Collection of envelops sent by the artist between 1973 and 1978. "For Alocco, the image is one of the fundamental components of the painting, and as he wrote “ Toute peinture fait image ” ie “ every painting creates an image ”. From 1973 onwards, he elaborated his Fragments from Patchwork Painting: the material is painted, then torn, and finally reassembled, either by sewing or knitting. The colours, figures and related supports are treated by same process, fully marking his unique style in this field. From 1980, the delicate un-weaving of certain threads on the painted canvas came into play as a way of shifting the medium and the colour, and thus transforming the image. Patchwork Painting is primarily painting. The most elementary technique in patchwork is the introduction of a continuous-discontinuous dialectic. It is seen as an opening tool for creation, as underlined by Michel Butor: “ All your work is based on the tearing of the material. Neither the pieces taken out, nor the torn. There are neither scissors nor tearings. The canvas is free to you in a different style from other painters, with the edges torn to shreds and fringed, which makes it communicate with the exterior ”. (Catalogue Alocco, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice 1993)." - Marcel Alocco, official website

Sitography: ALOCCO, Marcel, "Biografie", www.alocco.com
www.alocco.com/bio.htm