To Dream, to Collect
Reference
b134e6c2
Year
2015
Medium
Paintings
Size
140 x 140 cm
55.12 x 55 in
Artwork offered by
Area 35 Art Gallery, Milan
Category
Medium: cotton canvas from the Pyrenees area, broken down and recomposed by seam and/or glue. anilines and decolorants, acrylics, oil.
The body of work entitled LDV is an expressly created homage to Leonardo da Vinci, and consists of a series of paintings exploring the links between art and mathematics, space and harmony, proportion and beauty.
Gian Piero Gasparini technique involves in subtracting color from a uniform dark background. The silhouette of the subject will emerge from the dark with the use of various bleaches and a sense of detail and depth will be added later with the use of acrylics and oils. The canvas is a linen one of a selected brand unique in texture and strength, it sustains a particular preparation being cut into small square bits which are woven together and glued on a wooden sheet after being soaked in a dark color.
About the Artist
1969 , Italy
Gian Piero Gasparini, graduated in Illustration Techniques from Marangoni Institute Milano, and after experiences in the field of advertising, graphics and scenography design he moved on to concentrate mainly on interior decoration, collaborating with several design studios for public and private spaces. Since the late 1990s he has dedicated himself principally to portrait painting on commission and mural arts, applying his considerable airbrush skills in the creation of gigantic hyperrealist paintings on walls. His first presence as an artist at an exhibition of young talents was in December 2005, and till now he has held numerous one-man shows and participated in several group exhibitions both in Italy and internationally.
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Address
Milan, Via Vigevano 35
Area35ArtGallery opened in 2010 in Milan, immediately promoting and hosting cultural and artistic events like “Super Uccio arriva a Milano” (2011) at its 8th edition in Italy and a retrospective on the work of Andy Warhol, both events patronized by the municipality of the city of Milan. In 2012 Area35 created with Achille Castiglioni Studio Museum and ...