Marcello Lo Giudice
There is a territory of aesthetic philosophy known as the sublime.
awareness. Its territory is one that eludes definition for the sake of pure feeling; the origin of what William Wordsworth referred to as a visionary power, suggesting that which is beyond cognitive and descriptive forces.
It is an exotic territory, one that replaces analytical definition with an urge to see beyond human powers of thought. The sublime speaks to a region of perception that is situated between the profoundly subjective and the undeniable collective. It rests in the instant between beauty and terror: standing at the edge of cliff on a tempestuous day; the collision of melting ice caps into the black ocean below. To experience the sublime is, undeniably, an integral component of intellectual and emotional 2
Somewhere along this ambivalent spectrum lie the sedimentary works of Marcello Lo Giudice. Structured by thick layers of pigment and coating, buried and reemerging under various phases of scratching, abrasions, removals and levels, Marcello Lo Giudice’s canvases give shape to the matter and inconsistent bodies of hue and material. A graduate of geology, Marcello Lo Giudice’s works bring attention to the cyclical alliance between man and matter. Their colours, often monochromatic in nature, encompass the muddy and the vibrant, the dark and flat, the embellished and illuminated. Like peering out into an unprotected patch of barren land, onto a surface exposed to and victim of the elements of
humanity, Marcello Lo Giudice’s paintings express that which nature has contained for herself. Engrained in an increasingly global disposition has been an attempt to reclaim a unique identity, an undertaking that manifests itself most viscerally in Contemporary Art. Rather than pursue this quest, Marcello Lo Giudice’s telluric canvases speak to the universal connection between the human being and the energy of creation. Combining his knowledge of the Earth’s organic processes with a sympathetic passion for geological substances, the artist’s energetic, gestural paintings speak to our existence as an imposition on and direct influence of the changing shape of our planet.
Gilles Dyan Founder and Chairman Opera Gallery Group
Jean-David Malat Director Opera Gallery London
Preface
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Detail of Eden azimut, 2015
Detail of Eden Blu, 2015
Detail of Yellow / Sun, 2015
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Eden Blu, 2015 Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.
Eden Ocean, 2015 Pigment and oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.
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Yellow Sun, 2015
Yellow / Orange, 2015
Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.
Pigment and oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.
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Eden Blu, 2015 Pigment and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.
Eden Azur, 2015 Pigment and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.
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Noir / Vulcan, 2015
Red / Rouge, 2015
Pigment and oil on canvas
Pigment and oil on canvas
130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.
80 x 100 cm - 31.5 x 39.4 in.
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Eden Blu, 2015
Eden Azur, 2015
Pigment and oil on canvas 150 x 150 cm - 59.1 x 59.1 in.
Pigment and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.
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Eden Blu, 2015 Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.
Eden Azimut, 2015 Pigment and oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.
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Eden Blu, 2014
Yellow Sole, 2014
Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.
Pigment and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.
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Bianco / Snow, 2015
Eden Primavera, 2015
Pigment and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.
Pigment and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.
