НИКОЛА ВЕРЛАТО

mad house

source: idolator

“Madhouse” – Artwork by Nicola Verlato, Oil on panel, 24 x 18 in.

Kimbra says: The energy captured in this piece is incredible and it felt relevant to the sense of explosion on the song Madhouse. I love the visual metaphor of a warrior as I often feel that character comes forth in a lot of my music. This piece also evokes a sense of triumph and hope as well as being very primal and physical.
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source: zupi

O artista italiano Nicola Verlato começou a desenhar desde muito cedo. Sempre pediu a seus pais, donos de uma vinícola, para que o ensinassem a pintar como os grandes mestres renascentistas. Quando tinha 9 anos, um cliente da vinícola indicou-o para um monge franciscano que vivia em um mosteiro bem próximo, para ensiná-lo a pintar. Ele passou cinco verões aprendendo pintura a óleo e as técnicas sobre iluminação, tom de pele, pose e textura que o transformaram no artista que é hoje.

Em seu trabalho mais recente, intitulado de Pagan Pop, ele faz um retorno emotivo a narrativa da pintura medieval e uma homenagem duradoura aos elementos pagãos que sobreviveram não só a modernidade como também as fogueiras das religiões monoteístas. Apesar da sociedade ocidental ter tentado suprimir nossas raízes ditas pagãs, Verlato parece sugerir que os velhos costumes são os mais difíceis de esquecer. A cultura mesmo oprimida, permanece latente e quando menos se espera ela surge outra vez.
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source: nicolaverlato

Nicola Verlato was born in Verona, Italy on the 19th of February 1965. He started to paint about the age of 7, and to sell his paintings about 9. His artistic education has been quite unorthodox, he consider himself almost self thought, however, from 9 to 14 ,he spent every summer at the studio of a monk-painter ( Fra’ Terenzio) in the monastery nearby his village in northeast Italy, he consider that the place where he learned how to drawing in the academic style.

His first serious show was at the age of 15 in the town hall of Lonigo, a 3 person show in collaboration with other 2 artists of the area. Nicola has been also trained in classical music from the age of 9 ( classic guitar, Lute, piano and composition) at the conservatory in Verona, later, he drove his attention toward rock music playing electric guitar, bass, sinths, composing song, jingles and soundtracks for documentaries. He also studied architecture at the university of Venice where he lived for almost 13 years painting portraits and allegorical scenes for the local aristocracy and the affluent foreigners living in that city. During this period in Venice he worked on almost everything that was connected with drawing: stage design, temporary decorations, illustrations, comics, storyboard etc. Around 28 he started to be interested in contemporary art, and, consequentially, to show in numerous gallery in Italy and abroad in solo and group shows.

After spending 7 years in Milan, where he created his well grounded notoriety in Italy, in 2004 decided to move to NY city. In these last years he showed principally in NY city and in various galleries and museum around the States, Italy and Norway, but also in India as well as Germany, Holland and other Europen countries. His major achievement has been his participation with an installation of paintings and sculptures as a representative of the Italian Pavillion at the 2009 Venice Biennale. Since 2011 Nicola Verlato lives and works in Los Angeles.
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source: visualnews

Italian born artist Nicola Verlato creates paintings deeply rooted in the Renaissance painting tradition. He began drawing and painting at an early age, and begged his parents to teach him how to paint like the great Italian masters. When he was 9 a client of his family’s winery mentioned Fra Terenzio, a monk who taught people how to paint in his studio in the Franciscan monastery a few miles away. He spent 5 summers there, learning the techniques that would turn his future works into stunning explorations in lighting, skin tone, poses, and texture. His newest solo show titled “Pagan Pop” is a collection of oil paintings that are more “pop“ than anything he’s done before.

Verlato’s latest exhibition revolves around three large-scale paintings that are a revival of medieval narrative painting. They meld traditional techniques with lasting pagan elements that have survived the advent of monotheistic religions and modernity.

He has a really cool story behind his painting ‘Hunting the Haunted Painting’, which is based on an actual haunted painting by an American artist in 1972. It’s done in the style of an early renaissance predella altar painting, and captures the moment where a little boy from a painting on the wall materializes into the bedroom, floating in space. The children are jumping out of bed trying to get away, as the mother comes barging into the room, who is then frozen in her tracks by the little boy apparition. “This painting is a metaphor for the power of figurative painting, which, even today, after a couple centuries of photography, TV and video games, is still able to bewitch the mind of the modern viewer,” Verlato explains.
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source: kartincaru

Как-то современный художник Никола Верлато сказал, что его не заботит реальность как таковая, но он заинтересован в том, как люди воспринимают ее и управляют ей. Что ж, у нас есть замечательная возможность увидеть как это происходит своими глазами.

