Antonino Graziano
CONCEPT / SYNOPSIS OF THE WORK
Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, 1771. The Fenner family witnesses the intervention of the town militia at the villa on the neighboring hill. A series of incomprehensible events unfold on that hill. A comic adaptation of a section of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927), a lesser-known novel by H.P. Lovecraft. The dialogues, as faithful as possible to popular late 18th-century American English, are hand-lettered with a brush. Every formal element of the pages attempts to transfigure the era of the “Salem witches.”
WORK CAPTION
Year of execution: 2026
Techniques: Mixed media on paper, digital post-production (Photoshop); Fabriano “Torchon” 25% cotton paper; brush-applied India ink, gouache, colored pencils
Dimensions: 35.5 × 24.5 cm (8 pages)