Biography SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS
EDUCATION 1989 Fine Arts Academy of Venice, Italy 1988 University of Bologna, B.A. Geology, Italy SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1998 1997 1996 1995 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
«Recent Works» Opera Gallery London, UK, «Lost Paradise» UNIX GALLERY NEW YORK, USAUH, Art Basel Miami, UNIX GALLERY NEW YORK , USA «ARS EUROPE» Opera Gallery Monaco, Monaco Centre Culturel d’Art Contemporain, Beausoleil, Côte Azur, France LIIIe Venice Biennale, Italy Totem Sculptures Monte-Carlo, Principauté de Monaco Contemporary Art, Christie’s, London, UK LIe Venice Biennale, Italy Villa Bellini Somma Lombardo, Italy Ne Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Arte Italiana Artcurial, Paris, France Scultura Internazionale La Croisette, Cannes, France Primavera di Botticelli, Aeroporto Internazionale Ronchi, Trieste, Italy Zurich Art Messe, Galleria Frank Pages, Baden, Germany Villa Bellini Arte Contemporanea, Somma Lombardo, Italy Naviglio Gallery, Milan, Italy Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy Royal Fine Arts Society, Muscat, Oman Galerie Pascal Retelet, St. Paul de Vence, France Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy Galleria Mudima due, Milan, Italy Galleria Art 7, Nice, France Galleria Naviglio Art Messe, Koln, Germany Galleria Naviglio, Milan, Italy Galleria Diagonal Art, Barcelona, Spain Galleria Naviglio, Venice, Italy Axelsson Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden Bennetter Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Diade Gallery, Bergamo, Italy Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy Samuel Lallouz Gallery, Montreal, Canada Galleria Naviglio, Milan, Italy
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2001 1999 1996 1995 1990
1989 1987 1984 1983
Artcurial « Red-Rouge », Paris, France Galleria Manuel Laghi, Trieste, Italy « Arte Infiorata » Accardi, Isgro, Lo Giudice, Pinelli Noto, Italy Italian Art Outdoor Sculptures, Biarritz, France Cipriani, New York, USA Miart Galleria Archimede, Roma, Italy Italian Art, Sotheby’s, Milan, Italy Pittura Italiana Artcurial, Paris, France Arte Fiera Bologna Galleria Mudima, Italy Arte Fiera Bologna Galleria Anfiteatro, Italy Michelle Champetier Gallery, Nice, France Reale Albergo delle Povere, Palermo, Italy Galleria Ferrero, Nice, France Italian Art, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal Biennale del Disegno Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia Galleria Arte Club, Catania, Italy Materie e Simboli, Faenza, Italy Painting in the ‘90s, Museum of Modern Art, Forte dei Marmi, Italy Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy Galleria il luogo di gauss, Milan, Italy
SELECTED PRIVATE COMMISSIONS AND ACQUISITIONS 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2002 1999
Triptych «Blu Eden» Contemporary Art Foundation, Miami USA Hotel Mandarin Oriental, Paris, France FIAT President Collection, Turin, Italy Primavera di Botticelli Hermitage Garden, Monte Carlo, Monaco Esperia Bank Collection, Milan, Italy Deutch Bank, Frankfurt, Germany Scultura all’aperto, Saint-Tropez, France Bosforo Pool, Istanbul, Turkey Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy Cafe Bo, Athens, Greece
2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004 2002
SELECTED AUCTION HOUSES
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Christie’s, London, UK Phillip’s de Pury, London, UK Christie’s, London, UK Phillip’s de Pury, New York, USA Christie’s, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Artam, Istanbul, Turkey Artcurial, Paris, France Wennennes, Geneve, Switzerland Christie’s, London, UK Kohn Auction, Cannes, France Art Tajan, Paris, France Artcurial, Paris, France Christie’s, Milan, Italy Sotheby’s, Milan, Italy
National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croazia Museum of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy Deutch Bank, Dusseldorf, Germany Sampdoria A.C., Italy FIGC Italian Soccer National Federation, Rome, Italy John Elkann Collection, FIAT CEO, Italy Philip Morris, Switzerland Barbara Farber, USA Morgan Stanley Bank, Italy Bruce Male Contemporary Art, USA Sheraton Group, Italy La Colombe d’Or, France Segal Company, USA Ecrit Company, France Monte Carlo Hermitage, Monaco
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SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Italy, France, United Kingdom, United States, Spain, Switzerland, Argentina, Canada, Orman, Japan, Arabian Emirates, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, The Netherlands, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, Israel SELECTED PRESS Rai 1 Tg cultura Rai 2 Tg cultura Video Philip Morris Europe Telecampione Rai 3 regione Video Cameo Media Amsterdam La 7 libri d’arte TG1 Venice Biennale 1 TMC Monaco Monte Carlo Cultura
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