Marco Ercoli - Ecce Homo
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Marco Ercoli, Ecce Homo, an original oil on canvas (80x80 cm) from 2026, signed by hand, depicts animals in a Neo-Expressionist style and is sold directly by the artist without a frame.
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Ecce Homo
80x80
Oil on canvas
2026
In Ecce Homo, the figure of the chimpanzee, crouched atop a human skull and caught in the act of shouting, becomes the image of humanity reduced to its most remote origin. Stripped of social constructs, conventions and cultural superstructures, the human being appears in his most authentic and primordial component: body, fear, aggression, instinct of survival.
The skull is not merely a traditional memento mori, but the very foundation upon which the animal figure rises. Instinct dominates what remains of man, while the scream seems to cross time, standing halfway between birth and agony, vital assertion and omen of dissolution.
The title Ecce Homo introduces a deliberately provocative contrast. The man shown is not the civilized and rational individual, but a creature still subject to the economy of nature, in which every existence is inserted into an inevitable cycle of birth, life and death. The chimpanzee and the skull thus become two moments of the same condition: the vital impulse and its exhaustion, presence and its future absence.
The painting, built through a nervous material and a cold chromatic range, accentuates the sense of isolation and suspension. The scene assumes the character of a contemporary allegory of the human condition: behind every form of progress there continues to survive a fragile, instinctive and mortal creature, constantly exposed to the temporality of its own existence.
The work is sold without a frame.
Marco Ercoli's works have been presented at 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
Artistic Curriculum
Awards and Recognitions
2024: Selected among the "222 Artists to Invest in 2024", editorial volume edited 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 P.A.C.I. Prize, Quality Award, Auditorium Città d'Isernia.
2012 – France: Colart scholarship at the Atelier "Plessix-Madeuc".
2008 – Rome: Winner "MarteLive", Quality Award, painting section.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Gualdo Tadino (PG): "In Your Eyes", Museal Center - Monumental Church of San Francesco, curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi.
2022 – Rome: "Epimetheus", Gallery 28 Piazza di Pietra, curated by Giorgia Basili.
2021 – Massa Lubrense (NA): "Nocturnal", 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: "Collection of Butterflies". 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.
Ecce Homo
80x80
Oil on canvas
2026
In Ecce Homo, the figure of the chimpanzee, crouched atop a human skull and caught in the act of shouting, becomes the image of humanity reduced to its most remote origin. Stripped of social constructs, conventions and cultural superstructures, the human being appears in his most authentic and primordial component: body, fear, aggression, instinct of survival.
The skull is not merely a traditional memento mori, but the very foundation upon which the animal figure rises. Instinct dominates what remains of man, while the scream seems to cross time, standing halfway between birth and agony, vital assertion and omen of dissolution.
The title Ecce Homo introduces a deliberately provocative contrast. The man shown is not the civilized and rational individual, but a creature still subject to the economy of nature, in which every existence is inserted into an inevitable cycle of birth, life and death. The chimpanzee and the skull thus become two moments of the same condition: the vital impulse and its exhaustion, presence and its future absence.
The painting, built through a nervous material and a cold chromatic range, accentuates the sense of isolation and suspension. The scene assumes the character of a contemporary allegory of the human condition: behind every form of progress there continues to survive a fragile, instinctive and mortal creature, constantly exposed to the temporality of its own existence.
The work is sold without a frame.
Marco Ercoli's works have been presented at 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
Artistic Curriculum
Awards and Recognitions
2024: Selected among the "222 Artists to Invest in 2024", editorial volume edited 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 P.A.C.I. Prize, Quality Award, Auditorium Città d'Isernia.
2012 – France: Colart scholarship at the Atelier "Plessix-Madeuc".
2008 – Rome: Winner "MarteLive", Quality Award, painting section.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Gualdo Tadino (PG): "In Your Eyes", Museal Center - Monumental Church of San Francesco, curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi.
2022 – Rome: "Epimetheus", Gallery 28 Piazza di Pietra, curated by Giorgia Basili.
2021 – Massa Lubrense (NA): "Nocturnal", 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: "Collection of Butterflies". 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
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Ecce Homo
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
80 cm
Width
80 cm
Depiction/theme
Animals
Style
Neo-Expressionism
Period
2020+
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