Two trees without leaves, their trunks and branches tortured a child perched on one of the tries to touchthe tip of his finger a little bird flew to a dark sky, a contrast of light and chaos relief and di mension made by a technique of painting on glass and place upside down, is the work of Sergio Ferrero di Muresanu, I discovered that the exposition of Cervinia, in Italy in 1975. Nature, the Child and the Animal, but a tormented world,nearly chaotic, where the message of hope is the child and his purity. A painting of Naive Art, but certainly with a touch of reality within its message.
For indeed, what difference is there between the two kinds of styles? Are they diametrically opposed? At first glance, one might think, but let's not forget that 40 years of art is also a life, a puzzle that observation, experience and heart to help in order to understand the messages and transmit.
After his mundane life in the international jet set, and his great success of his naive paintings, which are part of collections of Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor and many others, Sergio Ferrero, enters the world of sports and extreme competition , which will lead him to his human limits in relation to nature.
His Atlantic OceanCrossing by wind-surf in 24 days allows him his to enter the Guinness Book of Records in 1982. His trophies won throughout his extraordinary athletic feats from the age of 40, Sergio Ferrero crown, Prince di Muresanu, but also the Prince of Extreme. This is not the desire to win motivates mainly Sergio Ferrero is the need to know the dimension of man in his natural environment.
His extraordinary adventure of crossing the Atlantic will bring feelings so strong that he need to convey these messages through his book The Carezze della vita. He published in 1987 with a preface by Frank Sinatra.,his friend Respect for nature, environmental protection, the stupidity of people who destroy__ their own living space, inspire his new paintings: 'The massacre of baby seals', 'The catastrophe of the Amoco Cadiz' ....
The sensitivity and heart of the artist are affected. His human encounters and friendships refine his philosophy, he captures everything: his body and his mind imbued his experiences.
His talent will do the rest ... .... Black and white image, coloured, torn and rebuilt characters artistic policy discourse of our time, creates the puzzle of life, the transition between past and present "everything passes…everything stays ... "The hope materialized by the tear colors evoke the message of life, creation, destruction and the capacity to rebuild, but otherwise steeped in experience. The child and the bird of the past have found and brought this magic ... Observe his "Strappi, colors , choice of characters ...
What's difference with the works of the young Prince? Just the experience! For the transmission of love and hope is the same. For me, the Child is the Prince Sergio Di Ferrero Muresanu, and the bird his talent ... Is it a coincidence that the work of his life, his only child, Renato, was born while Sergio Ferrero had 62 years? ... ..