Gabriel
Carucci

Gabriel Carucci is a visual artist whose practice questions the notion of home, identity and memory. After having spent most of his childhood years between Italy and Ethiopia, he then moves to London to complete his studies undertaking a BA at City and Guilds of London Art School and an MA at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2018. He currently resides and works in Perugia while participating in both solo and group exhibitions both nationally and abroad.

The artist aims at achieving an interrelation between disparate portions of canvas, each of which reflecting a particular memory; these are then machine-stitched together as one coherent body. Automatism dominates the artist’s process: there is no figurative representation of what constitutes each individual mnemonic trace; rather, it is the essence, transfigured into a sign through a gestural and instinctive practice guided by the unconscious. The threads intertwine, bind, and permeate the entire surface, connecting fragmented memories to the concept that unites them all: home. The surface of the paintings appears stratified, whereby each layer reflects past experiences, ideas and thoughts that enable the artist to better understand the question: “what is home?”, from the perspective of someone that is used to calling home everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

The attention placed on the materials employed in the execution of each piece is tangible and an essential component of the artist’s visual language. The selection and manipulation of the techniques and materials used mirrors the artist’s struggle in confronting the flatness and limitations of the physical surface of paintings. A struggle further reflected by the constant need for experimentation, whose aim is to build a visual language that most eloquently gives shape to abstract thoughts.