Richard Bosman
Toselli Gallery
Aerial visions and acrobatic flashes of a tragic skirun animate this show by peintre maudit Richard Bosman. Bosman’s reputation as a lover of the criminal, the cruel, and the frightening preceded his arrival in Milan for this, his first show of paintings here. His images are accelerated film frames, instantaneous takes, and rapid sequences, translated into paintings. The Skier, 1985, is like a film: an unsettling subject unfolds amid the snowy landscape. The images follow the descent: an immaculate setting, crisp air, trees enveloped by wind, the purifying vista of nature; then a flight, the