CARL MELEGARI KING’S ROAD
Nero Duo Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches
CARL MELEGARI
19th March – 6th April 2014
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Fabi Oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches (above) Guido Oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches (above right) Jolanda Oil on canvas 10 x 8 inches (right)
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Often working from life, Melegari explores how the physicality of the paint combined
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with the density of pigment can give a sense of life radiating from the canvas: as if to
from the 19th March - 6th April 2014.
evoke the vitality of the human form, focusing just as much on the medium of paint, and how it reacts with the surface, as they do on the subject of the painting. Through
Carl Melegari is a British artist with Italian
the veils of layers, achieved by continuously accumulating and scraping back the paint,
heritage, living and working in Wales.
the subject has become enveloped and partly obscured by the energy of the paint.
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Melegari primarily focuses on the semi-
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abstraction within the figure and has
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become increasingly fascinated by the
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versatility of oil paint.
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Guiletta Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Stag Shika Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches (front cover)
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