Ricardo Lanzarini
Untitled 2009
The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Charcoal mural on the gallery wall
Ricardo Lanzarini (b. 1963, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a contemporary Latin American artist known for his intricate drawings and immersive installations exploring themes of power, identity, and existential struggle. He studied Fine Arts at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Universidad de la República, in Montevideo. His works often feature densely populated scenes where historical and autobiographical figures—such as Nietzsche, Marx, and Kafka—interact in chaotic, metaphor-rich environments. Lanzarini’s compositions blend humor with pathos, creating a raw and delirious quality that reflects on the absurdities of human existence and societal structures. His art has been recognized internationally.
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A charcoal sketch on paper from The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium is currently preserved in the Point of Contact collection as part of the work that Lanzarini created for his Point of Contact exhibition in 2008. For this project, he drew directly on the gallery walls. Lanzarini returned to Syracuse for the closing of the exhibition, where he painted the walls white, completely covering the work, a sort of performance.