CURATELA
When I saw the little studio with some works of Saad Nazih my skin had a reaction. It was curious and happy at the same time. As explained to us modern science the order came from His Majesty the brain. There are certainly few who knows or remeber who Greg Griffin is.And there are prbably even fewer who know that, as well being the leader of Bad Religion, the seminal American punk band, he also an illustrious professor of life scienze at the university of california. That means taking a deep plunge into an investigation of the organic spheres of our planet, a love of all that is alive, and rational anxiety about the fate of the terraqueous globe. Why am i speaking about Mr Greg Griffin and his band? Beacause the painting of Saad Nazih are like a rock song. Rock is not only American. It is universal. The title of this event can be a title of rock song. The next door. Rock music is a fusion of rhythms that preceded it, a multicultural identity. Today the character identity for the service of humanity and not of ideologies, must be founded on two elements: - Multiculturalism - Innovation multiculturalism is the acceptance of other than myself innovation is the ability to create the future. In the painting of this artist every time you have to open a door. never you will find a wall after the door. after the door there is a door and after another door there is another door. And so on. Every time when you open a door you will find new stimuli. Imagine an endless corridor formed by millions of doors Well Saad will give you a new gift every time you open new one. A book, a song, a parrot that discusses the Fibonacci code with a boa, a verse from the Koran, a video, a photograph, a bicycle, a Berber carpet that flies, aladino try to follow it on the table by serf. Amarcord by Fellini. Leonardo da Vinci, 800 years ago, reminded us that the painting is mental. Mental? Yes. The heart chooses the color but the brain chooses the painting, the subject. Saad's works are only mental work, the result of long meditation. He wants to impress the world with a few drops at a time. His painting is captured and aimed at an audience of essays and refined. A good Brunello di Montalcino can not find it at the supermarket. You need to know the farmer and taste it slowly. The sake of research, of discovery is not an end in itself but as the beginning of a new research and new discoveries. An intriguing, grumpy, uncompromising painting. It is like the old school teachers who perhaps hated by too many tasks, but then adult you have to thank because they had given you the most important key of life, one that opens the door to knowledge. What is knowledge? It is the daughter of ignorance. not antagonist but the daughter. When you know that you are ignorant you get the stimulus to know, to experience, to achieve the results and to go on once again. This is the history man and of humanity. The search for saad Nazih starts of these theoretical bases. He is an artist ignorant. In his works you will find the best of the culture that we have inherited, from the drawings in the caves of Lascaux to the metaphysic philosophy, from the poems of baudelaire, from the Sufi music to the Surrealism, from pop art to Nabyla Maan's songs. He interprets, collects, combines. Create something new and unique. It is art of quality. Today we are inundated decorative art, an art that is often confused with the design, with communication, with advertising. The bad heirs of Andy Warhol's factory. It is the art of power. "Do not think, no emotion, do not scream amazed, do not even love, love is too demanding, just sex and if the material is insecure we offer virtual one" "We take care of your life". They told. Saad says no thanks. I was born free and I want to remain free. I'm an ignorant artist, who loves to learn. He is among the 60 artists who has been selected for the Biennial of New York 2015. The Moroccans and the Arab people have taught the world the art of the trade. You are the best in making money. Why? You can see the future. Allow to an unknown immigrant, born in Italy, raised in Russia, who lives between New York and Dubai, which is bathed in all the oceans of the world, to give you advice. You can see the future of Saad Nazih and I am sure your bahaviour will be conseguent. Allah protect good men and women and good artists. Pietro Franesi Director of New York Contemporary Art Biennial 2015 and DUBAI ART BIENNIAL 2016
