Mauro Bergonzoli - Göttinnen

the term “Neo-Pop-Art” is not enough to categorize the
Œuvre of Mauro Bergonzoli, which presents itself so rich in
facets, yet the closeness of the artist to the visual manner
of expression of Pop Art is clear. Throughout his work one
can find corresponding similarities: With Roy Lichtenstein
Mauro Bergonzoli shares the limitation to few base colors
and black as well as emphasized contour drawing, with
James Rizzi the humoresque typecast of modern urbanity,
with Keith Haring the schematic iconography of the
language of comics, with Jeff Koons the ennoblement of
artistic Kitsch and with Mel Ramos finally the choice of
subject: The portrayal of Women. Yet also for the creation
of this his preferred motif in his Œuvre applies what
Francesca Bianucci once stated: “ Bergonzoli doesn’t want
to own reality, as Pop-Art does, he wants to create his
own and personal reality within it.”
Mauro Bergonzoli creates this his personal reality
in his Goddess paintings as montage of highly studied
fresh interpretations of mythological Topoi with pieces
of modern every day culture, creating a new mythology,
which complies Friedrich Schlegel’s postulation and
effectively depicts the “most artificial of all artworks”. In
their ironic typecast and exaggerated idealization visually
characterized as artificial, the Goddesses are to be valued
for what they represent: “Art Goddesses” who embody
artificiality and at the same time are art.
Text translation form German into English:
Franziska Countess Fugger von Babenhausen
MAURO BERGONZOLI
Born on December 24 th 1965 in Milan, the artist began
working artistically at six years old and was already
selling his drawings and comics by the age of fourteen.
Nonetheless he first chose a career in advertising. As
one of Italy’s most successful free-lance commercial film
directors he owned several agencies, before deciding in
the year 2000, to dedicate his time exclusively to art – and
women of course: Mauro Bergonzoli has four daughters.
He lives and works in his Atelier in Munich, Germany. His
Bavarian Muse, with whom he has his youngest daughter,
accompanies the artist and together they travel the world.