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Paolo Campagnolo - “Shapes of Light” - New solo exhibition in New York @ Time Arts Gallery

Secret Essence of Italy is very excited to present Shapes of Light, the first solo exhibition in New York by Paolo Campagnolo, at Time Arts Gallery, 178 Bleecker Street, from January 17 to 23.

Many of Paolo Campagnolo's pieces are in private collections worldwide. Notably, Bulgari has commissioned three iconic portraits of Liz Taylor displayed in their boutiques in Moscow, Russia; Paris, France; and in their flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

The exhibition features some of the most important masterpieces by Campagnolo, Arazzi, and the new series of Grimaces and Masks.

Causality and action guide Paolo's pictorial language, which finds, in the reflected light, the ideal way to communicate with the observer. Pigmented glues, gold and silver leaves, metal and canvas, are attacked by the action of acids for coloring. Canvases and celluloid are cut and shaped by hand, painted with iridescent, metallic colors before being exposed to combustion, or treated with acids to bring out the luminescent surfaces. Thus, the articulated surfaces are defined by points of light, spreading out in different directions, creating yet more color. The combination of colors within the tapestry creates depth, movement, and even a 3-D effect. This alchemic process renders tapestries part painting and part sculpture.

In Paolo Campagnolo's artworks, colors and matter blend with the light that surrounds them, expressing and evoking the world of the unconscious, the inner world, the dream.

The Gallery is open Monday - Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm.

To make an appointment after business hours, please contact Liria Ingallina.

Opening reception - January 19, 2022, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

For further information:

Liria Ingallina

ingallinaliria@gmail.com / mob. (718) 210 - 7504

About the Artist

Paolo Campagnolo was born in Rome in 1965. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. From 1989 to 1995, he lived between London, Berlin, and Rome and worked all over the world from Istanbul to Tokyo, from New York to Sidney, always deepening and researching new pictorial languages. Currently, he lives in Rome and Venice.

For many years he worked with Salvo Biondo as the artistic duo Campagnolo-Biondo.

The artist creates works commissioned by collectors in Europe, the Middle East, and Australia and exhibits in international galleries as well as in residential and commercial spaces.

About Secret Essence of Italy

Secret Essence of Italy is a project conceived by Liria Ingallina, an Italian professional with a long and prestigious experience in public relations and communications. SE of Italy aims to promote emerging and independent Italian artists and designers throughout the USA - starting from New York City to expand its horizons to Miami and Chicago - combining art and design fairs and events, special charitable projects, and cultural exhibitions.

Limitless journey The Sabìr created by dap - Luigia d'Alfonso and Ada Perla are back in New York

Secret Essence of Italy is proud to announce the great return of two fantastic Italian artists to New York. The solo exhibition of the artistic duo dap will take place at Time Art Gallery, in the heart of the West Village, from January 10 to 16.

Following the warm welcome that the "Big Apple" reserved for them in 2019, the Sabìr and Totem painted by Luigia and Ada return to be exhibited in the city.

The artworks by dap with their signs, their colors invite the viewer to "listen" and enjoy visual storytelling that starting from a theme evolves into an individual journey that has no limits of time and space.

As noted by Roberto Savi, curator, and admirer of the Sabìr: "Luigia d'Alfonso and Ada Perla invite us to "navigate", they suggest a journey through recognizable, symbolic elements, which coexist with signs and abstract forms, fluid or halted by color, in which each work, each vision, is dedicated to a theme".

The exhibition runs January 10-16, 2022 at Time Gallery, 178 Bleecker Street, New York.

The Gallery is open daily from 11 am to 2 pm.

To make an appointment after business hours please email info@secretessenceofitaly.com

Opening reception - January 12, 2022, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

For further information:

Liria Ingallina

ingallinaliria@gmail.com

mob. (718) 210 - 7504 

New artworks by Luigia d'Alfonso and Ada Perla at the Museum of Gaeta (Italy)

In addition to Totem, which is part of the collection of the Pinacoteca, L'etàdelmondo by Luigia d'Alfonso and In-natural garden by Ada Perla are the artworks selected for the group exhibition dedicated to the theme of environmental emergency of the "XXXIII Porticato Gaetano", a contemporary art exhibition held at the Museo Pinacoteca Comunale A. Sapone of Gaeta from November 20, 2021 to January 31, 2022.

(Above) L’età del mondo – Luigia d’Alfonso

(Below) In-natural garden – Ada Perla

“The flowery room”

RAW – Rome Art Week 2021

Rome, 25 – 30 October 2021

 

This year at the Rome Art Week 2021 dap – Luigia d’Alfonso - Ada Perla and Michela Tomiselli has been featured at “Flowery room”, an artistic project that has involved other artists and a week full of events of performing arts.

dap and Michela Tomiselli

The artistic project “The Flowery room” was born during the lockdown 2020 due to the pandemic. The artistic duo dap suspended their four-hand painting process of Sabìr and their research and dialogue proceeded online by collaborating on future projects and new ideas.

Luigia d’Alfonso presented “Despite the lockdown…”, a series of varnish on plexiglass freely inspired by natural elements.

Ada Perla exhibited “I dwell the possibility”, a single stunning artwork realized in acrylic base with natural pigments on canvas.

Michela Tomiselli presented “Beyond…the surfaces”, her new series of abstract photographs

“1916 – Infinito”

Filippo Trojano has presented in Rome his solo exhibition titled "1916 - Infinito".

Filippo Trojano offers us a journey through time constructed as a theatrical piéce of five fragments. These gorgeous shots were taken at the artist's grandmother's house, which for four months was turned into their own little theatre. At the exhibition, hosted at the Spazio Nuovo Lab Gallery from October 23 to November 20, 2021, some of Trojano's masterpieces belonging to the "Ritratti di mare" series were on display.

Paolo Gagliardi creates “Lucesonante” in partnership with Marella Ferrero

Paolo Gagliardi & Marella Ferrero “Lucesonante”

Paolo Gagliardi & Marella Ferrero “Lucesonante”

Paolo Gagliardi in partnership with Marella Ferrero creates “Lucesonante”, a design object that represents the beauty, harmony, originality, shape and colors of Sicily in the world. Made by ZagDesign.

ART LIVES AND MATTERS

COVID-19 put in pause most activities but art does not stop.

Our Summer Highlights

June – July 2020

Antonella Romano’s solo show “Fragile”

Featured at Museo Contemporaneo – Naples, Italy

March – August 2020

dap – Luigia d’Alfonso and Ada Perla

featured at the group exhibition “She is…”

at One Art Space Gallery, TriBeCa, New York

 

August 2020

Paolo Campagnolo’s “GriMask”

featured at the group exhibition “Under the mask: a Metamorphosis”

at Van Der Plas Gallery, New York

 

Paolo Campagnolo’s “Ortigia – Fossil #1”

at Ortigia Film Festival, Sicily, Italy

His artwork was the official image of the Festival

For further information please contact

Liria Ingallina

Email: ingallinaliria@gmail.com

Cell. +1 (718) 210 – 7504

 

Antonella Romano

Antonella Romano

dap – Luigia d’Alfonso and Ada Perla

dap – Luigia d’Alfonso and Ada Perla

Paolo Campagnolo

Paolo Campagnolo

Paolo Campagnolo

Paolo Campagnolo