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Luciano Ventrone
Luciano Ventrone 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 (former Italian Prime Minister), the Modern Art Collection of the Italian Senate, Barilla Collection, Federico Zeri Foundation, and the President of United Arab Emirates Collection. -
cv / exhibition history / awards
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 lives and works in Rome and Collelongo (L’Aquila), Italy.
Selected Solo Exhibitions2010
Albemarle Gallery London
Palazzo del Broletto, Como Luciano Ventrone, Marble Palace – Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2009
L’Inverosimile Verosimiglianza, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, Fondazione Bandera, Busto Arsizio
Studio Forni, Milano
Simposio, Albemarle Gallery, London
2008
Luciano Ventrone e l’eterno presente, Galleria Forni, Bologna
Luciano Ventrone. Le verità dipinte, Palazzo Luigi Einaudi, Chivasso – Turin Bernarducci & Meisel Gallery, New York Luciano Ventrone, Albemarle Gallery, London
2006
Luciano Ventrone and the Eternal Present, curated by E. Lucie-Smith, Albemarle Gallery, London
Luciano Ventrone, Correggio – Reggio Emilia
Studio Forni, Milan
2004
Xenia. Ossia Il gioco degli occhi, Studio Forni, Milan
2003
Studio Forni, Milan
2002
Portraits of Nicola Mancino and Marcello Pera, Presidents of the Senate of
the Italian Republic, Rome Two commissioned paintings for the bouvette of the Senate of the Italian Republic, Rome
2001
Galleria Il Tempietto, Brindisi
2000
Studio Forni, Milan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Art Chicago, Chicago
Contemporary Realism, Albemarle Gallery London
2009
Arte Fiera, Bologna
Donne di Roma, Auditorium Musica per Roma, Rome
Figure, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York
Contemplazioni, Castello Sismondo, Rimini
Art London, London
Natura morta, Il Chiostro, Saronno
2008
Scope, New York
Arte Fiera, Bologna
Face to Face, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York
Colori di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Oltre la realtà, Galleria Chiari, Rome
Figurae, Villa Genoese Zerbi di Reggio Calabria
Oltre la realtà, Galleria 44, Turin
Spazio Forni, Ragusa
Art London, Albemarle Gallery, London
2007
Arte Fiera, Bologna
MiArt, Milan
Visioni e illusioni, Castello Cinquecentesco, L’Aquila
Summer Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
LVII Premio Michetti, Francavilla al Mare – Chieti
Arte Italiana 1968-2007. Pittura, curated by V. Sgarbi, Palazzo Reale, Milan
Nuovi realismi, PAC, Milan
Scope, New York
L’alibi dell’oggetto. Morandi e gli sviluppi della natura morta in Italia, curated by M. Pasquali, Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca
Arte Fiera, Abu Dhabi
Art London, Albemarle Gallery, London
Winter Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
2006
Arte Fiera, Bologna
Scope, New York
L’Italia della Repubblica, Complesso Monumentale del Vittoriano, Rome
Antologia della figurazione contemporanea. Italia: le ultime generazioni 1, curated by G. Algranti, Galleria Figurae, Milan
Sui Generi. Figure in posa, Centro di Promozione Culturale “Le Muse”, Andria
Figurae, Galleria Factory, Modena
Flowers, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo nel Frignano
Primer concurso de pintura figurativa, Barcelona
10th Anniversary Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
2005
Terra, Galleria Marieschi, Milan
Il ritratto interiore. Da Lotto a Pirandello, curated by V. Sgarbi, Museo archeologico, Aosta L’inquietudine del volto. Da Lotto a Freud, da Tiziano a De Chirico, curated by V. Sgarbi, Lodi
Sui Generi. Paesaggi in posa, Centro di Promozione Culturale “Le Muse”, Andria
