About the artist:

Marco Cingolani was born in Como in 1961 and moved to Milan young, in 1978. Began to frequent the underground creative environment in which the art was mixed with fashion and punk music . In those years he was in Milan formalizing a new artistic sensibility whose roots sank the most in the history of art and practiced in the quote, but the critical manipulation of reality and its communication through the mass media . The picture was taken out of context, removed from the use of common sense, radically distorted , almost mocked . The work of Marco Cingolani , since its inception , has always sought to cancel the regulatory power of media images , subjecting them to radical cure of the artist, that art offers a certain point of view, decisive for the interpretation of the world. In this context frameworks Interviews were born , where celebrities for their privacy were submerged by the microphones and the famous series dedicated attack on the Pope and the tragic story of Aldo Moro. Having participated in numerous group exhibitions including A scene emerging (1991 , Museo Pecci , Prato) and Two or three things I know about them (1998 , PAC , Milan) are the major retrospectives devoted at prestigious public institutions such as the Palazzo Strozzi Florence and Promoter of Fine Arts in Turin . Participate in November 2006 at the collective exhibition "Without family," Promoter of the Palace of Fine Arts in Turin . In 2007, Cingolani receive further consecration : Emilio Mazzoli Gallery is hosting an exhibition entitled " What color are they? " they are presented pictorial reflections on the color of Power and its disguises. The art of Cingolani has always been fascinated by the transition from news to history and vice versa; Also in this case are contextualised scenarios highly symbolic of the blue helmets ' UN, the red urn containing the ballots , the segments of multicolor graphics of Wall Street, military uniforms and flags of the party. In 2009, a return to basics for Marco Cingolani , often the author of works inspired by the avowedly religious theme. In particular, for this exhibition titled Paths of Faith , the artist has focused attention on the Marian apparitions that have marked the last two centuries : Lourdes and Fatima. In the same year an exhibition at the National Museum in Lucca Villa Guinigi , joined him for some of the leading Italian artists of the last two generations ; universally recognized and celebrated by the masters , present in major international museums like Mimmo Paladino, Sandro Chia , Safe, passing through some of the protagonists of the 52nd Venice Biennale as Gian Marco Montesano , Daniele Galliano, Nicola Bolla , Bertozzi & Casoni exhibiting in 2009 simultaneously with the exhibition of Lucca and the Italian Pavilion at the Venetian event , to get to the young artists of the last generation already present in important national and international art events . Giacinto di Pietrantonio invites him the following year, 2010, the PAC , Pavilion of Contemporary Art in Milan , for the exhibition " hybrid" , alongside Jan Fabre , Gilbert & George , Charles Avery, Damien Hirst, Piotr Uklanski , PatrickTuttofuoco and other big on the international scene . 2012 is the year of "The beautiful country of art," the Gamec of Bergamo , again curated by Maria Cristina di Pietrantonio and Rodeschini , accompanied by Elmgreen & Dragset , Sislej Xhafa , Alighiero Boetti, Maurizio Cattelan , Alterations Video, and many other notable art . For its 50th anniversary , in 2011, the city of Como devotes an anthology in three institutional settings Broletto, Municipal Art Gallery , City Library . SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 "A loss of an eye ," Broletto , Pinacoteca Civica, Municipal Library , Como, 2011 2009 Italian Pavilion , 53rd Venice Biennale "Paths of Faith" , Boxart Gallery, Verona 2007 " Home at last " , Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea , Milan "What color are they? " , 51 new paintings on the colors of Power , Galleria Emilio Mazzoli , Modena , edited by G. Romano 2004 Gallery Fabj Levy MD , Rimini 2003 " The long night of Paparazzi ," Palazzo della Ragione , Mantua , cat. with text by Beatrice L. 2002 "Bang Bang" , Palazzo Strozzi , Florence "Double towards " Aldobrandini Stables for Art, Frascati ( Rome) , catalog with text by R. Gavarro " My poets, my colors " , Galleria Borghese , Rome, catalog with texts by L. Cherubini , V. Zeichen " Rub his eyes ," Promoter of the Palace of Fine Arts, Turin 2001 " Company limited color " , Boxart , S.Bonifacio (VR) " My Best Friends " , Galleria In Arco , Turin 2000 " I have an appointment ," Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea , Milan, catalog with texts by A. Nove, M. Cingolani " Cingolani 1990-2000 ," MAN- Art Museum of Nuoro, catalog with texts by Beatrice L. , M. Meneguzzo " Hotel des etrangers ," French Institute of Culture, Florence, with A. Martegani 1999 "Love at first sight" , Gallery Bagnai , Siena , catalog with text by Achille Bonito Oliva "Three airports in a day," Majorana Gallery , Brescia 1998 "Painters in love," Raab Gallery , Berlin " Divina Mimesis ," Palazzo San Giovanni in Monte , Bologna University , Bologna, catalog with essays by V. Coen, G. Romano 1997 " An exhibition to read ," Biagiotti Gallery , Florence, with text by R. Caldura " Museum Workshop" , University La Sapienza , Rome, with P. Pusole , catalog with text by Beatrice L. 1996 " Unexpected " , Galleria In Arco , Turin, P. Pusole , catalog with text by Luca Beatrice " Contemporary 2 ", Villa Olmo , Como , catalog with text by L. Fudge 1995 " The Gulf and love," Mazzoli Gallery , Modena, A. Martegani " Earth and sky always together," Mazzoli Gallery , Modena 1994 " The truth ," Loft Gallery , Valdagno , catalog with text by M. Cingolani 1993 " Brawl at ' UN ', Analix Gallery , Geneva , Switzerland, the texts in the catalog Elio Grazioli and Gianni Romano 1992 " Anthology " , Gallery Mariottini , Arezzo "The design and the truth," Loft Gallery , Valdagno (VI) , personal with A. Martegani catalog with texts by A. and M. Cingolani Martegani " Documentary " , Galleria In Arco , Turin, M. Kaufmann, catalog Various Authors 1991 " Stolen goods " , Galleria Paolo Majorana , Brescia , catalog with text by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio 1990 " INRI " , Space Via Lazzaro Palazzi , Diagram Gallery Milan , Milan 1989 Diagram Gallery , Milan EXHIBITIONS 2012 " The beautiful country of art. Ethical and aesthetic of the nation" , Gamec of Bergamo , curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio 2010 " Hybrid " , PAC , Pavilion of Contemporary Art , Milan, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio and Francis Garutti 2009 " Appetite for Destruction " , National Museum of Villa Guinigi , Lucca " Happy Days ", House Testori , Milan 2008 " Farnesina Collection " - Experimenta , the Palazzo della Farnesina , Rome, edited by M. Calvesi , L. Canova, M. Meneguzzo , M. Bishop "Long live Italy , The story of the city of birth , development, crisis. 1948-2008 " , City Museum , Palazzo della Penna , Perugia " Bateau Ivre " Azienda Agricola Icarius , Montepulciano (SI) , edited by M. Meneguzzo 2007 " Major Arcana " , Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea , Milan, edited by M. Kaufmann 2006 " Ars In Fabula ," Praetorian Palace , Certaldo (FI) , edited by M. Sciaccaluga 2005 " XIV Quadrennial of Rome" , Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna , Rome " Intermedia Painting" , Giampiero Biasutti Modern and Contemporary Art , Turin , curated by Beatrice L. 2004 " No Brakes " , Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea , Milan "Art in the head," Museum MACI , Isernia, edited by L. Beatrice 2003 "Painting as a concept ," Cultural Association Prometheus , Lucca, edited by L. Beatrice 2002 " De gustibus ," Papesse Palace , Siena "Premio Michetti ," Francavilla al Mare (Pe) 2001 "Odyssey of the art" , Museum Revoltella , Trieste " Sui Generis " , PAC , Milan 2000 " Futurama" , Museo Pecci , Prato "Premio Michetti ," Francavilla al Mare (Pe) "Art around," Former Slaughterhouse, Rome 1999 " The Turn of the Century" , Galleria In Arco , Turin " Painting Italian " Palazzo Sarcinelli , Conegliano Veneto " Gifts - Outrages ," Gianferrari Gallery - Gallery Ciocca, Milan " SMACK " , Musée d'Art Contemporain of Gent, Belgium " Gateway to the East " , Palace Tupputi , Bisceglie " Lepisma Saccharin ," Warehouse of Modern Art, Rome " Premium Brands " , Vanvitellian Royal Palace , Ancona " Italian Design " , Warehouses Modern Art , Rome "Art in Ride ," Sanctuary of Oropa Oropa , Biella " Multiplied Art " , Pinacoteca Civica, Bagnocavallo 1998 " Two or three things I know about them," P.A.C. , Milan " Mitovelocità " , Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art , San Marino " Chronicles Vere ," Space Consolo , Milanov 1997 "Art to Art " , various locations , Galleria Continua , S.Gimignanov " Italian Art of the 90s " , Museu d' art contemporain , Valencia, Spain "Galleria Biagiotti ," Florence " Periscope 1997" Cascina Rome , San Donato Milanese " Thoughts written in colors," Book Fair of Turin 1996 "Italian Art since 1960 " , Museum of Contemporary Art , Seoul , South Korea "Carte Italian " Italian Institute of Culture , Athens, Greece " Anthology " , Space Herno , Turin / Trevi Flash Art Museum , Trevi " Outside Use" , Luggage FEA , Pescara " The kite Leonardo ," Palazzo Pio , Carpi 1995 "The image of Europe" , Nicosia, Cyprus "Artist 's Choice" , American Academy , Rome "Beyond the normal concentric " , Palace Zara , Padua "Twelve Italian painters " , Space Herno , Turin " Outside Use " Space Aurum , Pescara "CD Room", Galleria Continua , San Gimignano 1994 " Front Line " , Trevi Flash Art Museum , Trevi "Que bien resistes " , Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea , Arezzo "Aesthetics of the crime ," coughed Gallery , Meadow 1993 " Pentalogo ," Mazzoli Gallery , Modena " Documentary 2 " , Space Opos , Milan "The line of the image ," Old Cloister of San Antonio , Perugina " Signs and Designs " , Galleria In Arco , Turin ; Loft , Valdagno ; Margiacchi Gallery , Arezzo ; Analix Galerie , Geneva 1992 "International Malerwochen " , Neue Galerie , Graz, Austria Engelsk Samtidskunst , Museum Kunst Skive , Skive " Painting Pictures " Studio Cannaviello , Milan "An emerging scenes of Italy" , Museum of the twentieth century , Vienna 1991 " An emerging scene " , Center for Contemporary Art L. Pecci , Prato " Unexpected " , Castello di Volpaia , Radda in Chianti "The scene ," Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts , Wien 1990 " The theater of the interior ," Castello di Rivara , Rivara "Absolut Politik ," Diagram Gallery , Milan 1988 " Young Italian Art ," Buades Galeria , Madrid 1987 " Ge.Mi.To. " Promoter of Fine Arts , Turin