Marco Cingolani ITA, b. 1961
Overview
"I am interested in understanding when facts become history. There are events that for my generation have meant the transition into adulthood."
Marco Cingolani (b. 1961) lives and works in Milan. He is the “master of color”. In his works, color often becomes a continuous series of overlaps, nuances and scratches, transparencies next to timbre zones, color that covers other color, adding tones and blurs. His work has always focused on the possibility to erase the normative power of media imagery, subjecting it to the radical “cure” of the Artist, being certain that Art provides a decisive point of view to read the world.
Marco Cingolani has always been fascinated by the transition from “pieces of news” to History and back, and in fact it was in this context that more than one series of artworks was born. Here we mention: the series of great oil paintings called Le Interviste (The Interviews) - in which the protagonists are oppressed by the journalists’ microphones -, the famous series dedicated to the attempt on Pope John Paul II’s life, and the tragic murder of Aldo Moro. This strong link to reality is expressed in his works by the symbolical contextualization of several elements, such as UN Security Council blue helmets, multicolored segments of Wall Street graphs, military uniforms, and political parties’ flags.
In 2009 he was among the artists invited to represent Italy at the Venice Biennale. In 2011, when he turned 50, its city of origin dedicates him an anthology diffused in three public spaces. Among several group expositions, Marco Cingolani has solo shows at the Pecci Museum in Prato, at the National Museum of Villa Guinigi (Lucca), at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, at the S.M.A.K. in Gent, and finally in Milan, at the PAC Museum.
Works
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Marco CingolaniUntitled, 1996watercolor on paper31.5 x 23 cm (53.5 x 43 cm framed)
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Marco CingolaniIl ritrovamento del corpo di Aldo Moro, 1989oil and chalks on canvas184 x 184 cm
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Marco CingolaniConferenza Stampa, 1991oil paint on canvas100 x 100 cm
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Marco CingolaniIl Papa, 1993 circawatercolor on paper31 x 23 cm (53.5 x 43 cm framed)
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Marco CingolaniPerquisitemi, 1993watercolor on paper23.5 x 33 cm (53 x 43 cm framed)
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Marco CingolaniRiot, 1989oil on canvas183 x 180 cm
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Marco CingolaniConferenza Stampa, 1993oil paint on canvas185 x 185 cm
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Marco CingolaniUntitled, 1993watercolor on paper30.5 x 23 cm (53.5 x 43 cm framed)
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Marco CingolaniCasanova, 1998oil on canvas200 x 200 cm
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Marco CingolaniIl divano del paparazzo, 2004oil paint on canvas240 x 240 cm
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Marco CingolaniSan Luca cerca di dipingere, 1999oil on canvas300 x 250 cm
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Marco CingolaniIntervista a Samuel Beckett, 1998oil on canvas185 x 185 cm
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Marco CingolaniOsservatorio, 2000oil paint on canvas185 x 185 cm
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Marco CingolaniDom Perignon inventa lo champagne, 1999oil on canvas200 x 350 cm
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Marco CingolaniUncanny Zone 10, 2015oil on canvas200 x 150 cm
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Marco CingolaniElezioni (ovunque e comunque), 2009acrylic on canvas200 x 150 cm
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Marco CingolaniGold Finger, 2022oil on canvas200 x 200 cm
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Marco CingolaniUntitled, 2023oil on canvas60 x 40 cm
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Marco CingolaniGold Rush Jack London Klondike, 2022oil on canvas200 x 200 cm
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Marco CingolaniGold Shotting, 2022oil on canvas200 x 200 cm
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Marco CingolaniGolden Escape (Golden Age), 2022oil on canvas200 x 200 cm
Exhibitions
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Marco Cingolani - Revenge Gold
18 Feb - 31 Mar 2023The title, “Revenge Gold”, doesn’t want to pass unnoticed. These lapidary words allude to gold’s power, seduction, and curse. Yet, they also remind us of Ennio Morricone’s song, “The Ecstasy...Read more -
Pathos - Group show
20 Dec 2019 - 22 Feb 2020No one among the Art historians of the 19th and 20th centuries has gained contemporary artists' interest and inquiry as much as the German historian Aby Warburg. There certainly is...Read more -
