Alessandro Papetti (Born 1958) Papetti’s Acqua paintings, especially the nocturnal examples, tap a childhood memory: “We went to bathe by night in summer”’ he says. “The sea was black. Swimming under water, in silence and total darkness, was as exiting as it was frightening. I always expected to encounter a deep-sea monster with shiny eyes.”

Alessandro Papetti (Born 1958)

Papetti’s Acqua paintings, especially the nocturnal examples, tap a childhood memory: “We went to bathe by night in summer”’ he says. “The sea was black. Swimming under water, in silence and total darkness, was as exiting as it was frightening. I always expected to encounter a deep-sea monster with shiny eyes.”

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