Abstractism of the origins

These works are meant to remind the contemporary art world that the stylistic features of Abstractism, Figurative Art, and Symbolism-at least in their embryonic phase-were first conceived by prehistoric humans, in caves all over the world. The geometric shapes found in some cave paintings, the symbols studied by André Leroi-Gourhan and his followers, are revisited, transfigured, and reinvented in Andrea Benetti‘s works, as a tribute to the origins of abstraction.