Pleasant color balances nestle in the shelter of orderly wide beams of black, and orb swimming somewhere near them, ever on the brink of tipping the scales. While abroad he saw firsthand the country's wealth of painted masterpieces; but it would be his encounter with the work of Italian proto-surrealist Giorgio de Chiricoโwith his marriage of architectonic form and metaphysical concernsโthat would prove most significant to the young artist. In , he moved to New York City under the auspices of a Guggenheim fellowship and devoted himself exclusively to making art.
Upon arriving in New York, Bonevardi immediately began immersing himself in the currents of the newly christened art-world capital. In spite of regular exhibitions, Bonevardi was discouraged by the lack of spiritual fulfillment in this mode of painting and soon found other models upon which he could build.
A world unseen, but there. These, in turn, are complemented by fantastic-shaped, three-dimensional objects interspersed in niches throughout the painting that function as fetishes. It seemed to me that he has pursued imaginatively and tirelessly the possibilities of his original and personal style. These were wall-mounted assemblages featuring hand-carved objects embedded into nooks and crevices punctuating the picture plane.
Often architectural in composition, the paintings were metaphysical in scope, with the carvings at times alluding to such disparate symbols as scientific instruments or time-worn artifacts. He is represented in the collections of several major museums, including the Solomon R.
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