EXHIBITIONS
– Anche quando l’alba non c’era – MUSMA – Museo di scultura contemporanea Matera Anche quando l’alba non c’era is by far my favourite personal exhibition. Created at the beginning of 2019 in the amazing museum of sculpture MUSMA, in Matera, is a journey from birth to death, through universal topics and emotions. Matera […]
Tryptic Corpus homini
The Corpus homini is one of my favourite public art projects, it’s a tryptic painted between 2019 and 2020 in Campobasso, a small town in central Italy, Matera, in southern Italy, and Ragusa, in Sicily. It’s based on the wounds of the crucifixion, so the viewer is spontaneously pushed to think about Jesus Christ, even […]
Art In Nature: installations in different locations
Nasco fiori dove cammina: oil on Plexiglass, Anguillara’s lake Il cielo non è così in alto: oil on plexiglass, Top of Camicia’s mountain Sulfurea: oil on plexiglass, sulphurous water somewhere La nascita dell’orizzonte: oil on plexiglass, Ostia’s sea […]
XX: A Solitary Journey Through Abandoned Italy
XX is the most intense artistic project I ever faced. I travelled alone for two months through the twenty Italian regions by car, creating artworks in fields, inhabited buildings, and installing them in the most beautiful and incredible abandoned places of Italy. The whole project was self-funded, to find again that freedom that used […]
Lavazza’s 2019 calendar Good To Earth
On July 2018, I took part to the Lavazza’s 2019 calendar “Good To Earth”. The aim of the project was to give visibility, through visual arts and photography, to the places of the world where human intervention had a positive impact on the environment. I was invited to go to Phetchaburi, a small town in […]
Resilient
We are delighted to showcase Resilient, a series of new portraits and installations by Andrea Tyrimos. “A lot of my new work has been created on steel. For me, steel as a material represents the beautiful strength and vulnerability that exists when it comes to our mental health. Steel can be marked and scratched, its […]
The Force Of Nature (2017) | Shangai, China
“The Force of Nature”, is a series of sculptures designed by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn representing Mother Nature. In the model in question, dimensions are around 5 meters high (without pedestal) and 6 meters of horizontal overhang. The sculpture shows a female figure which appears to be in a clearly unbalanced position, against the effect […]
Give (2020) | Palermo, Italy
Lorenzo Quinn’s sculpture “Give” is temporarily (until march 2021) installed at the Cathedral of Palermo. The sculpture, that represents “two giant white hands” – the hand of a man joining that of a woman – conveys a “message of peace and the value of giving”. Discover Palermo walking tour will let you explore Palermo’s historic city center […]
Building Bridges (2019) | Venice, Italy
Building Bridges is Lorenzo Quinn’s most ambitious project to date. Six pairs of monumental hands bridge the basin of the Arsenale in Venice as both a symbol of our commonality and an expression of human aspiration. The project depicts six of humanity’s universal values – ‘Friendship’, ‘Faith’, ‘Help’, ‘Love’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Wisdom’ – each symbolised by […]
Support (2017) | Venice, Italy
The installation, commissioned by Halcyon Art International and first unveiled by Quinn at the Venice Biennale in 2017, shows two hands emerging from the Grand Canal in Venice to protect and support the historical building of the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel. The 3-meter-high version of the installation is being brought to COP25 in Madrid to raise […]
Forever is Now (2021) | Giza, Egypt
The first of its kind in 4500 years, Forever Is Now is the first international art exhibition to take place at the Giza Pyramids & the surrounding Giza Plateau. The exhibition is held under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the patronage of UNESCO. “The Pyramids have a long, […]
21 Artists to Collect in 2021 by Saatchi Art
Impressive. Amazing. Inspired. These are the words our collectors use to describe the moment they find a new artwork that speaks to them. At Saatchi Art, we help you discover and buy art you love. To provide you with some inspiration for the year ahead, our team of expert curators have compiled this list of […]