Pope Francis with President Xi Jinping

Awards: First International Trophy “Arte Impero”, 2016

Exhibited at: Piazza del Popolo – from Caravaggio to the present day, Sale del Bramante, Rome, 2015; First International Trophy “Arte Impero” (Video Exhibition: Paris, Vienna, Rome), 2016.

Published in: Effetto Arte – bimonthly periodical of art an culture (directed by Paolo Levi) year 4, n. 5, 2014 (page 294); Effetto Arte – bimonthly periodical od art and culture (directed by Paolo Levi), year 6, n. 4, Oct-Dic 2016 (page 176 with review); My ART, International Web Magazine, EA Editore, biannual art and culture periodical, year I, 2017 (page 7 with review by Paolo Levi).

1 lithographic reproduction (30 x 40 cm) is part of the "Sgarbi Collection", collection of paintings and prints.

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Marco Salvatore Mallamaci’s compositions are created through the chromatic dialogue of skilful and transparent tonal counterpoints from which apparently idyllic and sensual figures emerge but which in reality lend their bodies to the faces of famous people from Hitler to Pope Francis.

Here we are dealing with a painting that at times fades into abstraction, in a context of very happy visual impact and which however becomes playful and provocative at the same time.

The artist works to create curiosity and fun in the observer, as he believes that through the key of the game, he can perhaps ask himself questions about past and contemporary history.

Marco Salvatore Mallamaci knows the expressive potential of colour well, but above all the wisdom of the drawing and the originality of the compositional system must be highlighted. Not only does he possess great mastery in the use of pictorial techniques, but also great preparation on an emotional level.

(Prof. Paolo Levi)