Tardelli's Scream

Description

Marco Tardelli in the 1982 Mundial final against West Germany, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, after scoring the 2-0 goal, his instinctive and liberating scream, as well as his exciting run for the field, remain among my most beautiful and indelible memories of that distant 11th July. Tardelli’s celebration was a memorable moment of great emotion and patriotic pride for the Italian people, so much so that he became an icon of that world championship and of "azzurro" football.

The pictorial effect was obtained using a small screen printing squeegee like a palette knife to paint and pouring more colors on the frame; in particular the colors, in a chiaroscuro function, were used to emphasize the subject. Slightly misregistered prints, small smudges and uneven ink deposits are purely intentional. For the work 4 screen printing frames were used.