M A U R I Z I O LANZILLOTTA
Nostalgia
M A U R I Z I O LANZILLOTTA
Nostalgia
CK Contemporary 357 Geary Street, San Francisco ckcontemporary.com 415.397.0114
M a u r i zi o L a n zi l l ot ta N o s t a l g i a Atmosphere, matter, space, color, light, intimacy, order, nostalgia – these are the words that float to mind when in the presence of the delicately rendered paintings of Maurizio Lanzillotta. Raised in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, shrouded in a dense fog that he has labeled both mystical and poetic, Lanzillotta’s foundation as an artist and his unique and particular interpretation of the landscape was established at an early age. When he later emigrated from Italy to Spain in 1987, it was his experience with the “meseta castellana” that immediately resonated with those childhood feelings. In reference to the open plains of Spain he states that, “It was fascinating for me, the enormous distances that could be reached with the eye toward any direction. The emptiness, that grand vacancy that would intensify even more with a solitary presence. I had the sensation that these spaces captivated and left you with an intuitive mystery to ponder, a sensation difficult to explain with words, a sensation intimately corresponding to the spirit.” One does not always associate “the spirit” with landscape painting, but then again, rarely has a landscape painter so flawlessly nested the forms of nature into such a sacred geometry and sense of unity. Lanzillotta’s canvases are dreamlike in their diffusion and envelop the viewer in the bliss of nature, creating order out of disorder, and offering contemplative spaces that highlight the relationship between ourselves and the world around us. In fact, when faced with a painting by Maurizio Lanzillotta, it’s like being plunged into the experience of recalling a memory that remains hazy but slowly comes into view - where the color fades, the light glows, and through the mist emerges an exquisite structure that suddenly feels like somewhere you know, somewhere you’ve been or somewhere you’d like to be. In Lanzillotta’s words, this sense of nostalgia, this sentimental yearning, is the “whole of what I wish to represent in my work.” While nostalgia is at times bittersweet, when the emotion is embedded in the evanescence and luminous vibrations of Lanzillotta’s canvases, the effect is to transport you to the intimate and meaningful, to the serene and the profound. Lauren Ellis, Director CK Contemporary
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Strada e Casa di Campagna
Childhood in the Fog
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33 3/8 x 63 7/8 inches
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Notte in Pineta
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Lampione in Pineta Oil on linen 39 1/4 x 16 inches
Atmosphere Oil on linen 39 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
Casa, Nube, Montagna y Estrella Oil on linen 63 1/2 x 18 inches
Dos Terrazas Mirando al Mar
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31 3/4 x 63 7/8 inches
Sabbia, Ombrellone, Nube e Stella
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21 1/4 x 39 1/2 inches
21 1/4 x 39 1/2 inches
Encino y Nube
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Oil on linen
21 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches
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Paesaggio Verticale Oil on linen 57 1/4 x 18 inches
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25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches
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Oil on linen
39 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
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Rabbit Looking Cloud
Oil on linen
24 x 24 inches
Rabbit and Cloud
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White Rabbit
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21 x 25 1/2 inches
21 x 25 1/2 inches
Tree in the Fog
Red Fish
Oil on linen
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21 x 25 1/2 inches
21 x 25 1/2 inches
Ocean
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43 1/2 x 43 1/2 inches
Encina y Nube
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23 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches
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Cipresso Toscano Oil on linen 39 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches
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Encina y Dos Nubes II Oil on linen 28 1/2 x 50 5/8 inches
Encina y Estrella al Atardecer Oil on linen 25 1/2 x 21 inches
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