Antonio Sciacca (1957) - Vita monastica

Antonio Sciacca is recognized for his hyperrealist style, which captures reality with an almost photographic precision but transcends it through a skillful use of symbolism. In the 1990s, Sciacca founded in Bologna the movement of Metropolismo, a pictorial-cultural movement that addresses social themes such as consumerism and the value of status symbols. This movement, which involved international artists and received praise from critics like Achille Bonito Oliva and Vittorio Sgarbi, brought his works to prestigious exhibition venues, such as the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid (1995) and the Museum of the Risorgimento in Rome (2000).