MICHELE CEA CREATES AN AESTHETIC THAT OVERWHELMS AND DISTURBS US. Tears, intense, colorful brushstrokes, stitching, pieces of wood, and iron filaments transform into catalytic agents of human existence. The canvas, often torn with determination by the artist, creates cavities that become effigies of a profound and vast space: that of our psyche. His works, simultaneously magnetic and enigmatic, are the key to delving into the depths of human consciousness. The intoxicating blend of bold, colorful rhythms creates vaguely hallucinatory and unpredictable atmospheres. For Michele Cea, canvas has no limits. The small pieces of wood that make up the frame come alive in his hands, becoming the grain of the painting through which intimate reflections flow. When his works are expressed in very light shades such as white, indigo, and ocher, in conjunction with the thin pieces of wood from the frame, they create alternating lights and shadows within the composition, of an unforgettably beautiful nature, dim yet charged with profound meaning. CEA'S ARTISTIC LANGUAGE IS INTENSE, AND THE COLORS, WHETHER DEEP IN DARK TONES OR PERMEATED BY LIGHT SHADES, ALWAYS EXIST WITHIN A TENSIVE INTERACTION. IT IS AN ART IN WHICH REALISM IS INCORPORATED INTO AN INNER, PSYCHOLOGICAL REALITY. EACH ARTISTIC COMPOSITION IS THE RESULT OF DEEP AND INTROSPECTIVE PSYCHO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. THE TENDENCY TOWARD ABSTRACTION FEEDS ON SYMBOLIZATION, A FASCINATING ASPECT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE OBJECT OF IDENTIFICATION DISAPPEARS, IT IS NOT IN FACT HIDDEN OR ERASED. BUT THE SHAPES, LINES, TEARS, AND SEAMS HIGHLIGHT LOGICAL AND COGNITIVE PLANES OF THE HUMAN MIND. WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED ARE MAN'S COMPELLING PSYCHIC PATTERNS. WE ARE FACED WITH A HIGHLY DISTURBING AESTHETIC WHERE THE ARTIST'S THOUGHTS RESIDE, AS WELL AS OUR OWN, AS IT REPRESENTS THE INTANGLED MECHANISMS THAT GOVERN THE HUMAN MIND, INCLUDING CONVICTIONS, OPINIONS, CREEDS, CERTAINTIES, AND SECURITIES. THE WORKS FIND THEIR POETRY CORRESPONDENT IN THE PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PORTRAIT.

THE ARTIST DOES NOT OFFER US IMAGES OF INDIVIDUALS BUT, THROUGH A COMPLETELY PERSONAL LANGUAGE, HE EXPOSES THE EFFECTS OF THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTION TO THE "MODELS" OF LIFE. IN MICHELE CEA'S ART THERE IS A PROFOUND TRUTH OF THE HUMAN PORTRAIT, AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE MULTIFORM BEAUTY OF THE ID, THE EGO, AND THE SUPEREGO.