To Bid Or Not To Bid - Contemporary Curated
16 Dec 2017 - 10 Feb 2018If we left the world in the hands of journalists, psychoanalysts and psychologists, man-made wonders would disappear: paintings, statues, lamps, chairs, bus tickets, books, manuscripts. They would all disappear, swallowed...Read more -
Marco Cingolani - Uncanny Zone
12 Dec 2015 - 27 Feb 2016The painting is nourished by ancient dreams and brings with itself the awareness that it is the figure and the figuration that distinguish the experience. Root of language and of...Read more -
Der Beste Anfang - Group show
3 Oct - 14 Nov 2015The Avant-garde is always an instance of novelty, that changes form, transforms the language and present itself as – Der Beste Anfang – The best beginning, taking the irrational responsibility...Read more -
Sphères 7 - Group show
19 Oct 2014 - 6 Jun 2015Thomas Brambilla Gallery is announcing its participation in the seventh edition of Sphères, an exhibition project organized by the Galleria Continua which will bring together several galleries from all over...Read more -
Too Big Or Not Too Big - Group show
18 May - 30 Jun 2013Thomas Brambilla Gallery is proud to announce on Saturday 18th May 2013 the opening of the group show Too big or not too big with William Anastasi, Dario Beatovic, Dove...Read more
News
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Marco Cingolani, Maggi Hambling, Klaus Rinke "VIS-À-VIS. Ritratti Moderni e Contemporanei"
Musei Civici, Palazzo Buonaccorsi, Macerata, Italy June 28, 2024From June 28, 2024, to January 12, 2025, the new exhibition 'Vis-à-vis. Ritratti moderni e contemporanei', curated by Elsa Barbieri, Massimo Francucci, and Giuliana Pascucci,...Read more -
Marco Cingolani, Erik Saglia, Andrea Kvas group show "Pittura Italiana Oggi"
La Triennale, Milan, Italy October 25, 2023A large group exhibition dedicated to contemporary Italian painting through the work of 120 of the most interesting Italian artists of different generations, born between...Read more -
Marco Cingolani - Pittura XXI
Artefiera, Bologna, Italy February 2, 2023MARCO CINGOLANI SOLO SHOW Pittura XXI PAD. 25 - Booth A43 MORE INFO HERE !Read more -
Marco Cingolani group show "L'arte e la città/ Art and the City"
Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy November 20, 2021L’ARTE E LA CITTÀ / ART AND THE CITY is an original exhibition with dozens of works selected from the museum’s collections and complemented by...Read more -
Jack Pierson and Marco Cingolani group show "Artissima - Unplugged"
GAM, Turin, Italy November 7, 2020Artissima takes place in an Unplugged version for 2020. A new format, extended throughout the city and online that brings together physical exhibitions produced with...Read more -
Marco Cingolani group show "Distanziamenti"
Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Osvaldo Licini, Ascoli Piceno, Italy July 12, 2020Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 'Osvaldo Licini', Ascoli Piceno, Italy July 12 - September 27, 2020Read more -
Marco Cingolani group show "Pittori fantastici nella valle del Po"
PAC - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara, Italy July 3, 2020PAC - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara July 3 - September 27, 2020Read more -
Marco Cingolani - group show "Reality il decennio degli effetti speciali”
Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy December 20, 2018If Umberto Eco, during the Tangentopoli era, described the eighties as the 'decade of special effects', then REALITY '80 can be envisioned as the visual...Read more -
Marco Cingolani "Lupercalia aujourd’hui"
Museo Guttuso, Bagheria, Palermo, Italy July 19, 2018 -
Marco Cingolani - group show
Spazio Siena, Siena, Italy February 25, 2018 Read more -
Marco Cingolani "Tutti i volti di una città"
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy July 18, 2015 Read more -
Marco Cingolani - group show "Liberi tutti! Arte e società in Italia. 1989 – 2001"
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin, Italy July 9, 2015Click here!Read more -
Sphères 2014
Galleria Continua, France October 19, 2014MORE INFO HERE !Read more -
Marco Cingolani "A perdita d'occhio"
Palazzo del Broletto, Como, Italy March 19, 2011 Read more -
Marco Cingolani - Biennale di Venezia
Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy March 26, 2009Marco Cingolani is among the artists invited to represent Italy at the 2009 Venice Biennale.Read more -
Marco Cingolani "La lunga notte di Paparazzo"
Palazzo della Ragione, Mantova, Italy October 19, 2003MORE INFO HERE !Read more -
Marco Cingolani "Bang Bang"
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy October 27, 2002Curated by Entr'Acte and Comune di FirenzeRead more -
Marco Cingolani "Stropicciarsi gli occhi. Opere dal 1982 al 2002"
Società Promotrice di Belle Arti di Torino, Turin, Italy May 16, 2002MORE INFO HERE !Read more
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