MarcelloLo Giudice

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There is a territory of aesthetic philosophy known as the sublime.

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

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.

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.

Jean-David Malat Director

Opera Gallery London

Gilles Dyan Founder and Chairman Opera Gallery Group

Detail of Yellow / Sun, 2015Detail of Eden Blu, 2015Detail of Eden azimut, 2015

Eden Blu, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.

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Eden Ocean, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas

130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.

Yellow Sun, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.

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Yellow / Orange, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas

130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.

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Eden Blu, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.

Eden Azur, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas

100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.

Noir / Vulcan, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas

130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.

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Red / Rouge, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas

80 x 100 cm - 31.5 x 39.4 in.

Eden Blu, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas 150 x 150 cm - 59.1 x 59.1 in.

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Eden Azur, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.

Eden Blu, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.

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Eden Azimut, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas

130 x 130 cm - 51.2 x 51.2 in.

Eden Blu, 2014Pigment and oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm - 55.1 x 55.1 in.

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Yellow Sole, 2014Pigment and oil on canvas100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.

Bianco / Snow, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.

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Eden Primavera, 2015Pigment and oil on canvas100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in.

Biography

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS «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, ItalyTotem Sculptures Monte-Carlo, Principauté de Monaco Contemporary Art, Christie’s, London, UKLIe Venice Biennale, ItalyVilla 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, ItalyZurich Art Messe, Galleria Frank Pages, Baden, Germany Villa Bellini Arte Contemporanea, Somma Lombardo, ItalyNaviglio Gallery, Milan, ItalyFondazione 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, CanadaGalleria Naviglio, Milan, Italy

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EDUCATION Fine Arts Academy of Venice, Italy University of Bologna, B.A. Geology, Italy

19891988

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS 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, ItalyArte Fiera Bologna Galleria Anfiteatro, Italy Michelle Champetier Gallery, Nice, France Reale Albergo delle Povere, Palermo, ItalyGalleria Ferrero, Nice, France Italian Art, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal Biennale del Disegno Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, CroatiaGalleria Arte Club, Catania, Italy Materie e Simboli, Faenza, Italy Painting in the ‘90s, Museum of Modern Art, Forte dei Marmi, ItalyChiesa di San Carpoforo, Milan, ItalyGalleria il luogo di gauss, Milan, Italy

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SELECTED PRIVATE COMMISSIONS AND ACQUISITIONS 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

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SELECTED AUCTION HOUSES Christie’s, London, UK Phillip’s de Pury, London, UK Christie’s, London, UKPhillip’s de Pury, New York, USA Christie’s, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSotheby’s, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Artam, Istanbul, Turkey Artcurial, Paris, France Wennennes, Geneve, Switzerland Christie’s, London, UKKohn Auction, Cannes, France Art Tajan, Paris, France Artcurial, Paris, France Christie’s, Milan, Italy Sotheby’s, Milan, Italy

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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, CroaziaMuseum of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy Deutch Bank, Dusseldorf, Germany Sampdoria A.C., Italy FIGC Italian Soccer National Federation, Rome, ItalyJohn 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, FranceSegal Company, USA Ecrit Company, FranceMonte Carlo Hermitage, Monaco

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 EuropeTelecampione 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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