Giovanni Antico Gagliardini
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GIOVANNI ANTICO GAGLIARDINI, is an artist and architect, he travelled all around the world for work improving his professional skills and techniques. Giovanni’s art installations have been exhibited nationally at venues including the Paratissima Art Exposition, MAUTO in Turin, DE MARCHI Gallery in Bologna, EMOZIONAUSER in Amalfi Coast. www.viziocobalto.com
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” (cit. Michelangelo Buonarroti, Le Lettere) Buonar
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BIO
GIOVANNI, is born in Jesi, a small town near Ancona in the region Marche, known for amazing wines, seafood and beautiful turistic spots. He moved 15 times in Italy, that’s why his accent is unrecognisable. In Turin, he graduated in Architecture with a Master in Project and Urban Planning. He keeps moving in other country working as Architect, to Barcelona, Buenos Aires , Tokyo and Laguna Beach in California. every trip, a bunch of brushes into the In eve luggage and hearphones for painting during the nigths. “Become who you are.” (cit. Friedrich Nietzsche, Hecce Homo)
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COPIES OF THE ARTISTS’ MASTERPIECE
“Vizio Cobalto” is not only the name of GIOVANNI ANTICO GAGLIARDINI webpage but his official first painting’s title. He began painting at the age of 25, after a long time with just the pencil. He remember a phrase of Michelangelo from high school: - Copying means understanding. So he said: ok, I have to copy the masterpiece of the best artists ever. He always loved the power of Michelangelo’s tones and colors, and very influenced by the effect of the low lights in Caravaggio’s works. That’s why he started copying his paintings. The Deposition, was his first experience with the brushes, understanding the different solvents and how to mix them di with the oil colors. The second copy from Caravaggio was: the Narcissus and the third and last copy, Saint Jerome.
The Deposition, Oil on Canvas 200 x 200 cm, 2011 Work in progress photos & Finished Painting
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Saint Jerome, Oil on Canvas 30 cm, 2014 10.
Narcisus, Oil on Canvas 100x100 cm, 2012 11.
WORKS: “THE VICE”
- Why I decided Cobalt Vice.. I love to reproduce shameless scenes of everyday life. I don’t care about the apple on the table. The apple was once and it will be tomorrow the same. I want to show where we live. What is now our era. Fun nights, buzz, drugs, selfies, social networks, sex, perversion.. Why Vice? I don’t think it’s required to explain it. It is the emblem of what we like to do. What we love, in a confused health. Why Cobalt? Because instead of putting a brown/black background like Caravaggio, the paintings have always a base of cobalt blue, cobalt purple, black and because the subjects are located in this dimension as a liquid in which they drawn, I call it “night”.Giovanni Antico Gagliardini
Vizio Cobalto, Oil on Canvas 120 x 80 cm, 2013 12.
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Beershoot, Oil on Canvas 100x70 cm, 2014 15.
SMOKE SERIE
SMOKE is a serie of paintings about smoking people. Smoke 1/4, Smoke 2/4, Smoke 3/4 Smoke 1/4 disappeard during the flight from Buenos Aires to Rome. Smoke 4/4, the last one, is still not finished.
Smoke 1/4, Oil on Canvas 76 x 76 cm, 2013 Smoke 2/4, Oil on Canvas 76 x 76 cm, 2014
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Smoke 3/4, Oil on Canvas 76x76 cm, 2015 17.
Moan, Oil on Canvas 180 x 60 cm, 2016 18.
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Hyde & Sick, Oil on Canvas 70 x 70 cm, 2016 20.
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SHHH!, Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 cm, 2016 22.
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Muse, Oil on Canvas 90 x 90 cm, 2016 24.
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EXHIBITIONS “ EMOZIONAUSER ” - Associazione AUSER “M. Giuliano” di Salerno Centro - SALERNO - 18-28 / 11 / 2016. “ PARATISSIMA 12 ” - Torino Esposizioni - TORINO - 4-8 / 11 / 2016 “ PARATISSIMA 360° ” - TORINO - 1 / 3 / 2016 - 22 / 12 / 2016 “ HIT PARADE ” - The top biennial Selection Exhibit, MAUTO Museo Automobile Torino - TORINO - 3 / 12 / 2015 - 13 / 3 / 2016 “ PARATISSIMA 11 ” - best 15 Artists - Torino Esposizioni - TORINO - 4-8 / 11 / 2015 “ PREMIO DE MARCHI 4th edition ” - 2nd PRIZE - Galleria de MARCHI - BOLOGNA - 25 / 4 / 2015 - 21 / 5 / 2015
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Thanks to my family, and my mom for giving me her talent. Thanks to my love, who trusted in me and pushed me to keep on improving. Thanks to every person for the support. Thanks to the music for the company in every single night.
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Artist Portfolio Turin, Italy Designed by: Giovanni Antico Gagliardini
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