Antonio Nicola Ciervo

Antonio Nicola Ciervo’s vivid, rhythmic, and playful painting proposes the possibility of an idealized urban utopia, free of conventional associations of urban blight and chaos. The warm, cheerful, and even surreal palette introduces a harmonious two-dimensional space that conveys the geometric and rational structure of the city and its quarters. Ciervo dubs this work “UrbanArchiPainting” and defines the idea as a reconstruction of a renewed urban landscape with its facades, its roofs, its squares and streets, districts where “colors become heat.”

Born in 1953 in Moiano, Italy, trained and employed as an architect, Ciervo appropriates the architect’s idealized vision of the potential for a harmonious urbanity and employs it in a “two-dimensional system where the main part is devolved to structure, connectivity and juxtaposition of shapes and colors.” The third dimension arises from the pleasant sensations and imaginations in playful response to the gaze he proposes—as epicenters of culture, design, and diversity, the cities of Ciervo shine with optimism in the face of chaos.

The Odyssey Within
Reception: Thursday December 18, 2008 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 12/12/2008 - 1/2/2009

Invitation to Antonio Nicola Ciervo's exhibition

Land & Sky Acrylic on Canvas 39.5" x 39.5" $3150 Land & Sky Acrylic on Canvas 39.5" x 39.5" $3150	Presenza Acrylic on Canvas 23.5" x 27.5" $2550 Presenza Acrylic on Canvas 23.5" x 27.5" $2550
Lotto "A" Acrylic on Canvas 39.5" x 39.5" $3400 Lotto "A" Acrylic on Canvas 39.5" x 39.5" $3400	Porfido: La Piazza Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas 35.5" x 35.5" $3150 Porfido: La Piazza Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas 35.5" x 35.5" $3150
Giallo Fraitetti Acrylic on Canvas 39.5" x 23.5" $2900 Giallo Fraitetti Acrylic on Canvas 39.5" x 23.5" $2900	Corte a Manhattan Acrylic on Canvas 27.5" x 20" $2400 Corte a Manhattan Acrylic on Canvas 27.5" x 20" $2400