Marco Pittori

Blue Swimming Pool AP 5/20 - Iconic 1970s Photograph Behind Beverly Hills Hotel

2020

Swiss artist Marco Pittori developed a new approach to photography by bringing iconic photographs into conversation with other art forms. His creative artworks are often based on his...

Marco Pittori has always worked with photography. He uses his own or the licensed photographs of others, such as renowned Los Angeles photographer Brad Elterman. "Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimpse into a rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready.” –DiscoSalt. By using licensed images of Brad Elterman’s photographs, he provides viewers with a window into a fascinating and exclusive time on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip. This series of Marco Pittori’s layered photographs...

Marco Pittori has always worked with photography. He uses either his own or licensed photographs, such as photographs from the renowned Los Angeles photographer Brad Elterman. "Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimpse into a rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready.” Pittori collects and edits the images, adding additional points of interest throughout the photograph. Marco Pittori was born 1978. He lives and works in Switzerland and has been exhibiting internationally since 1999. This artwork is a colorful depiction of the palm-lined streets of Los Angeles. This mixed media artwork has been created through a combination of screen printing and painting. Convenient local Los Angeles shipping and affordable international shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artspace Warehouse is included. Pittori's work has been collected and exhibited internationally since 1999. Some of his public collectors include the Ramones Museum in Berlin, the Bank of Baselland, and the Gunter Sachs Collection. Public Works / Collections 2013 Sammlung Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, Liestal 2013 Sammlung Migros Bank, Base 2012 Ramones Museum, Berlin 2012 Sammlung Arthur Cohn 2011 Nachlass Sammlung Gunter Sachs 2008 / 2010 Rist management, Switzerland 2006 Gruner AG, Basel 2006 Psychiaterische services, Liestal, Switzerland 2005 Bank of Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland 2004 / 2007 Birshof clinic, Münchenstein, Switzerland 2003/2004/2005 Kantonalbank Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland 2002 / 2004 Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland Solo Exhibitions (selection) 2012 Sichtbar Hamburg, kuratiert von Cosma Shiva Hagen 2011 Arlesheim Apartments 2010 Galerie Eulenspiegel "Cafe Dallas", Basel, Switzerland 2007 Galerie Louise Grossenbach, Winterthur, Switzerland 2004 / 2006 Coop, Muttenz, Switzerland 2002 / 2004 Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland 2002 Castle fields estate, Basel, Switzerland 1999 Pathologie, Basel, Switzerland Group Exhibitions (selection) 2013 Gallery Lumas, Zurich, Vienna, Munich 2013 Cultural Association Muttenz, Switzerland 2013 Peach Editions, New York 2013 Galerie Hamburg Kennedy, New York 2012 Galerie Eulenspiegel "Nude Hollywood", Basel, Switzerland 2011 Galerie Zero, Art Plan-B Project, Berlin, Germany 2011 Kunst und Stadthalle Zug, "Pop Art in Zug", Switzerland 2011 Galerie Ohne Titel, Winterthur, Switzerland 2011 Artspace Warehouse, Basel Junction L.A., Los Angeles 2010 Gallery Lumas, New York 2010 Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland 2010 Workshop Wolfensberger, Atelier Exhibition with Dominique Lämmli, Celcile Wick, Samuel Burri, Switzerland 2010 International Symposium on lithography, Tidaholm, Sweden 2010 "pop art train" with Sam Shaw...

Marco Pittori has always worked with photography. He uses his own or the licensed photographs of others, such as renowned Los Angeles photographer Brad Elterman...

Marco Pittori creates vibrant artworks that pay homage to the mesmerizing images of Brad Elterman and the mythic culture of 1970’s Hollywood. By using li...

Marco Pittori creates vibrant artworks that pay homage to the mesmerizing images of Brad Elterman and the mythic culture of 1970’s Hollywood. By using licensed images of Brad Elterman’s photographs, he provides viewers with a window into a fascinating and exclusive time on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip. This 28-inch tall by 36-inch wide original artwork is based on Brad Elterman’s iconic images “Behind the Beverly Hills Hotel...

Limited edition of 10. Printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity. This photograph portraying American movie director Alfred Hitchcock was created by Enzo Ragazzini in the early 60s, making him a pioneer of Por-Art and a precursor of the photographic creations done through color separation and solarization, like Andy Warhol’s Marylin...

Limited edition of 10. Printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity. This photograph portraying music legend John Lennon was commissioned to Enzo Ragazzini by Alan Aldridge in 1969 for the Beatles Illustrated Lyrics book. It was one of four proposed images, the other three portraying Ringo Star, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. In the book, Aldridge will publish four photographs by Ragazzini illustrating the Beatles’ song titled When I Am Sixty-Four. This purple, yellow, and red photograph, together with other works by Ragazzini done in the same period, makes him a pioneer of Pop-Art and a precursor of the photographic creations done through color separation and solarization, like Andy Warhol...

On the Rocks II (Long Way Home), 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature la...

Charlie Ahearn, "Rapture" (in motion) 1981: A rare historic Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy & Lee Quinones photograph captured by Wild Style director Charlie Ahearn on the set of Blondie's "Rapture". Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on heavy-weight paper. Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches ( approx image size: 13 x 19 inches). Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10. Excellent overall condition. Provenance: Obtained directly from artist. Literature/References: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation (MFA Boston). 'New York, New Music 1980-86': Museum of the City of New York (2021). More on Rapture: The music video made its U.S. television debut on Solid Gold on January 31, 1981, and became the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV. Set in the East Village, much of the video is a one-take scene of Debbie Harry dancing down the street, passing by graffiti artists, Uncle Sam, an American Indian, child ballet dancer, and a goat. Fab Five Freddy...

Grand Master Flash, Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, Chris Stein, & Tracy Wormworth captured by Charlie Ahearn of Wild Style; New York, NY 1981: A seminal late 1970s/early 1980s art/music scene photograph included as part of the exhibition: 'New York, New Music 1980-86': Museum of the City of New York (2021). Medium: Archival Inkjet Print. Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches (Image size: 13 x 20 inches). Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10. Excellent overall condition. Obtained directly from artist. Artist Bio: Charlie Ahearn, best known as the director of the classic hip-hop film Wild Style (1982), arrived in New York in 1973 to attend the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Later he was joined by his twin brother, John Ahearn, and they became part of the artists' group Colab (aka Collaborative Projects, Inc). Ahearn showed his early films in an abandoned Time Square massage parlour that Colab had taken over on the corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street (where Ahearn also lived from 1981 to 1993). Colab's 1981 art...

Jerry Garcia photograph by Leni Sinclair A standout original photograph of the immortal rock legend Jerry Garcia, which is rich in color and filled with great energy. This truly rare image of a young Garcia is set in Ann Arbor...