EXHIBITION: February 11th - March 11th, 2012

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery

presents

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GIOVANNI CERRI

L P o r t r a i t s

Leonard Cohen 2011, Oil on Canvas, Cm 50 x 50

Bob Dylan 2011, Oil on Canvas, Cm 50 x 50

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OPENING RECEPTION

on Saturday, February 11, from 4 - 7 p.m.

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Giovanni Cerri (Milano, 1969) began his activity as a painter in 1987 and since then has had numerous exhibitions in Italia and abroad. His personal shows are as follows: 1995 – Galleria Cortina – Milan; 2000 – Galleria Artistudio/Magrorocca – Milan; 2002 – Galleria Monogramma – Rome; Cortina Arte – Milan; 2006 – Galleria Blanchaert – Milan; 2007 – Galleria Palmieri – Busto Arsizio; 2008 – Spazio Tadini – Milan, ComoArte – Como, Avanguardia Antiquaria - Milan; 2009 – Galleria Gli Eroici Furori – Milan, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (MN), Ex Chiesa di San Pietro in Atrio – Como, Orenda Art International - Paris;  De Luca Fine Art | Gallery – Toronto, Galleria Cappelletti – Milan, Galerie Kuhn & Partner – Berlin; 2011 – Spazio Arte - Milan, Avanguardia Antiquaria – Milan, Galleria Berga – Vicenza.

   

Among the group shows in which he has participated: 1998 - "Milano-Berlino" / Metropoli a confronto – Galerie Verein – Berlin; 2002 – "Arte per tempi nuovi" – Galerie Die Ecke – Augsburg (Germany); 2006 – Premio Michetti – Francavilla al Mare (CH); 2008 – "I Cerri. Giancarlo e Giovanni. La pittura di generazione in generazione" – Museo della Permanente – Milan, "Maestri di Brera" – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Shanghai; 2010 – Le Meduse – Fabbrica del Vapore – Milan, "Riprogettare l’Archeologia" – Triennale di Milano; 2012 - "Le Meduse, mare nero" – Gallery at Avalon Island – Orlando, Florida U.S.A.

   

In 2011, he exhibited at the  54th Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi.

 

This is Giovanni Cerri’s second exhibition in Toronto at De Luca Fine Art | Gallery . In 2010 he had his first personal exhibition entitled "Hurricane of Light", presenting a cycle of works on the theme of the city, the main subject of his work. This exhibition, entitled "LPortraits", is a series of portraits of the most famous faces of pop rock from the United States and Canada. Cerri, remaining faithful to his pictorial language, has interpreted famous "icons": from Bob Dylan to Patti Smith, from Neil Young to Leonard Cohen, from The Ramones to Aerosmith. A gallery of faces where the artist tries to also communicate the expressive "atmosphere" of these musicians, and trying to translate the spirit of their music in to images.

 

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in the same format of the LPs with texts by Alberto Figliolia and Bruno Milone.

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  This exhibition runs from February 11th - March 11th, 2012 at  
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery located at 217 Avenue Road, Toronto.

Join us at the opening reception on  
Saturday, February 11th, from 4 - 7 p.m.  

 

Don’t miss it ! We look forward to seeing you !

R.S.V.P. to invite@delucafineart.com   

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Tandem News Reviews De Luca Fine Art | Gallery artist Enzo Maio

Bringing Italian art to Toronto

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents landscape work of Enzo Maio

By Elisa Pennate  

Originally Published: 2010-05-30

 

Italian artist Enzo Maio’s paintings are officially on exhibit for the first time in Canada, at the De Luca Fine Art | Gallery in downtown Toronto.
Corrado De Luca, the director and curator of the De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, is pleased to be exhibiting Maio’s paper and canvas paintings.
De Luca, who grew up in the art business, is very passionate about bringing Italian artists to the attention of Canadian art lovers here in Toronto. It’s been one of his mandates for the more than four years that he has operated his gallery.
In addition to highlighting the works of contemporary Italian artists, (both established and upcoming) De Luca has access to historical artists as well, and is now trying to include the works of a few artists who originate from different countries in Europe.
De Luca is also interested in creating a forum for Canadian artists to share their works on an international level.
“[The] goal of [the] gallery [is] to contribute to [the] multiculturalization of Toronto’s art scene,” says De Luca. “I would like to make the Canadian artists grow internationally.”
De Luca plans on bringing Canadian artists to Italy so that they can have their work exhibited in Italian art galleries, as this will help to strengthen the bridge that the De Luca Fine Art | Gallery works to create between the artistic scenes of Italy and Canada.
For now, however, De Luca is happy to have his gallery present the works of Enzo Maio.
On Thursday May 20 the De Luca Fine Art | Gallery  officially welcomed Maio’s work with an exhibition entitled “Landscapes- Work on Canvas and Paper,” where a wide range of attendees, including collectors and artists had the chance to see varioius works by Maio, who currently lives and works in Vercelli, Italy.
“This exhibition is a collection of recent work combined with previous work to give the audience an overlook of Maio’s work,” says De Luca.
De Luca points out that Maio’s past works tend to be on the darker side with dark greens and grey colours. However, Maio’s more recent work is experimental —there are more bright colours combined with earthy tones.

Maio is an artist who deals with landscapes of Novara (his native land), says De Luca. Some of the landscape scenes depict hills and countrysides.
“Maio’s paintings are very elegant paintings — timeless work — yet simple,” De Luca explains.
In order to understand Maio’s work, however, one must also understand his artistic style. Maio’s work is described as “informal naturalism,” which means the artist is painting reality. In this case Maio paints landscapes but infused within the painting is the feeling that the artist has towards their surroundings.
“Maio is painting his own state — the feeling —as he is painting the landscape,” said De Luca.
What De Luca particularly likes about Maio’s work is the difference between both forms that he uses.
For example, on paper Maio’s work moves more towards abstraction. It looks like he uses a watercolour technique, but instead you see pencil marks from the sketches, and after painting he scratches the paint off when it is about to dry and this scratching technique creates the abstract because Maio is infusing emotion.
Maio’s work on canvas combines a material component, and De Luca describes it as seeing the scraps from sharpening a pencil scattered on top of the painting.
According to De Luca, essentially, all these techniques represent Maio’s not wanting “to steer away from his own interior.”
For more information on Italian artist Enzo Maio, and to see the exhibition of his works, which runs until June 20 at the De Luca Fine Art | Gallery. Contact the gallery directly at 416-537-4699 to book an appointment. The De Luca Fine Art | Gallery is located at 1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203. The gallery’s next exhibition will feature Giovanni Cerri who deals with urban art.

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