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 deft use of symbolism. In the 1990s, Sciacca founded in Bologna the movement of Metropolism, a painterly-cultural project that addresses social issues such as consumerism and the value of status symbols. This movement, which involved international artists and received the praise of critics such as Achille Bonito Oliva and Vittorio Sgarbi, brought his works to prestigious exhibition venues, such as the Italian Institute of Culture in Madrid (1995) and the Risorgimento Museum in Rome (2000).