Фантастический арт by Nicola Verlato

Никола Верлато (Nicola Verlato) прошел интересный путь обучения академическому изображению: в детстве он проводил много времени в монастырской студии Фра теренцио, монаха-художника. В 15 лет состоялась первая выставка Николы совсместно с другими художниками.

В Венеции, где художник жил после окончания университета, ему пришлось работать с самыми различными видами живописи. Так к 30 года художник всерьез заинтересовался современным искусством. Сегодня Никола Верлато творит в Лос-Анжелесе.

Картины современного художника Николы Верлаты напоминают застывшие мгновения обезумевшего мира. Перед нами обнаженные тела. изогнутые в причудливых позах. Внимание художника сфокусировано на внутреннем напряжении образов, на их эмоциях. А фон дает нам представление о том, что картины эти о современности. Это работы о человеке и мифологии современного времени.

Часто эти работы похожи на игру с воображением, на игру с всемирной историей, однако это не совсем верно. Дело в том, что, большое влияние на современного художника оказало 3D, трехмерные образы позволяют художнику создавать законченные картины из объединенных сложных образов, которые организуют представления художника о современном мире.

Каждая работа художника рассказывает о человеческой жестокости и желаниях, о страстях и их перетекании в насилие. Очень сильное современное искусство!
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source: taringanet

Nicola Verlato (nacido el 19 de febrero 1965) es un artista visual italo-americano
en la actualidad reside en Brooklyn, Nueva York. El artista pertenece a la corriente pop surreal.

Breve biografía :

Nacido en Verona, Nicola Verlato comenzó a pintar a muy temprana edad aprendiendo de Terenzio Frey un pintor en el convento de los frailes franciscanos de Lonigo, de la música clásica, estudió composición en los conservatorios de Verona y Padua, su interés por el rock ,llevo a Verlato a componer también música para películas documentales.
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source: fanzinarte

Le opere del veronese Nicola Verlato generano un turbinio di emozioni. Scene violente, colorate, confuse, in cui la realtà si mischia al fantasy e al fumetto e dove i protagonisti lottano disperati per non soccombere ad una non- natura malevole ed ostile, oppure muoiono soli, abbandonati e dimenticati da tutti. Nel vortice di forze delle opere di Verlato si concentrano le influenze di Caravaggio e di Dalì, rivisitati però attraverso un profondo studio sulla costruzione dell’immagine in 3D.
Nicola Verlato, classe 1965, trasferitosi a Brooklyn, nel cuore di New York, nel 2003, vanta una serie di personali a Berlino, Milano, Venezia e Brescia, oltre alla partecipazione ad esposizioni collettive in Italia, in Europa e negli Usa. Attualmente alcune delle sue opere sono esposte alla 53ma Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia, intitolata ‘Fare Mondi’ (7 giugno – 22 novembre 2009) all’interno del nuovo Padiglione Italia alle Tese delle Vergini dell’Arsenale. “I quadri che ho realizzato per la Biennale – ha spiegato Verlato al mensile XL – hanno per protagonista James Dean e si basano su un modello del suo viso che ho realizzato con i software 3D. Posso animarlo ed illuminarlo come voglio. A me interessa il campo del mito che si incarna in fisionomie specifiche, mi interessa la nostra capacità di creare continuamente nuovi miti”.
Opere che fondono la grande tradizione pittorica italiana e le nuove tendenze, dal 3D ai toys fino al Pop-surrealismo. Per crearle Verlato usa un metodo che prevede modelli viventi, sculture in plastilina e scene in 3D dove ricostruisce la composizione del quadro. Come spiega lo stesso artista “è lo stesso metodo dei maestri del Rinascimento con in più tecnologie e metodi mutuati dal cinema e dai cartoons”.
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source: aktuelmynet

İtalyan ressam Nicola Verlato’nun, pop sürreal akımdan etkilenerek yaptığı eserler görenleri büyülüyor. Özellikle seksüel derinlikler, mistisizm ve güç, resimlerini vurgulayan başlıca soyut ögeler. Sinematik örgülerle hazırladığı tabloların her birinin bir hikayesi, belli bir konsepti var. Sanatçının etkileyen çalışmaları…
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source: au-secours-jai-un-blog

Nicola Verlato est un artiste d’origine italienne aujourd’hui basé en Californie. Appartenant au néoréalisme, ses peintures à l’huile ont un lien étroit avec la religion, la mort ou l’idôlatrie et rappelle l’esthétique des peintures de la Renaissance.