Elvio Marchionni - My Story

The iconography is inspired by the subject of the Madonna and Child and offers a classicist interpretation. The artistic language draws inspiration from classical antiquity, both Greek and Roman, and especially from its revival during the Renaissance. All this translates into an execution whose primary goal is mimesis, that is, the human need to imitate and reproduce nature, that which surrounds us. Along with naturalistic rendering, the other fundamental concept, according to the parameters of Classicism, is the unity of the work of art, through a harmonious correspondence between all its parts.

In this bas-relief, Marchionni draws inspiration from Renaissance art not only for the thematic choice but also for the interpretative approach. In addition to seeking a perfect naturalistic rendering of the subject, the artist creates a perfectly proportioned and calibrated composition. Regarding the space of the work, one might even describe it as a veritable citation: the inclusion of volumes is a tribute to fifteenth-century humanist culture, while, in the background, the artist creates a beautiful decorative motif. However, Marchionni recontextualizes his sculpture, enlivening the surfaces with a rough, colorful touch reminiscent of Michelangelo's unfinished sculpture but also presupposing contemporary sculpture from Rodin onward.

Elvio Marchionni is an artist born in Spello in 1954. His entire artistic research is grounded in the recovery of memories and emotions from the past. His paintings appear like fragments of torn frescoes, references to 15th-century Umbrian painting, of which Marchionni is a great connoisseur. His sculptures presuppose a study of Renaissance harmony and proportion. However, this process of recovering memory merges, in Marchionni, with a careful exploration of artistic language in keeping with a contemporary sensibility.

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