JEDDAH, 14 March — Igor Lecic is an Italian artist with a difference. Critics call him both sensitive and sensible — sensitive to all that happens in the world, and sensible to effectively reflect them in his works of art.
A view of his 142nd art exhibition — his first in the city — which was opened by Vanna Cardilli, wife of Italian Ambassador Torquato Cardilli at the Italian Cultural and Recreation Center on Tuesday night, shows all this as well as his human, cultural and artistic sides.
“I’ve always had an ‘elective affinity’ with the past, sharing its ideals and sensibilities,” he remarked.
“We live in a world where too much has changed too quickly: traditions have vanished, certainties have crumbled, and canons have been overthrown,” says Lecic.
His most recent works, on display until March 30, testify to this new phase of his quest. He attempts to explain the transformations in culture, society, behavior and aesthetics by setting ancient against modern and past against present.
Lecic has been painting since he was 16.
“Rembrandt is my inspiration in painting and Matiz in colors,” says 52-year-old artist, who studied art in Venice and has taught art at university level.
