Silombria Marco

Juventus, 1995-96, UEFA Champions League Victory. By Marco Silombria (1936-2017)

Juventus 1995-96 - He Delivers the Pass. Drawing by Silombria, 1996 Large pencil drawing on paper, signed "Silombria '96" lower right. The artwork captures a Juventus player during ...

Juventus Football Player, UEFA Champions League Triumph, 1996. Cm 72 x 50 Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '96 Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 - Albissola, 2017...

This striking Olympic poster by Renato Guttuso features the powerful image of a calciatore (soccer player) captured in a moment of full motion. The athlete, depicted mid-air as he ki...

As art historian and writer Suzanne Ramljak wrote "the ambivalent relationship between humanity and machinery has informed Aptekar's art from the start and remains a central theme in his work. Like many of the issues Aptekar addresses, technology is not without contradiction." The shocking imagery of juxtaposed human and natural forms with mechanical elements, using clear contours and colors, is certainly not oblivious of Fernand Leger latest work and what he called "the law of contrast". At the same time, the political and social commentary that are a constant inherent component of Aptekar's work has it's roots in the work of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who Apterkar met at age of 11. The outcome is an imagery of an extraordinary visual impact and absolutely unique to Aptekar's own creative process. This work "The Football Players...