Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | May 2022

“On one hand, I like to
think about my art as
an expression of lyrical
beauty that can be found
in the world, but on the
other hand, it is always a
statement as well,” says
Marco.
“I often portray
the bodies of my
models in a moment
of metamorphosis
and the characters
become allegories,”
says Marco
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Marco Grassi is a
Northern Italybased
artist born in
1987. Thanks to his
grandfather, an art
collector by passion, Marco has
been surrounded by ancient master
paintings and antique artworks,
ranging from pottery to sculptures
since childhood. His surroundings
undoubtedly influenced him, and
he had a keen interest in beautiful
arts from a very young age.
During his university studies in
Bologna, where he pursued an
education in the preservation of
antique artworks, he decided to
focus on his passion and convert
it into a vocation. As a result, he
began to alter and reinterpret the
old painting techniques in new
ways. This quickly became his
signature style. Marco like most
excellent painters never aspired
to show the world exactly as it is.
He enjoys incorporating strange
aspects into his paintings in order
to portray expressions that are near
to his heart.
He paints with oil colors,
a material that allows him to
accomplish effects that would be
impossible to do otherwise. Marco
has always aspired to mix detailed
realism and a contemporary finish
with "sfumato," an Italian painting
technique that excelled during
the Renaissance. Soft transitions
between each area of the picture,
as well as very delicate and
natural color passages, are deeply
ingrained in his work.
“On one hand, I like to think
about my art as an expression of
lyrical beauty that can be found in
the world, but on the other hand,
it is always a statement as well,”
says Marco. His artistic research
is frequently focused on those
ongoing transfigurations, human
beings turning into inanimate
materials. He frequently strives to
make things mysterious and veiled,
something that is difficult to grasp
at first glance.
Marco mainly concentrates on
two primary topics. The first is the
lost balance between humans and
nature, which casts an everlasting
shadow of environmental damage,
climate change, and species
extinction. The second theme he
frequently discusses is solitude,
as well as the perseverance of a
person who is alone in a terrible
world.
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