Ninni Pagano (1969) - Simurg

Ninni Pagano was born in Catania. Always passionate about Wunderkammer and about everything nature offers in its beauty, this passion led him to study in the studio of master Antonio Sciacca, his teacher. It was 2011, and from that moment his artistic career began, propelling him to increasing prominence and earning the esteem of critics such as Aldo Albani, Roberta Filippi of the Orler Gallery, Philippe Daverio, and Daniele Radini Tedeschi. In 2016 his name appears in the prestigious American guide Guide Museums Galleries Artists. After taking part in two Triennials of contemporary art in Rome with his works published in Mondadori catalogs, in 2020 his name appears in the prestigious Atlas of Contemporary Art by De Agostini.
The work is an oil on canvas, signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity with the artist's logo, the artwork's characteristics, and the artist's signature at the bottom.
The colors of the painting may vary slightly from the photo due to camera and screen settings.
The work is carefully packed with bubble wrap and cardboard, and naturally shipped with a frame.


The work from the Ninni Pagano series meets great artists, depicting the ostrich by master D. Giacometti and a sculpture by Ninni Pagano.
Ninni Pagano in this painting hypothesizes the meeting between the two sculptures with a strong symbolic character.
Giacometti's Ostrich, with its existential theme, expresses the fragile and solitary human condition, focusing on the anguish and isolation of the post-war period.
Ninni Pagano's Simurg, on the other hand, is a symbol of rebirth.
The main task of the Simurgh in mythology was to make the seeds of the tree that supported it fall to the ground, placing itself upon them. Gustave Flaubert describes it as a bird with a human head. The Simurgh represents God, but also the soul capable of viewing as the Divine Being, and assumes the role of unifying heaven with earth. The ostrich is therefore a symbol of resurrection for Christians.


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