Where Vision Becomes Matter
Before an artwork enters a museum, collection or market, it begins in the atelier.
The Stilnovist returns attention to the physical construction of painting: drawing, support, pigments, brushes, glazing, light, anatomy and the gradual transformation of material into image.
Within Neo-Stilnovism, technique is not secondary to concept.
Technique is part of thought.
The Culture of the Atelier
The atelier represents a place of experimentation, discipline and transmission of knowledge.
Painting requires an understanding of materials as well as imagination.
Canvas and wooden supports.
Ground preparation.
Pigments.
Binders.
Brushes.
Glazes.
Drawing.
Chiaroscuro.
Composition.
Every technical decision participates in the final meaning of the work.
Sculptural Projection
Within D’Antoni’s research, the human figure is mentally conceived as a three-dimensional structure before being translated onto the painted surface.
This approach — described as Sculptural Projection — seeks to give the figure weight, volume and physical presence.
The Velatio Method
The Velatio Method investigates the relationship between vision, memory and gesture.
By temporarily reducing conventional visual control, the painter explores a more intuitive relationship with movement, internal perception and the construction of the image.
Tradition and Experimentation
The recovery of atelier knowledge does not imply rejecting innovation.
On the contrary.
A deep understanding of traditional processes can provide the technical freedom necessary for experimentation.
Neo-Stilnovism therefore treats the atelier as a bridge between historical knowledge and contemporary artistic research.
Explore the Atelier
Painting Techniques · Drawing · Pigments & Materials · Sculptural Projection · Velatio Method · Composition & Light