The frescoes

This section contains a group of works carried out by Salvatore Fiume in the years 1984-1987 using the fresco technique. Thanks to the effect of the so-called 'tearing off' technique that allows a painting to be transferred from a wall surface to a canvas, the works from this cycle look like ancient archaeological findings. In the case of some paintings inspired by Pompeian art (not reproduced on this site), Fiume used two successive tears, the second of which achieves a corroded and rarefied painting that seems to date back to the distant past.