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Marco Grassi Art

Italian, b. 1966
Marco Grassi (Grama) is a painter of Italian origin, born in 1966 and now living & working in Lugano, Switzerland. Marco creates remarkable portraits thanks to their realism, always accompanied by a special touch and a pinch of surrealism. The artist gives special importance to the thoroughness with which he handles the details of his not-very-traditional subjects. Since the beginning of his career, Marco Grassi developed a very personal style which praises the identity of the female subject in the specific moment in which they are painted. With his intense female portraits, Marco searches to captivate the viewer, by creating a silent dialogue between the subject and the audience. Marco Grassi's pieces are striking, they combine pure decoration and hyper-realistic colour. In his most recent works, Marco has abandoned the element that was once his trademark style and technique: the decisive brushstrokes which outlined his anatomic forms and lent a sense of stability to the whole of the figure, and contrasted with bold colours, blended with a spatula, and drippings to break them down and make them more subtle. His recent subjects display less certainty, which once allowed the figures to integrate themselves fully with the complex weave of colours. Today, the background against which they are represented is more decisive and reflects the subjects' facial expressions and intense silence, creating complicity with the observer. Marco Grassi's works have been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, and international fairs such as Art Basel, SCOPE Basel and the Moscow Art Fair. He was selected to be at the opening of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011.
(Biography provided by Ai Bo Gallery)
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Artist: Marco Grassi
The Di-Gold Experience 192
By Marco Grassi
Located in Cleveland, OH
Oil on Aluminum Dibond, Gold Leaf, and Resin
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2010s Pop Art Marco Grassi Art

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Gold Leaf

The Di-Gold Experience 195 by Marco Grassi
By Marco Grassi
Located in Cleveland, OH
Oil on Aluminum Dibond, Gold Leaf, and Resin
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2010s Pop Art Marco Grassi Art

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Gold Leaf

Rock 120-6
By Marco Grassi
Located in Cleveland, OH
Oil on Aluminum Dibond, Gold Leaf, and Resin
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2010s Pop Art Marco Grassi Art

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Gold Leaf

The Silver Experience 120/147
By Marco Grassi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marco Grassi The Silver Experience 120/147, 2024 Signed by the artist Oil on aluminum dibond with metallic silver leaf 48 x 48 inches, framed This piece is unique. This piece is cur...
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2010s Contemporary Marco Grassi Art

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Oil

The Gold Experience 200/70
By Marco Grassi
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Marco Grassi The Gold Experience 200/70, 2024 Signed by the artist Oil on aluminum dibond with metallic gold leaf 80 x 60 inches, framed This piece is unique. This piece is currentl...
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2010s Abstract Marco Grassi Art

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Oil

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