Biography
To live near art is a beautiful thing; the farther away you move from it, fewer happy days you will have
Mario Arlati (Milan, Italy, 1947) captures the universality of light utilizing Leonardo da Vinci's theory of the four distinct lumi in painting and transforms opaque objects into new sources of light. Not spiritual lumi, but independent light subordinate only to giving illumination. Arlati accomplishes this creative event by spreading colour not with the intent of colouring,rather by an inventive act of luminosity and considerable definition that seems to give movement to the painting. His style of informal abstract is achieved not through analogies, but by light which slowly illuminates individual areas and interrupts the image, sections that develop into abstract forms bearing no resemblance to their previous appearance; forms that at the same moment of their creation summarize the existence of a continual dilemma.
Selected Works
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Mario ArlatiSombras, 2022
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Mario ArlatiSombras, 2022
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Mario ArlatiTrittico Blu, Potenza del Colore, 2018
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Mario ArlatiIncomplete Flag, 2017
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Mario ArlatiIncomplete Flag, 2017
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Mario ArlatiIncomplete Flag, 2017
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Mario ArlatiIncomplete Flag Gilbert Baker 6 colori, 2017
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Mario ArlatiIncomplete Flag Jolly Roger no Prisoner, 2017
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Mario ArlatiAchille 1, 2016
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Mario ArlatiAzul 3, 2016
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Mario ArlatiFlag Incomplete, 2016
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Mario ArlatiRed/Blu, 2016
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Mario ArlatiTrapos 110, 2016
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Mario ArlatiMosca, Blanco Verde, 2013
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Mario ArlatiPalabra de Hombre, 2006
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Mario ArlatiCaretera San Jose, 2004
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Mario ArlatiAzul, 2002
Exhibitions
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Mario Arlati
LORO all'Alpemare, Forte dei Marmi 10 June - 7 September 2024Exhibition by Mario Arlati at Bagno Alpemare in Forte dei Marmi, ItalyRead more -
Mario Arlati
La Materia dell'Arte, Monza 21 October - 26 November 2023Solo exhibition of the italian artist Mario Arlati in Monza, ItalyRead more -
Mario Arlati
Matter becomes Art, Viareggio 23 July - 16 October 2022A solo exhibition of the italian artist Mario Arlati at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Viani (GAMC)Read more -
Mario Arlati
Art Light Flags, Cortina d'Ampezzo 8 - 21 February 2021An artwork of videomapping signed by master Mario Arlati celebrates the 120th anniversary of the Hotel CristalloRead more -
Mario Arlati
Muri e Stracci: la Materia diventa Arte, Venice 22 September - 25 November 2018Solo exhibition of the artist Mario Arlati at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in collaboration with the Contini Art GalleryRead more -
Mario Arlati
Incomplete Flags and…, Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 August - 9 September 2018The most recent works from the 'Incomplete Flags' series are presented in the Cortina d'Ampezzo location of the GalleriaRead more -
Mario Arlati
Incomplete Flags, Lugano 9 - 25 November 2017The new artworks by artist Mario Arlati on display at Aimo Room Concept Store in Lugano.Read more -
Mario Arlati | Enzo Fiore
Potenza del Colore | Potenza della Materia 29 December 2015 - 28 March 2016Exhibitions by Mario Arlati and Enzo Fiore in Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyRead more
Press
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Arlati's giraffes at Alpemare
Arte, 1 August 2024 -
Mario Arlati: the artist who turns rags into masterpieces
Vera Agosti, Libero, 1 November 2023 -
Mario Arlati and art as therapy
TGR Lombardia, 31 October 2023 -
Mario Arlati – La Materia diventa Arte
Artribune, 23 July 2022 -
Mario Arlati - Il carattere dell'Informale
Chiara Capoccetti, BeDifferent, 1 June 2022
Publications