Luca Gioacchino Di Bernardo was born in 1991 in Naples, where he lives and works.
His artistic practice develops through drawing and ink painting, focusing on the analysis of the present through careful observation and a precise knowledge of the past. A complex and articulated cultural baggage manifests itself in the work at multiple levels. The suggestions that govern his language range from philosophy to religion, from art history to mysticism, from the esoteric to the political.
The detail of his linework is meticulous but chaotic. The lightness of his line contrasts with the density of information that is piled up in each of his drawings, generating micro and macro worlds that are all to be observed and investigated.
The detailed analysis of his works can be difficult and insidious, but the revelation lies in decoding the theoretical framework, which is rich in information, sometimes impetuous and vehement, other times measured and clear, to the point of becoming poetic.
Di Bernardo's universe oscillates between the surreal and the real, generating a sarcastic but also melancholic imaginary in constant search of something that is beyond.
“I believe in opposites, so in order to speak of the real, I must speak of the unreal.”
