Marcos Anziani

Rare

2024

60 x 60 ″

Acrylic and oil on canvas

Rare is an exuberant puzzle of forms and colors that defies immediate interpretation, inviting the viewer to lose themselves in its delightful ambiguity. A menagerie of shapes and textures seems to unfold across a field of soft blue, anchored by an enigmatic central figure that evokes the playful silhouette of an animal, part lion, part chimera, and entirely imaginary. The composition hums with life as bold strokes of white trace over splashes of red, green, and orange, creating a layered effect that feels both frenetic and deliberate. With its title, Rare suggests a reflection on uniqueness and how we perceive the extraordinary in the everyday. Anziani’s approach feels almost archeological, as if he’s excavating fragments of memories or emotions and reassembling them in a kaleidoscopic display of abstraction. The juxtaposition of sharp angles and soft, rounded forms speaks to the tension between chaos and order. What exactly are we looking at? Is it a rare animal from a child’s dream? A playful reinterpretation of a pet? Or perhaps it’s simply a celebration of the rarest thing of all, imagination in its wildest form.