Manfredi Beninati: Flavio and Palermo (in the summer)

Manfredi Beninati... Untitled (Palermo) (2007, Oil on canvas). From Manfredi Beninati: Flavio and Palermo (in the summer) at James Cohan Gallery in New York, NY. "...Beninati is best known for work that addresses the nostalgia for childhood through the lens of memory. Using the visual vernacular of dreams and fairy tales, Beninati’s work is filled with characters and environments that create a space where the unconscious imagination is rendered visible. His imagery embodies the same slippage between fantasy and reality as can be found in the work of Antonio Ligabue and the writings of Italo Calvino and Lewis Carroll." Also... more Works by Manfredi Beninati at his personal site.