ABBRACCIO

Discover “ABBRACCIO,” a masterful creation by Tommaso Arscone that redefines the boundaries of pop art. This monochromatic painting uses black, white, and subtle gray tones to emphasize the raw emotional energy of human connection. Featuring a central figure embraced by multiple hands, the artwork symbolizes desire, vulnerability, and intimacy. The exaggerated realism combined with abstract tension creates a powerful narrative of human touch.
Measuring 100 x 120 cm, “ABBRACCIO” is crafted with meticulous detail using oil on canvas, ensuring a timeless addition to any modern or minimalist interior. Whether you’re an art collector or seeking a statement piece for your home, this evocative painting is a celebration of both artistic craftsmanship and emotional resonance. A certificate of authenticity accompanies this piece, making it a valuable addition to your art collection.

Tommaso Arscone: A Journey Through Light, Shadow, and Emotion in Contemporary Art

Tommaso Arscone was born in Genoa on 11th February 1980.

In 1996, he began to produce paintings as a completely self-taught Artist, using different techniques such as acrylic, oil brush, oil spatula, airbrush, ink, pastel, charcoal, pencil and paint on various materials: canvas, table, prepared paper, copper, slate, plaster, leather, aluminum, plexiglass.

Over the years, his works evolved in pursuit of shades, shapes, light, harmony, optical illusions and colours in subjects such as bodies, female faces, older men, and hands, either marked by wrinkles or painted as a flat surface or using contrasts of colours derived from the bright lights.

In 2006, after a long period spent studying and practicing, he began to take part in some collective exhibitions in Turin and in Monte Carlo.

The following year, he won the “Best Young Artist” award at the Second Biennial Art Gallery Satura in Genoa.

In 2008, he presented his first solo exhibition at Palazzo Stella.

During the following years, he participated in other exhibitions and international events such as the American Art Festival “Genoa meets Easton.” During this time, he met the famous American sculptor Karl Stirner. They started to work together, and Tommaso undertook his first voyage to America, where he became familiar with the art of the most famous neighbourhoods of New York, which he exhibited in two group shows in Chelsea and Manhattan.

In recent years, he devoted himself to study and experimentation, producing works characterized by meticulous surface preparation designed to achieve the maximum three-dimensional yield.

The figures painted on the skin through the exasperation of light and chiaroscuro seem carved into the canvas or air. The statistics on canvas and the acrylic painting above emerge from glass, water, or milk.

In some works, the subject is often distorted, as in a lens, while the part of Plexiglas is blurred and fuzzy, creating a contrast between a painting technique that is more and more instinctive.

The Artist brushed the aluminum by hand to use it as a natural background and to bring out the subject.

In 2013, he started to work with the Galleria San Giorgio in Portofino and, in September 2014, with the Trade Art, a new contemporary art gallery in Milan. For this gallery, he also made exhibitions in Bahrain and Dubai.

He constantly searches for harmony and beauty with strong colour contrasts, shades and lights, alternating soft strokes, leaving almost imperceptible signs and features more intuitive and material. In these works, the uniqueness of the pictorial gesture and freedom of movement of the hand prevail, thus giving a strong visual impact and increased transportation. Cuts and positions leave free interpretation to the imagination of the beholder.