’articolo sostiene che i dipinti di Gonzho funzionano come dispositivi epistemici in cui il corpo, lo spazio e l’ombra operano come operatori strutturali di senso. Attraverso la trasformazione progressiva di resistenza, forza, adesione e persistenza, Gonzho costruisce un sistema visivo in cui l’identità non viene rappresentata ma configurata ontologicamente nel tempo.

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