In the Marble Hall of the Russian Museum was opened the first exhibition in Russia of the largest contemporary Italian artist Luciano Ventrone giperrealista.

in the marble hall of the Russian Museum was opened the first exhibition in Russia of the largest contemporary Italian artist Luciano Ventrone giperrealista. The exhibition displays 65 paintings mainly of the last decade.

Against the background of such art forms as performance or video art, still lifes Ventrone, painted on canvas with oil paints, may seem too traditional, even archaic. However, in our time the tradition of old masters once again proved popular, and so-called hyperrealism successfully compete with other forms and varieties of art at the beginning of the XXI century.

In his works, Luciano Ventrone continues the traditions established by the Italian painters Caravaggio (Caravaggio), Baskenisom Evaristo (Evaristo Baschenis), Giovanni Garzoni (Giovanna Garzoni), who worked at the end of XVI - first half of XVII century. This allows Ventrone organically combine creative discoveries of past masters and modern concept giperrealisticheskogo beautiful works. His still lifes, landscapes and images of nude figures are characterized by incredibly meticulous execution. These works show the artist's desire to achieve a kind of unity with nature, opening the way to a contemplative plunge the viewer into the canvas imprinted on the visible world.

in the works Ventrone fruits, vegetables and flowers are painted with photographic authenticity and are arranged by author so that with their help, he realizes the different themes, plays a particular mood. His still lifes show unity with nature, give rise to reflections, invites you to enjoy deep contemplation paintings. The names given by the artist his works, not always produce similar associations in the audience. Identifying color and light texture of objects depicted, Ventrone gives them new meaning. Essentially, they are transformed into the installation, via the external recognizable objects some latent meaning. Thus, modern art Ventrone, although based on the principles of traditional visual embodiment of the world.

exhibition runs until August 16, 2010.

Source: rusmuseum.ru