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| Deus Ex Machina |
“Macri occasionally presents us with the comic and satirical, just for the fun of it, just to turn our self-importance and pomposity upside down, as in the clever portrait with the highly-charged name, Deus Ex Machina, which reminds me of a 19th century London chimney sweep. Both funny and disturbing, the figure seems to be laden with a jumble of elements taken from other portraits, as if the artist is making fun, not only of himself, but also of someone like me who tries to meander among the intimations and imagine plausible scenarios.”
“Both funny and disturbing, the figure seems too be laden with a jumble of elements.”
"Oddly, I now begin to view the wonderfully comic Deux Ex Machina as a portrait of Death, a kind of trickster figure who appears suddenly, like supernatural intervention, to solve the mystery and end the game. And so, despite my own descent into melancholy, I don’t feel the Hour of Lead applies to this portrait as much as it does to Salvo."
~ Kenneth Radu (The Agonies & The Execution: Portraits by Adamo Macri)
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"First impression - Victorian Mystery Man.. a Gentleman who hides his identity, not because he is choosing to be deceptive, but rather - to pass by undetected/anonymous in order to slip away into the shadows."
~ Theresa Pope Church (American scientist)
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“Very piratic or Feigin kind of.”
~ Irina Gabiani (Artist, Luxembourg)
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"Un homme portant un masque sombre et des vêtements qui lui donnent un air très mystérieux."
~ Michael K Waterman (Multi-media artist, New York, Savannah Georgia)
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"I noticed how beautiful your eyes are. I just had my morning coffee, and it makes me see better."
~ Ida Tomshinsky (International Fine Arts College, Library Director Florida National University)
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"Somehow, this led me to the "Days of Lead".. and today just so happens to be the day of the Piazza Fontana bombing. Molto interesante. I see the anarchist behind the mask."
~ John Felice Ceprano (Ottawa rock sculptor, painter)
Deus Ex Machina, 2022
Photography: Chromogenic C-print
51 x 51 cm
