Piero Baiamonte

Nasce a Caltanissetta nel 1958, vive e lavora a Racalmuto (AG) – pittura, musica, videoarte, installazione sono le sue espressioni artistiche che predilige.

Dal “nuovo figurativo” del periodo 2000-2010, teso ad indagare sulla mercificazione e omologazione della bellezza, appiattita dai freddi parametri massmediali, le opere recenti sono rivolte ad un astrattismo dinamico e sperimentale in cui i tratti, le tensioni, le traiettorie aprono a nuove scritture e linguaggi pittorici di moderna concezione.

Numerose le mostre personali e collettive nazionali in varie sedi espositive come numerosi i riconoscimenti che si riassumono: 1° premio (acquisto) alla mostra internazionale d’Arte “IncontrArti” Erice 2002 premiato

dall’artista Ibraim Kodra e Carlo Franza critico d’arte de “Il Giornale” – 1° premio alla mostra d’Arte e Artigianato Sciacca citazione critica del prof. Franchino Falsetti dell’Università di Filosofia di Bologna, I° premio “Il pennello d’oro” Catania, I° premio alla rassegna d’arte galleria OpenSpaceTeather Agrigento.

Viene incaricato direttore artistico per l’organizzazione di mostre ed iniziative culturali presso il Castello Chiaramontano di Racalmuto (AG) periodo 2001 – 2004 e periodo 2010 -2014.

Biography Piero Baiamonte

lives and works in Racalmuto (AG) Sicily – paintings music, video art, settings (habitat) are the artistic expressions that he prefers. From the “new figurative ” of period 2000-2010, aimed on investigating the commodification and homoligation of beauty, of flattened femininity by the cold mass-media parameters, his recent works are aimed at a dynamic and experimental abstractionism in which the traits, tensions trajectories are open to new scripts and pictorial languages of modern conception.

Numerous are the awards, with personal and collective exhibitions in various and prestigious exhibition venues , among the most recent: Made4Art personnel space, arteexpo Reggio Emilia, Officine delle Arti Agrigento, Chatka Zaka Museum Lublin, Foro de Creadores Madrid, JMC Gallery and Laming inc. New York, Sciortino Museums Monreale, X Salòn Internacional Otono/GoyArt Madrid.

From the critical text by Vittorio Sgarbi: “ARTE ESSENZIALISTA” a mature conception of geometric abstractionism, ” He seemed to be following permanently the road of figuration, the paintings of the Sicilian Piero Baiamonte, cantor of youthful femininity, adapted to the rules of the so called Fashion Age. Then something suggested into his way of seeing, a need of trying solutions that could put in discussion: the landing points achieved until then, as if to want to look for something more specifically artistic behind the exposure of beautiful trendy appearances, although not without their charm.

The result is in the production named by Mr. Baiamonte himself “essentialist”, who knows if with similar valences with those with which the term is conceived in philosophy: the breakthrough is clear, there is no more figuration and with that the graceful young ladies. Instead of them a mature conception a geometric abstractionism, made of structurally articulated systems, obtained from the combination of simple elements, in particular of straight filaments that intertwine and tangle into cobwebs.