Diaz Alama CANTO XVIII. The Flatterers
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About This Work
In *CANTO XVIII. The Flatterers*, Jordi Diaz Alama extends his *Inferno*-inspired cycle with a psychologically charged tableau that fuses Old Master discipline with contemporary critique. Painted with virtuoso control and a cinematic chiaroscuro, the composition stages bodies and gestures as moral evidence—glossed surfaces, viscous tones, and sculptural modelling suggesting corruption disguised as elegance. Diaz Alama’s precise draughtsmanship and layered paint handling evoke Spanish Baroque intensity while remaining unmistakably current in its focus on performance, persuasion, and complicity. Referencing Dante’s circle of fraud, the work resonates with today’s economies of influence, public image, and social media “praise.” The result is a commanding figurative painting of cultural relevance and enduring narrative power.
About the Artist
Jordi Diaz Alamà was born in Granollers in 1986, he graduated from the Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. He also trained at the classical art schools, such as the Florence Academy of Art (Florence) where he learned the techniques used by the great masters of 19th-century painting. Jordi ...
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