Marco Lodola’s basic medium is acrylic glass or perspex, from which he cuts silhouettes inspired by the stars of cinema and musicals, from the forties and fifties. Through these figures, painted in primary colours or illuminated with neon incorporated into the plastic, he reinterprets our contempora...
Marco Lodola’s basic medium is acrylic glass or perspex, from which he cuts silhouettes inspired by the stars of cinema and musicals, from the forties and fifties. Through these figures, painted in primary colours or illuminated with neon incorporated into the plastic, he reinterprets our contemporary society with humour and poetry. The piece was acquired by the Principality in 1998.
Marco Lodola is an Italian artist born on 4 April 1955. He studied at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence, and later in Milan. In the early 1980s, he was one of the artists behind the creation of the Neo-Futurism movement, which saw him exhibit his works in Italy’s biggest cities. He uses neon and plastic to create luminous sculptures. He has taken part in numerous exhibitions, including at the gallery La Nuova Pesa in Rome, the Studio Marconi in Milan, the Palazzo Brichenasco in Turin, the Marisa del Re in New York, the Boca-Museum in Boca Raton, Florida, and also at the 12th Rome Quadriennale. He held solo exhibitions in the Principality in 1999 and 2003. He has also diversified into the world of publishing, illustrating Italian and Japanese novels, and experimenting with serigraphy.
