MAQ Magazine n. 10 / February 2019
Therefore, it may happen that Testa goes to intervene on an old and worn table, with a play of chromatic overlapping so graduated to give a sense of the nuances.
It is as if Testa realizes updates of a well-established patriarchal "Weltanschauung". The table, the wood for centuries have been the image of the family. Wood is fed by the fireplace, on the wooden table is eaten and wooden are benches and chairs. The modern terms of the mental states in relation to each other, therefore, must be painted right on the wood. The artist, in short, with this operation overcomes the narcissistic representation of himself and stands as a witness and interprets a contemporary torn between a new aesthetic sensibility and nostalgia for the lost tradition.