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A brief biography of Sandro Del Prete
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“Everything we see can be seen in another way. Therefore, I ask myself; isn't everything an illusion anyway? Reality is but a question of perception, and perception inevitably varies according to one’s viewpoint. Different viewpoints lead to different dimensions.” Sandro Del-Prete
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Sandro Del-Prete |
Sandro Del-Prete's thoughts about the human way of looking at things form the mental starting point and the driving force for his artistic activity.
Florence, the city of beautiful art, formed the starting point for the artistic work of the then 23 year old Del-Prete. During his study at the Academia delle bell arte, he found the time and the ideal surroundings to set off on his way into the world of optical illusions. In the work of Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Rubens, amongst others, the young artist studied the techniques of light and shadow, form design and colour as well as structural elements. In addition to the technical skills of the old masters, Sandro Del-Prete immersed himself in symbolism and the possibilities of portraying the internal connections between the artist and his work. Back again in Switzerland, Sandro Del-Prete pursued his passion at first as a hobby. He experimented with drawing and painting, and worked mostly with the motives of sacred art; drawings and pictures like that of the "Inocencia" were created. To his early works belong likewise his first work in wood, like the three dimensional form "Madonna with Child", created in 1962.
Fifty years ago, Sandro drew inspiration from a Chameleon. As he pondered the strange-looking creature, he realized that one eye looked forward while the other scrutinized the rear. He reflected on how this little animal, with its panoptical sight, might perceive the world around it. He began looking at things from different perspective and tried to realize these on paper. So he discovered a new dimension in which the normal terms like front, back, top, bottom, right and left could no longer be used. These were then all the same, so front was at the same time back etc. All the individual parts were however correctly drawn in the picture, only the whole piece appeared impossible.
Soon afterwards he experimented with other types of illusions as are summarised in his various books and exposed in his art gallery Illusoria Land in Switzerland.