The work of Giampaolo Parrilla (b.1997) explores the themes of violence and ambiguity of the image, the relationship between the ordinary and discomfort, collective trauma, and the connection between the fragility of the body and artificial technological power, through tools of geopolitical analysis.

 

The artist works by re-elaborating in painting global events and news, images of conflicts, infographic maps, data models, photos of military weapon systems, government and NGO reports, which become tools of investigation on the theme of visibility, on the way which we are used to seeing, thinking and understanding reality, catastrophes and the failure of representation.

 

The main focus is on bodies and the prospects of violent use of technology in relation to the population, the legacies of historical crises, and the revolutionary potential of the collective imagination. The works reflect on the common capacity to absorb and remove large amounts of information from the media, and to be influenced by unreliable and unverified information.

 

The works explore the various visible and invisible forms of violence of the image, revealing and at the same time retaining meaning. His practice raises questions about the ways in which traumatic events and crises can be represented, both at the level of metaphor and imagination as an act of resistance and sabotage.