history #3 Painting

Paolo Strano (Cosimo Il Bufalo) was born in 1964 in the province of Verbania (Italy). He attended the Fine Art Accademy in Catania, and he is graduated in painting in 1991. He lives and works in Catania. He has participated in various exhibitions and group shows in Italy. He has used various painting techniques and different tools of expression, including those related to video and new media. The important thing is that, apart from any tool or support is used, this is always a "project" even schematic, but simply in the form of mental organization. --- In recent years his painting has undergone an evolution. He created a new parallel personality: Cosimo il Bufalo. Cosimo is an inner poetic entity. we can say that his painting is a kind of conscious Art Brut.