Biography

Art is expressed through symbols. I am not interested in the character itself, but in the symbolism it represents

Veneziano = Cattelan - loved by some and hated by others; to remain impassive is unthinkable. Veneziano (Mazzarino, Italy, 1971) expresses the first pivotal point of his poetic art: he deals with history like chronicles and chronicles like history. Or rather, he puts the surreal chronicle of reality on a stage. The Sicilian artist is truly obsessed with illustrated books of art history; without inventing anything, from nothing he is capable of finding inspiration in images familiar to us. Veneziano's art is unmistakable, his chromatic code flat and sugary. He has truly digested postmodern art and when it comes to the concept of dealing with art form the past he is averse to an easy justification of conceptual art; his universe is all about painting as an hypothesis of re-inventing the world. He retrieves the narrative dimensions of art (which vanishes in conceptual art) by playing with figures and proposing harmonies.
Selected Works
  • Giuseppe Veneziano, Angeli Ribelli, 2016
    Giuseppe Veneziano
    Angeli Ribelli, 2016
  • Giuseppe Veneziano, Solo un Amico ti può Tradire, 2013
    Giuseppe Veneziano
    Solo un Amico ti può Tradire, 2013
  • Giuseppe Veneziano, dantealighieri@virgilio.it, 2012
    Giuseppe Veneziano
    dantealighieri@virgilio.it, 2012
  • Giuseppe Veneziano, Stairway to Heaven, 2012
    Giuseppe Veneziano
    Stairway to Heaven, 2012
  • Giuseppe Veneziano, Pogo the Clown, 2011
    Giuseppe Veneziano
    Pogo the Clown, 2011
  • Giuseppe Veneziano, Il Declino del Ragno, 2006
    Giuseppe Veneziano
    Il Declino del Ragno, 2006
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