LANDFILLS

  • federico cortese

from the series “The earth seen from space”, oil on canvas. 50 x 40 cm, 2017 / 2019. This series of paintings is inspired by satellite photographs that today, with tools like Google Earth, allow anyone the virtual exploration of the planet. Starting from those real images, I rework those aerial views, inventing new codes of representation and new decorative elements. The map is distorted, deformed, altered as if it were a past memory, but something of that place is still recognizable.

"The landfill of Turin". Original sold.
"The landfill of New York" (original sold).
"The landfill of Los Angeles".