Luigi Gatti
Bio
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Born in Gazzola – Piacenza (Italy) in 1955.
After taking his architecture degree, Gatti experimented widely with oil colours. Following a number of group shows that began in Milan in 1982, he held his first solo exhibition in 2004, at Donec Capiam Studio, in Via del Carmine in Milan, Italy.
Other solo exhibitions include:
Galleria Rosso Tiziano, (Piacenza) Italy, 2007
Galleria del Carbone, (Ferrara) Italy, 2009
Galleria Il Lepre, (Piacenza) Italy, 2010
Group exhibitions
Galleria Delle Visioni, Piacenza, Italy, 2010-2011-2012
Galleria Il Lepre, Piacenza, Italy, 2011-2012-2013
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, Maine, USA, 2013-2014
Art Fairs
Art Fair, Cremona, Italy, 2011
Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy, 2011-2012-2013
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY, USA, Fall 2012
Artist Statement
The main feature of his work is the overlap between “serious” painting and images drawn from the world of advertising, illustration and comic strips. Pictorial influences range from Giotto, Mantegna, Caravaggio and Velazquez to the Italian, European and North American 20th Century, from Casorati, Carrà, Balthus to Hopper. His paintings depict stories of small, private events such as birthdays or weddings and there are often children playing alone indoors in the shade. The twilight effect is not just conveyed through the light and the oxidized, scraped colours, but also through an atmosphere that is suspended somewhere between myth and melancholy. They are short stories that attempt to explain the inexplicable: the charm and the mystery of life.
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