Original artwork description:

Ink drawing on cardboard that represents an unprecedented moment that precedes a historical reenactment: a figurant in the appearance of the contrada who performs a superstitious gesture prior to the running of the Palio. It is the jockey who, with the testimony of his horse, bites the whip that he will brandish in the fateful race.

Materials used:

Ink on cardboard

Tags:
#horse #portraits #made in italy #jockey #historical reenactment #steed #knightly tournament #superstition #backbone #scaramancy 
BEFORE THE RACE (2017)
Ink drawing
by Paola Imposimato

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Original artwork description
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Ink drawing on cardboard that represents an unprecedented moment that precedes a historical reenactment: a figurant in the appearance of the contrada who performs a superstitious gesture prior to the running of the Palio. It is the jockey who, with the testimony of his horse, bites the whip that he will brandish in the fateful race.

Materials used:

Ink on cardboard

Tags:
#horse #portraits #made in italy #jockey #historical reenactment #steed #knightly tournament #superstition #backbone #scaramancy 

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Paola Imposimato

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My artistic style is supported by a solid figurative base also coming from the study of Greco-Roman art, but I have completely interpreted it in a contemporary key, ranging from... Read more

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