Marco Ercoli - Ritratto
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Oil on canvas portrait by Marco Ercoli, titled Ritratto, 50 × 30 cm, 2022, signed by hand, original edition, in excellent condition, unframed, from Italy.
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Title: Portrait
Dimensions: 50x30 cm
Technique: Oil on canvas
Year: 2022
Exhibition: Solo show "Epimeteo"
This work represents another chapter in the artist's introspective research for the series "Epimeteo." In this variation, the face occupies almost the entire canvas, asserting itself with a magnetic and unsettling presence. The gaze, slightly oblique and directed at the viewer, conveys a silent tension, almost of defiance or of deep late reflection, in line with the mythological theme of the exhibition.
The backdrop landscape is reduced to its essential and symbolic elements: a dense barrier of green grass that seems to encircle the figure, topped by a sky where the clouds take on vivid and dramatic tones. The brushwork in the flesh is solid, capable of rendering the texture of skin and the bone structure of the face with a realism that never descends into mere didacticism, but becomes charged with an atmosphere suspended in time.
The work is unframed.
Marco Ercoli's works have passed through the Colasanti auction house:
https://www.colasantiaste.com/it/artisti/marco-ercoli-1327
The artist is listed in Arsvalue's artist catalog:
https://www.arsvalue.com/en/lots/1278322/marco-ercoli-roma-1986-albero-della-vita
Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/marco__ercoli/
Marco Ercoli
Artist Curriculum
Awards and Recognitions
2024: Selected among the "222 Artists to Invest in 2024," editorial volume curated by Exibart.
2023 – Gualdo Tadino: Realization of the Palio for the 2023 edition of the "Giochi de le Porte," presented with a standing ovation at the Monumental Church of San Francesco.
2019 – Isernia: Winner of the P.A.C.I. Award, Quality Award, Auditorium Città d'Isernia.
2012 – France: Colart scholarship at the Atelier "Plessix-Madeuc".
2008 – Rome: Winner of "MarteLive," Quality Award, painting category.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Gualdo Tadino (PG): "In Your Eyes," Museo complex - Monumental Church of San Francesco, curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi.
2022 – Rome: "Epimeteo," Gallery 28 Piazza di Pietra, curated by Giorgia Basili.
2021 – Massa Lubrense (NA): "Nighttime," Art Hotel Villa Fiorella, curated by Giorgia Basili.
2016 – Rome: "7," Galleria Curva Pura, curated by Serena Di Giovanni.
2010 – Rome: "F(R)ame," Libreria Einaudi.
2009 – Rome: "Butterfly Collection." Ercoli Contemporary Art Gallery, curated by Carlo Ercoli.
2009 – Rome: "Matter and Ego," Casina Giustiniani Gallery.
Group Exhibitions and Pavilions
2018 – Basel (Switzerland): "Sommerausstellung," Galerie Eulenspiegel.
2018 – Rome: "Profane liquid, for external use only," Studio Giga, curated by Bianca Catalano.
2015 – Rome: "Radiate," TakeawayGallery.
2015 – Fermo: Stripe Festival Art and Architecture.
2015 – Milan: Affordable Art Fair Milano (AAF), Superstudio Più, Stand E5 (White Noise Gallery).
2015 – Rome: "Any Given Post-it," White Noise Gallery.
2013 – Rome: "First Art Hotel," Galleria Muciaccia.
2012 – Rome: "Rendez-vous," Galleria ArtePerOggi.
2012 – France: "Les Atelier du Plessix-Madeuc," Abbaye St Magloire, Lehon.
2011 – Turin: Venice Biennale, Italy Pavilion.
Installations and Special Projects
2018 – Civitella d'Agliano (VT): "Agora," Permanent installation, project 1 Artist 1 Day, Contaminazioni d'Arte.
Title: Portrait
Dimensions: 50x30 cm
Technique: Oil on canvas
Year: 2022
Exhibition: Solo show "Epimeteo"
This work represents another chapter in the artist's introspective research for the series "Epimeteo." In this variation, the face occupies almost the entire canvas, asserting itself with a magnetic and unsettling presence. The gaze, slightly oblique and directed at the viewer, conveys a silent tension, almost of defiance or of deep late reflection, in line with the mythological theme of the exhibition.
The backdrop landscape is reduced to its essential and symbolic elements: a dense barrier of green grass that seems to encircle the figure, topped by a sky where the clouds take on vivid and dramatic tones. The brushwork in the flesh is solid, capable of rendering the texture of skin and the bone structure of the face with a realism that never descends into mere didacticism, but becomes charged with an atmosphere suspended in time.
The work is unframed.
Marco Ercoli's works have passed through the Colasanti auction house:
https://www.colasantiaste.com/it/artisti/marco-ercoli-1327
The artist is listed in Arsvalue's artist catalog:
https://www.arsvalue.com/en/lots/1278322/marco-ercoli-roma-1986-albero-della-vita
Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/marco__ercoli/
Marco Ercoli
Artist Curriculum
Awards and Recognitions
2024: Selected among the "222 Artists to Invest in 2024," editorial volume curated by Exibart.
2023 – Gualdo Tadino: Realization of the Palio for the 2023 edition of the "Giochi de le Porte," presented with a standing ovation at the Monumental Church of San Francesco.
2019 – Isernia: Winner of the P.A.C.I. Award, Quality Award, Auditorium Città d'Isernia.
2012 – France: Colart scholarship at the Atelier "Plessix-Madeuc".
2008 – Rome: Winner of "MarteLive," Quality Award, painting category.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Gualdo Tadino (PG): "In Your Eyes," Museo complex - Monumental Church of San Francesco, curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi.
2022 – Rome: "Epimeteo," Gallery 28 Piazza di Pietra, curated by Giorgia Basili.
2021 – Massa Lubrense (NA): "Nighttime," Art Hotel Villa Fiorella, curated by Giorgia Basili.
2016 – Rome: "7," Galleria Curva Pura, curated by Serena Di Giovanni.
2010 – Rome: "F(R)ame," Libreria Einaudi.
2009 – Rome: "Butterfly Collection." Ercoli Contemporary Art Gallery, curated by Carlo Ercoli.
2009 – Rome: "Matter and Ego," Casina Giustiniani Gallery.
Group Exhibitions and Pavilions
2018 – Basel (Switzerland): "Sommerausstellung," Galerie Eulenspiegel.
2018 – Rome: "Profane liquid, for external use only," Studio Giga, curated by Bianca Catalano.
2015 – Rome: "Radiate," TakeawayGallery.
2015 – Fermo: Stripe Festival Art and Architecture.
2015 – Milan: Affordable Art Fair Milano (AAF), Superstudio Più, Stand E5 (White Noise Gallery).
2015 – Rome: "Any Given Post-it," White Noise Gallery.
2013 – Rome: "First Art Hotel," Galleria Muciaccia.
2012 – Rome: "Rendez-vous," Galleria ArtePerOggi.
2012 – France: "Les Atelier du Plessix-Madeuc," Abbaye St Magloire, Lehon.
2011 – Turin: Venice Biennale, Italy Pavilion.
Installations and Special Projects
2018 – Civitella d'Agliano (VT): "Agora," Permanent installation, project 1 Artist 1 Day, Contaminazioni d'Arte.
Details
Artist
Marco Ercoli
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Ritratto
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2022
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
50 cm
Width
30 cm
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Realism
Period
2020+
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