God Gravity

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About: The work of Saul Zanolari (b.1977) seeks to treat and render the essential structures of life tangible through a unique process of composition (which incorporates traditional painting skills with digital editing) that he deploys in the production of his high finish pieces. In line with orthodox post-structuralist thought, Saul believes that what is expressed in his work cannot be done adequately through the medium of language; being fundamental in nature his themes cannot be fully realised, but rather indicated through metaphor or image, in the manner of the finger pointing at the moon. Saul’s work reflects a twisted and sinister cartoon version of the world in which we live. His portraits are a fusion of fashion clips, graphic drawing and pop art, representing unusual subjects such as internationally recognisable Drag Queens, Fashion Icons, the Sistine Chapel- his oeuvre is a surreal, two-dimensional wax museum made up of digitally remastered images. From Adam and Eve to Anna Wintour and Amanda Le Pore, no one is spared from Saul’s keen eye for the crack-ups and fault lines in the face of contemporary reality.
Photographer: SAUL ZANOLARI
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source: cargocollective

SISTINE CHAPEL, 2013

Saul Zanolari is working on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

The project is to paint, in a digital way, a new version of it: new technique, different point of view.

The centre of the artwork will be the human being in his existential meaning and no longer in a religious context as it is in Michelangelo’s.

The intentions are not to restyle nor to complete his work.

It’s something brand new to describe the human condition using Michelangelo’s fresco as an inspiration.

The Sistine Chapel will be realized on scale 1:1 with the original using the digital fresco technique.
At this stage we are searching for the right place to realize it and for people interested in financing it.
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source: dianepernettypepad

Above is part of Saul’s third painting composing the Sistine Chapel, 2013.
“It’s the first God (of 4) here in his Indian version representing the Gravity.
He’s wearing jewels and holding Sun, Moon and Earth. ”
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source: artofwacomau

Saul Zanolari was born in September 18th, 1977 in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
After he studied Philosophy he turned to photography and the reworking of photos.
His work represents our scary and frightening living world through portraits depicting a mummified, yet, spiritual world. A mixture of fashion clips, drawing and pop art, the portraits signed by Saul represent unusual subjects such as drag queens, dolls and Djs worldwide famous. From Simon Le Bon to Miss Kittin, moving through Amanda Le Pore, this art show offers a surreal wax museum in 2-dimensions made of images digitally remastered by Saul’s expert hand whose artistic genius has been able to draw and retouch each detail in an extraordinary way.

Saul has worked as a professional photographer/designer/artist since 1997, and has been exhibiting since 2005.

This artist has already exposed his work in New York, Paris, Basel and Milan.
All of his images begin as a photograph of the person he works on, mostly of relatives and people he knows. But sometimes other people that interest him.

He then reworks the photos, producing a different, new, artistic interpretation of individual human life.

I simply draw on an already existing photo.
The result is quite a photo and quite an illustration.
The work-process is long. It takes quite 20 working days.
I generally use my hands, a mouse and a tablet (for the hair).
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source: flashon

出生於瑞士Mendrisio的Saul Zanolari，先後學習過哲學和攝影，現在身兼專職藝術家、插畫師和設計師等數職。他融合攝影、數碼圖像及繪畫三者製作出創新的藝術肖像。他成功躍升至國際舞台，著實令人驚嘆，現時其作品已在紐約、倫敦、巴黎、米蘭、巴塞爾、北京、上海和東京等地作永久收藏。
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source: flicmagazine

Reinventa celebridades y estrellas del pop para investigar el crecimiento del ser humano. Su último proyecto es un fresco digital sobre la Capilla Sixtina –una reproducción exacta de la pintura de Miguel Ángel, pero sin los aspectos religiosos y la censura de la desnudez, donde Adán y Eva muestran su naturaleza animal. Vamos a conocer a Saul Zanolari y su arte.