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International Art Exhibition Milano
7even’s works are complex and overwhelming, your attention is immediately captured by the scenes he In both works, the narrative and the shots of the video are complementary to the paintings’ portraits.
creates and the narrative he tells in his visuals. 7even is an artist whose identity is unknown; we do not “Hush little beauty” tells the story of a woman oppressed by someone she thinks loves her. “He gave her
know his name, his face, where he is from. He always wears a white mask through which we can see a gold to win her heart while silencing her mouth with darkness … Tasted the sweat of evil and vile. She
penetrating and intense gaze covered by locks of hair. His identity as well as his works are covered in never said a word, no matter how it hurt”, the narrator tells. The woman never complains, never says a
mystery, which triggers the viewers’ curiosity. Every work is composed by a voice-over narrative that ties word until she decides to speak, to scream out loud, “to finally bite off his hand” and tell her truth. These
in video shots the message the artist wants to convey. He does not stop here as the dynamic compositional oppressive and constraining feelings are beautifully conveyed with the cold and blue colours of the
story is then depicted on an abstract style painting with vibrant, loud and bold colours. He paints, writes, painting representing a woman whose mouth is silenced by a dark hand and whose body is rigid. Such
creates and builds videos. 7even makes use of different narrative tools to tell his stories, to share his rigidness becomes fire in “Pele”, where a headless body stands at the centre on a flaming orange
emotions and experiences. Beneath the canvas and video, in fact, there are true stories that he has background. The video tells the story of a woman desired by the narrator who sees her at the side of the
experienced. His artworks, then, become the spokesperson of strong messages, ideologies and beliefs that road. She is charming and seductive and makes her way to the narrator’s car. “ I wanted to get to know
are unmasked by the narrator’s visual, pictorial and written language. In “Hush little beauty” and “Pele”, her. I wanted to stir up a conversation … But when I turned my front mirror to her, the words ‘tell
the picture of a woman is central. Here, the artist creates an unsettling atmosphere thanks to his deep and everyone about what’s coming’ was burned in my car”. The woman disappeared but her figure will
dramatic narrating voice and visuals in the videos and vivid and impactful brushstrokes in the paintings. always be in the narrator’s memory. She was Madame Pele, the deity of fire, light, dance, volcanoes and
violence. With these two works, I welcome you to “7even’s acrylic life on canvas and the narrative that
drives it”.
Art Curator Martina Lattuca
