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A Scene Apart from Itself - Jesse Demolli on the expression of Murals
Preservation of the traditions of mural creation are of concern to those artists within Florence and back in the United States. In 1966 when Florence, Italy was flooded, murals frescos and paintings in area were permanently damaged. The issue was addressed more fully by the Beau Arts program founded after this catastrophe with the dual mission of preservation and restoration of murals. In New Jersey the issue of preservation is of concern due to the rapid expansion of towns and cities. Mr. Demolli agrees steps should be taken to protect public murals, which are exposed to the threat of destruction.

With such an intrinsic link to the city of Florence, the full import of the community there becomes apparent in Mr. Demolli's work. He defines his work as “nostalgic” paintings as they conjure up distant landscapes or moments in time. Perhaps most significant, however, is Jesse's adaptation of our own American landscape into murals. By this token Jesse brings the tradition of renaissance art from Florence to the United States and presents it to a public forum as the “purest form of expression,” a mural.

-Gabriel Paul Stuart

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