Galleria Forni Bologna
until 05.03.2008.




LUCIANO VENTRONE was born in Rome in 1942. He is regarded by the Italian art establishment, museums, curators and critics as one of the leading exponents of his genre. He is loved, admired and respected by the Italian people, collected by the Italian Government, Corporate Institutions and avid collectors to such extent that his one-man shows are complete sell-outs. Described as ‘hyper-realist’ the Art Historian and Critic, Edward Lucie-Smith states, “Ventrone is often categorized as a ‘hyper-realist’. This implies that his work is somehow related to photography. As anyone who has looked at his paintings carefully will know, this is not the case. Far from offering us the somewhat flattened version of physical forms typical of the monocular vision of the camera, his paintings have an almost overwhelming solidity and physical presence, to the point where the nearest shapes seem ready to break through the front plane of the canvas. Despite any comparisons that can be made to the art of the past, whether to Caravaggio or to any other artist, this is painting that is intransigently modern, completely of our own day.” His paintings are in numerous public and private collections worldwide including Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, The Modern Art Collection of the Italian Senate, Barilla Collection, Federico Zeri Foundation, Barclays Bank, and the President of United Arab Emirates.

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Galleria Forni Bologna
via Farini 26
40124 Bologna, Italy
Tel. +39 051 231589
Fax +39 051 268097
www.galleriaforni.it/