Iconist Manifesto
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Iconism aims to be a testimony and to artistically and figuratively represent the contemporary way of communicating of man in the third millennium, who at the dawn of a new era, through the need for globalisation, returns to expressing himself by means of a universal alphabet that is accessible above and beyond any language, culture or place on Earth.
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The Iconist icon, in its capacity as a visual code, draws its origins – and proceeds beyond these - from the functional pictographic form of logo art in order to form a veritable global ideogram capable of rendering a complex concept as well as a basic verbal meaning through a logical figure.
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Iconism is the autarchy of symbols taken to their extreme contrasted with the tedious and unnecessary prolixity of classical images and the redundant graphic-pictorial compositions of modern art.
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The title of an Iconist icon is an integral and fundamental part of the work.
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The Iconist artist is a visual poet who is not tempted by overabundance but finds everything needed in precise strokes and essential colour schemes.
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The Iconist artist believes in the irreverence of symbols and the allure of stylistic and formal stylisation.
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Anyone can be an Iconist artist, as long as they respect the principles of Iconism.
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The Iconist artist is always searching for the perfect meaningful and evocative icon.
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A work of art is Iconist due to its charismatic force and its emblematic quality of conveying a discernible meaning.
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An Iconist is a mute artist who speaks to the subconscious of men and women throughout the world through the rationalisation of perception.
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Everything - emotions, objects, concepts – are codifiable, translatable and traceable to an Iconist icon.
Gaetano Grizzanti / First Iconist artist
01/01/2000