Ernesto Graditi's “Death and Resurrection” collection of large-scale oil canvases presents the viewer with a criticism of contemporary life. Through such themes as religion, love, luxury, and madness, the artist seeks to contemplate human existence. Deformed and skeletal body parts underline the ephemeral vanity of the human condition while a dripping nipple of red juice symbolizes a loss of love. A powerful sense of religion pervades the artist’s visual tableau, so that life and spirituality triumph over vice. The artist seeks to warn against a dismal state of mankind and considers instead the idea of rebirth (through faith and God’s gifts) by transforming individual “falls” into a Resurrection. This series consists of fourteen paintings, paralleling the fourteen Stations of the Cross, opposing the Death of the body and the Resurrection of the soul.

Ernesto Graditi’s figurative work can be characterized by his revisiting the past—often from varying thematic and technical approaches. Here, the application of pearls, dried leaves, and textiles complete each pictorial scene. Also, the artist’s goals resemble those of the ancient masters: his drawings and paintings, expressing historic tales, ideas, and ancestral visions, exhibit technical mastery yet are easy for the public to understand.

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