Descrizione

Giacchino Peiper, better known as Jo Peiper is an Italian sculptor, printmaker, and painter. Critical awareness of current issues and irony, but also strong contrasts and references to the great artists of all time to whom he often dedicates his tributes; these are the aspects that characterize Jo Peiper’s works. Preferring mixed media on canvas, the artist expresses with great energy his sensitivity, stimulated by both current events and themes. The discussion never ceases to animate debates such as feminism, racism, and the ideological excesses that have characterized past eras and are still relevant today. The common thread that characterizes each work can be deduced from the historical-cultural academic path that Jo Peiper has developed over the course of his life as an artist. The subjects range from the abstract to the female body, from dystopian settings such as her well-known homage to Mimmo Rotella to representations of historical figures, sometimes very controversial and represented by the artist as always with great irony. Appreciated by an initially niche market, the artist has seen the number of his works purchased by collectors grow, also thanks to the visibility of the web, on which he is nevertheless present in a discreet and decidedly uncommercial way. Maintaining the anonymity of his pseudonym and confirming its ironic nature and always aimed at highlighting dichotomies and contradictions, the author is aware of the resonance of social networks but shuns the spotlight both for the criticism and for the applause, dismissing the curious with a lapidary and evocative “So it is (if you like)” that paraphrases the great Luigi Pirandello, confirming, if it still serves, of one’s attachment to the classics, including literary ones, and to history.

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