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Tonino Cragnolini continues in his historical re-enactment and symbolic interpretation of choral events of the past, increasingly identifying himself with the ancient role of the artist, which is to summarize and render events, real or mythical, and their meanings through figures. His choice is above all to investigate major events characterized by cruel and mocking rituals, which mark the peak of a chain of violent situations; to therefore grasp history in its peak moments and in the unleashing of passions fomented by the pressure of suffering; the outcome in turn is violence, which case by case can be interpreted as catastrophe or catharsis - or the two things together, as it is easy to argue. Read the full biography

Tonino Cragnolini continues in his historical re-enactment and symbolic interpretation of choral events of the past, increasingly identifying himself with the ancient role of the artist, which is to summarize and render events, real or mythical, and their meanings through figures. His choice is above all to investigate major events characterized by cruel and mocking rituals, which mark the peak of a chain of violent situations; to therefore grasp history in its peak moments and in the unleashing of passions fomented by the pressure of suffering; the outcome in turn is violence, which case by case can be interpreted as catastrophe or catharsis - or the two things together, as it is easy to argue.