- Antonio Mele
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- Otium in via
Original artwork description
The painting depicts a corner of the city of Berlin, captured in a moment of emptiness and silence, where the two figures in the foreground are absorbed in reading. The elderly Giuseppe Verdi reads the score of John Cage's 4:33, while the young woman carefully reads the stickers on the traffic lights.
The work is the first in the new "Otium" cycle, which will address the theme of leisure as the ancient Romans understood it: creative leisure, a time for study, personal and spiritual enrichment, as opposed to the workshop, that is, activities related to work and material gain. However, it highlights the difficulties and contradictions this concept presents today.
Materials used:
pigments and linen, safflower oil on linen
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 110 x 140 x 4cm (unframed) / 110 x 140cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
The painting depicts a corner of the city of Berlin, captured in a moment of emptiness and silence, where the two figures in the foreground are absorbed in reading. The elderly Giuseppe Verdi reads the score of John Cage's 4:33, while the young woman carefully reads the stickers on the traffic lights.
The work is the first in the new "Otium" cycle, which will address the theme of leisure as the ancient Romans understood it: creative leisure, a time for study, personal and spiritual enrichment, as opposed to the workshop, that is, activities related to work and material gain. However, it highlights the difficulties and contradictions this concept presents today.
Materials used:
pigments and linen, safflower oil on linen
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 110 x 140 x 4cm (unframed) / 110 x 140cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Antonio Mele
Italy
About
2023:
Participation
in "1^
Biennale Internazionale d’Arte della Riviera Romana". -
Work in the permanent collection of the Dafen Art Museum,
Shenzhen Cina.
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"The 3rd Dafen International Oil Painting
Biennale, Shenzhen 2022". 2022:
9th Beijing International... Read more