Paintings
Bodies of work, 1997–2026SONATINE 2021/26
Centred on the figure of the geisha as an enduring symbol of beauty and melancholy, Sonatine unfolds in two complementary chapters: Broken Flowers, rendered in colour, and Forbidden Color, in black and white. Together, the two bodies of work explore the fragile balance between appearance and interiority, desire and silence, through the material language of the Descialbo technique.
Broken flowers
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (36), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 100x120 cm - (private collection - London, UK)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (36), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - London, UK)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (36), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - London, UK)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (99), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 104x108 cm
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (99), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (33), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 160x174 cm - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (33), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (33), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (108), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 100x140 cm - (private collection - Varese, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (108), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Varese, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (107), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 100x140 cm - (private collection - Lille, FR)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (107), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Lille, FR)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (39), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 130x175 cm - (private collection - Brussels, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (35), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 85x195 cm - (private collection - Amsterdam, NL)
Forbidden Colors
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (14), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 150x150 cm - (private collection - Brussels, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (14), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Brussels, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (14), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Brussels, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (14), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Brussels, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (87), 2022 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 140x170 cm - (private collection - Nieupoort, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (87), 2022 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Nieupoort, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (87), 2022 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Nieupoort, BE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (92), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 105x140 cm - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (92), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (92), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (88), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 55x120 cm - (private collection - Singapore, SG)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (32), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 56x76 cm - (private collection - London, UK)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (32), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - London, UK)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (19), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 75x95 cm - (private collection - Stockholm, SWE)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (21), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 112x55 cm - (private collection - London, UK)
Toni Alfano, Sonatine (23), 2021 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 135x138 cm - (private collection - Strasbourg, FR)