LUCIANO VENTRONE

LUCIANO VENTRONE

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Luciano Ventrone’s paintings ‘invite a mood of pure contemplation’ from the viewer; they are works of masterful skill and supreme aesthetic beauty. Though he admits sharing a strong affinity for the work of Caravaggio, Ventrone does not consider himself a realist painter in the traditional sense. He paints real objects but, because of his utilisation of certain contemporary techniques as part of the artistic process, the objects depicted are transported into a metaphysical, hyper-real context.

What we see in a Ventrone painting is not ‘real’ because it is not what we would see were we to look with the naked eye - We see more. Ventrone shows us things more fully and more clearly than they appear to us in reality; everything is in focus, everything can be scrutinised. He allows us to notice every blemish and admire every curve of flesh in a piece of fruit or on a naked female form.

Set against monochromatic backgrounds of white, grey or black, the subject is lit from multiple angles, allowing for a full and objective appraisal of what we behold. Thus, what Ventrone shows us is, in his own words, a ‘Mondo Parallelo’ or ‘Parallel World’; a Universe that shares the same starting point but a different system of evolution to our own.

Edward Lucie-SmithArt Historian, Critic and Author

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All paintings are oil on mixed media on linen.The mixed media include pencil, watercolour, acrylic & amber resins.

1 Scaramanzia 70 x 100 cm (28 x 39 in)

2 L’Abbandono 55 x 150 cm (22 x 59 in)

3 Una Voce all’Improvviso 100 x 80 cm (39 x 31 in)

4 Fuori Misura 50 x 70 cm (20 x 28 in)

5 Il Tempio della Luna 50 x 70 cm (20 x 28 in)

6 Punto d’Approdo 60 x 90 cm (24 x 35 in)

7 Libeccio 70 x 95 cm (28 x 37 in)

8 Nuovo Raccolto 50 x 60 cm (20 x 24 in)

9 Aritmetica del Colore 50 x 60 cm (20 x 24 in)

10 Prima & Dopo 60 x 60 cm x 2 (24 x 24 in) x 2

11 Linea di Pensiero 40 x 80 cm (16 x 31 in)

12 Oriente 50 x 70 cm (20 x 28 in)

13 Profondo Rosso 60 x 70 cm (24 x 28 in)

14 Bacco 60 x 90 cm (24 x 35 in)

15 Promesse 70 x 70 cm (28 x 28 in)

16 La Danza della Luce 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)

17 Senza Tempo 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)

18 Vita Collettiva 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)

Luciano Ventrone was born in Rome in 1942. He is regarded by the Italian art establishment, museums, curators and critics as one of the leading exponents of his genre. He lives and works in Rome and Collelongo (L’Aquila), Italy.

Selected Public, Corporate and Private Collections

Modern Art Collection of the Italian Senate Barilla Collection Umberto Agnelli Collection Carlo De Benedetti CollectionSilvio Scaglia Collection Ente Fiera Bologna Collection Ferrari President Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Romano Prodi (Former Italian Prime Minister) Massimo D’Alema (Former Italian Foreign Minister)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014 “The thrill of the real” Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York2013 Luciano Ventrone’s Parallel World, Moscow The Nude, Albemarle Gallery, London Luciano Ventrone, Mucciaccia & Partners Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore2012 Luciano Ventrone, Albemarle Gallery, London Luciano Ventrone, Musei di Villa Torlonia Casino dei Principi2011 Luciano Ventrone, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York “Le Stanze dell’arte” Museo civico di San Francesco, Montefalco, Perugia2010 “Io Cerco” fondazione per i ragazzi del mondo Ibrahim Kodra, Melide Svizzera Palazzo del Broletto, Como Luciano Ventrone, Marble Palace – Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 2009 L’Inverosimile Verosimiglianza, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, Fondazione Bandera, Busto Arsizio Studio Forni, Milano Simposio, Albemarle Gallery, London 2008 Luciano Ventrone e l’eterno presente, Galleria Forni, Bologna Luciano Ventrone. Le verità dipinte, Palazzo Luigi Einaudi, Chivasso – Turin Luciano Ventrone, Albemarle Gallery, London 2006 Luciano Ventrone and the Eternal Present, curated by E. Lucie-Smith, Albemarle Gallery, London Luciano Ventrone, Correggio – Reggio Emilia Studio Forni, Milan 2004 Xenia. Ossia Il gioco degli occhi, Studio Forni, Milan 2003 Studio Forni, Milan 2002 Portraits of Nicola Mancino and Marcello Pera, Presidents of the Senate of the Italian Republic, Rome Two commissioned paintings for the bouvette of the Senate of the Italian Republic, Rome 2001 Galleria Il Tempietto, Brindisi 2000 Studio Forni, Milan 2000-1963 Over 40 solo exhibitions worldwide © Albemarle Gallery 2014

Ottaviano Del Turco Collection Fabbri Editore (Leading Italian book publisher) Federico Zeri Foundation Collection Luigi Cremonini Collection Carlo Edoardo Valli Collection Fontana CollectionAndrea Mascagni Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington DC USA Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan Collection Barclays Bank, UK Corporate Collection

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