This reinterpretation of the Botticelli masterpiece incorporates a multitude of butterflies, the emblematic symbol of the springtime. The insects are depicted flying up towards the sky, representing the triumph of life over death. The brightly colored subjects are hand-painted on the ceramic. Origin...
This reinterpretation of the Botticelli masterpiece incorporates a multitude of butterflies, the emblematic symbol of the springtime. The insects are depicted flying up towards the sky, representing the triumph of life over death. The brightly colored subjects are hand-painted on the ceramic. Originally displayed in the gardens of Monte-Carlo, the sculpture was a gift from the artist to the Monaco Red Cross. Marcello Lo Giudice regularly creates sculptures for charity and cultural causes, including the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Monaco Red Cross, and Les Amis de Versailles.
An Italian painter and sculptor born in 1957 in Taormina (Sicily), Marcello Lo Giudice worked for many years in Milan, and now lives in Monaco. His scientific background in the field of geology influences his preferred themes. He exhibits in private galleries and museums in Italy, Russia, and the United States. In the 1980s, after a brief experiment with conceptual art, he chose to concentrate exclusively on painting, embarking on an original and solitary quest to explore the metamorphism of matter, the purity or color, and the energy of light. He produced numerous medium and large-sized monochrome paintings in which abrasions, craquelures, sedimentations and cascades result in abstract landscapes inspired by nature. For an exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, he patented a unique shade of magma red which he called “Red Monte-Carlo”. Lo Giudice is an artist committed to the fight against climate change. He exhibits regularly in collaboration with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
