朱塞佩·莫迪卡（Giuseppe Modica），1953年生于意大利西西里岛马扎拉·德尔·瓦洛，是当代举足轻重的形而上学画家。他的艺术是光与影的诗篇，是空间与镜像的对话，更是现实与幻象之间哲学思考的可见化。

朱塞佩·莫迪卡（Giuseppe Modica）

从西西里的阳光下起航，莫迪卡十四岁开始涉足油画创作，早期便展现出超越平凡的形而上探索视角。1970年代他先后在巴勒莫大学建筑系和佛罗伦萨美术学院学习绘画，汲取了丰富的文化养分和严谨的技艺基础。在佛罗伦萨这座艺术名城的深厚积淀中，他逐渐确立了独特的艺术语言：严谨构图、光影流转与空间刻画交相辉映，犹如一首缠绵悠远的视觉奏鸣曲。

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步入职业生涯，莫迪卡的作品随国际大展亮相佛罗伦萨、罗马、巴塞尔及威尼斯双年展，逐渐被评论界誉为当代德·基里科精神的延续者。他不仅在绘画上倾注哲学性的光的研究，还通过镜子、水面和玻璃的反射，造就视觉与思绪的迷宫，挑战观者对于记忆与现实边界的认知。

Lo sguardo circolare, Agrigento,1998, olio su tela, cm100x200

五十多年的持续创作，莫迪卡不仅在欧洲多座重要博物馆举办回顾展，其作品亦被意大利外交部法尔内西纳宫博物馆、罗马H.C.安徒生博物馆、中国南京国际艺术节博物馆、中国国家画院等国际公共机构收藏，成为文化桥梁与艺术外交的重要载体。作为罗马美术学院的绘画教授和视觉艺术系主任，他的学术和艺术影响力已经扩展到新一代艺术家，推动形而上绘画在现代语境中的发展。

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进入2020年后，莫迪卡将目光聚焦在“窗与镜”系列，借由疫情期间的居家视角，开启一场关于内外世界、个体与社会间哲学性视觉通道的探索。同时，他对圆形构图与地中海文化的深度挖掘，更昭示着艺术旅程的新高峰。

Fra le nuvole, 2013,olio tela, 100x150, Musei Civici FengHuang

朱塞佩·莫迪卡的艺术，既是对光线物理性质的精准捕捉，更是哲学思考中不可或缺的精神象征。他在地中海的炽烈光影与现代都市的几何秩序间搭建桥梁，创造出融合地域记忆与全球视野的独特艺术语言。他的画布，是现实与幻象交织的舞台，是时间与记忆流动的容器，也是观者心灵与思想碰撞的场域。

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作为当代形而上学艺术的重要继承者和创新者，朱塞佩·莫迪卡以其“看得见的哲学”，持续引领我们在光与影的迷宫中，探寻那尚未揭示的真理与美感。他的艺术作品，不仅装点了画廊与博物馆，更映照于每一个瞬息流转的光影空间，成为时代精神的永恒见证。

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Giuseppe Modica: A Metaphysical Master Between Light and Shadow

Giuseppe Modica, born in 1953 in Mazara del Vallo on the island of Sicily, is a prominent contemporary metaphysical painters. His art is a poem of light and shadow, a dialogue between space and mirror image, and even more so, a visible manifestation of philosophical contemplation between reality and illusion.

Beginning under the Sicilian sun, Modica started working with oil painting at the age of fourteen, and early on he revealed a metaphysical perspective that transcended the ordinary. In the 1970s he studied architecture at the University of Palermo and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where he absorbed rich cultural nourishment and acquired a rigorous technical foundation. In Florence, this historic city of art, he gradually developed a distinct artistic language: precise composition, fluid light and shadow, and carefully constructed space echo one another, forming a lingering visual sonata.

As his professional career unfolded, Modica’s works appeared in major international exhibitions in Florence, Rome, Basel, and at the Venice Biennale. Critics increasingly came to regard him as a contemporary heir to the spirit of Giorgio de Chirico. His practice not only embodies a philosophically charged study of light in painting, but also, through reflections in mirrors, water surfaces, and glass, constructs a labyrinth of vision and thought that challenges viewers’ perception of the boundary between memory and reality.

Over more than fifty years of continuous creation, Modica has held retrospectives in several major European museums, and his works have been collected by international public institutions such as the Farnesina (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), H: C. Andersen Museum in Rome, and the Nanjing International Art Festival Museum in China, National Chines Academy of Painting in Beijing. In this way, they have become an important vehicle for cultural exchange and artistic diplomacy. As a Professor of Painting and Director of Visual Art Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, his academic and artistic influence has extended to a new generation of artists, advancing metaphysical painting within a contemporary context.

Since 2020, Modica has focused on his “Windows and Mirrors” series. Drawing on the domestic perspective shaped by the pandemic, he has opened a philosophical visual passage between inner and outer worlds, between the individual and society. At the same time, his in-depth exploration of circular compositions and Mediterranean culture points to a new peak in his artistic journey.

Giuseppe Modica’s art is not only a precise capture of the physical properties of light, but also an indispensable spiritual symbol in philosophical reflection. He builds a bridge between the blazing light and shadow of the Mediterranean and the geometric order of modern cities, creating a unique artistic language that fuses local memory with a global vision. His canvases are stages where reality and illusion intertwine, vessels in which time and memory flow, and arenas where the viewer’s mind and soul collide.

As a key inheritor and innovator of contemporary metaphysical art, Giuseppe Modica, with his “visible philosophy,” continually leads us through a maze of light and shadow in search of truths and aesthetic experiences yet to be revealed. His works do more than adorn galleries and museums; they also resonate in every fleeting space of light and shadow, standing as an enduring testament to the spirit of our time.