COLOR AND GEOMETRY. THE ANAMORPHOSES OF FELICE VARINI

In the works of the Swiss artist Felice Varini, the fusion of color, space, architecture, geometry and visual perception make room for spectacular spaces. Taking advantage of the synergy between the anamorphosis and color, the artist creates optical illusions. The colored forms assume their real semblance only when observed from a particular point of view. Form all the other angles they seem to be just random stains of color. The right point of view is generally situated at the average high of man along the inevitable route, for example along the way from one location to another. However, this is not always so because not all spaces have a systematically superimposed obvious way of passing through them. He brings forth and uses simple geometrical forms: squares, triangles, ellipses, circles, rectangles and the like. These forms are generally created with primary colors: red, blue or yellow, and very rarely with such colors as white or black. The techniques he uses is to first trace with a pencil the contour of the design projected upon the walls and then fill in the picture with a paintbrush soaked in acrylic paint. The use of a single color at a time is a precise choice. The artist maintains that later on the space itself will alter the color tonality depending on the surface on which the paint will be spread and on the light conditions. So, his color markings are nothing but visual signs that manifest the appropriation of space and open themselves up to human perception and cognitive experience.