"I have always drawn, since I was a child, as if it were my natural way of being in the world, my way of telling what I felt and saw. Drawing has always been with me, like a silent companion that helped me express what words could not say. Today, finally, I feel that the time has come to share that world with you."

Roberto Barbieri, a self-taught artist, introduces himself by presenting, in his debut exhibition, ten paintings: a unique and authentic story, a true immersion into his life experiences.

meTRO, the chosen title for the exhibition, is doubly evocative: the reference to intimate and introspective narration fits into a suspended, anonymous, and transitional place, marked by waiting times and stops.

Portraiture, always at the center of the artist's poetics, is chosen as the privileged means to describe, with disarming sincerity, the emotions that bind him to different subjects.

His stylistic signature arises from diverse influences: the plastic power of Michelangelo, the luminous drama of Caravaggio, the emotional tension of Van Gogh, the elegance of Boldini, the narrative irony of Norman Rockwell, and the delicate and poetic imagery of Hayao Miyazaki.

The exhibition also includes preparatory drawings, studies of light and composition, photographs, notes, and documentary materials that narrate the creative process behind each work, from the initial creative impulse to the completed image.Read more