Francesco Gennari

Francesco Gennari, born in 1973 in Pesaro, initially pursued studies in Law but chose to abandon them just short of graduation in order to follow his artistic vocation. His work develops from his own emotional, mental, and physical experience in relation to reality, attributing intimate and symbolic meanings to the materials he uses. Through this practice, he explores the limits of human existence and the desire to transcend them. The materials he selects carry a strong conceptual value, embodying the presence of the body and revealing themselves through details that are often overlooked. Self-portraits in the guise of cosmic phenomena, as well as insects such as beetles, earthworms, and snails, appear throughout his works, treated with respect and reverence—as in one of the works in the Collection titled Avendo sé stessi come unico punto di riferimento (Having oneself as the only point of reference), 2004. Among the works in the Giuseppe Iannaccone Collection are several examples that help decipher his poetic language, in which Gennari and his self-portrait take on different forms through which his body is reflected: Self-Portrait on Mint (2009); Self-Portrait as Solar Eclipse (2010); Self-Portrait as Night (2013); Self-Portrait as Triangular Sunset (2017); Self-Portrait as Animal (2018). Also part of the Giuseppe Iannaccone Collection are: Self-Portrait between a Square and a Triangle (2006); Self-Portrait as Part of a Nocturnal Landscape (between a Triangle and a Circle) (2009); The Body Returns to the Earth, the Soul Returns to the Sky (with a Sour Cherry Stain in the Heart) (2011); I Am What I Have Become (Self-Portrait on Mint) (2019).