Apocalypse
Painted in: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Exhibited at: The 6th Beijing International Art Exposition 2003; The 8th Guangzhou International Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, 2003; The 11th China Art Exhibition, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, 2004; The 7th Beijing International Art Exhibition, Beijing, 2004; The 9th Guangzhou International Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, 2004.
Published in: La Chine au présent (French language edition of China Today magazine) 42^ year, n. 4, April 2004 (pages 51, 52, 53 with interview with Director Hu Chunhua and Canadian journalist Louise Cadieux); Chinese Art, page 76; in the catalogue of the 6th International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, page 462; My ART, International Web Magazine, EA Editore, biannual art and culture periodical, Year I, 2017 (pages 8-9 with review by Chinese art critic Yang Wei).
Author's comment:
This painting reminds me of a very interesting episode that happened in 1999 while I was working at the Italian Embassy in Bogotá (Colombia).
A plumber came to my home to repair a sink. He came with his son (6 - 7 year old) who, seeing the walls covered by paintings, began to observe them one by one, paying attention to each of them, as if he were an art critic.
At the end, I asked him which of the paintings had attracted his attention most. He pointed at the Apocalypse remarking that the painting represented a total destruction due to a war.
When I asked him how he deducted there had been a war, he replied it was self evident: on the field there was a helicopter which, having been shot down, fell on the ground and smashed into pieces.
Having asked him where the helicopter lied, he promptly pointed at it with his little finger.
This child was undoubtely the best art critic who has ever competently viewed my works of art.
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Comments:
On expertise Prof. Paolo Levi wrote: “Communicative ability that goes beyond visual boundaries and gives life to harmonious creations that carry universal messages. An art that reveals the creativity of the Artist and the intimate impulses of his soul”.
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"Though “Apocalypse” and “Decollated on His Way to Damascus” are wildly passionate, most of Marco’s artistic corpus is much more peaceful, almost unnaturally calm with softer techniques, like a prelude to world peace". (Dr. Sabrina Falzone)
