GIACOMO PIUSSI (Italian b. 1967-)Painter Native Italian Giacomo Piussi was raised in Florence and attended Istituto d’arte where he majored in sculpture and painting. He also attended Milano’s Brera Art Academy. Piussi has exhibited in Florence, Rome, Milan, and Berlin. He leaves much to the viewer in his tranquil depictions of everyday life, which offer an “impression” of his subjects without the distracting noise of too many details.Giacomo’s work develops the idea of substituting the written word with images that are typical of much of the art of non-literate societies of the past. “My work is simple”, Piussi says, “the subject matter is stripped to basics, so all that is engagement, controversy and links to reality is taken away, and what remains is an icon with an aura of philosophical suspension, and a window into the enigma of existence. In the same way that Perseus could only view Medusa as a reflection, my art gives a mirror image of the world, a reflection that merely resembles reality, yet it is not. It bears the semblance of nature only in order to create new priorities, the first one being setting the proper context for the creation of an image. The canvas is a set where everything is staged. Reality has been redacted to a single statement, a single frame, a clip that holds the essence of life. No past, no future, just the here and now. The subject matter is a pretext: a commonplace, a cliché, an artistic quote. A familiar image is taken apart then reassembled and cast in a different light, revealing more complex layers in everyday reality, an almost sacred aura to common gestures. My paintings are a bridge towards early Christian and medieval art and the feeling of awe and amazement they shine on what is represented, that primeval almost pagan yearning of Deity. Human beings, animals, plants, are all placed there by a Divine power, they have a mystical presence beyond their earthly appearance, eternal idols on an everyday altar." Born in Udine, Italy, on July 5th 1967Solo shows2024Palace, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany2023Daylight, Robin Rice Gallery, New York City, USAL’ordine delle cose, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo, Florence, Italy2022Perfect day, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany2021Ancora tu, C2 Galllery, Firenze, Italy2018Camere con vista, Galleria Susanna Orlando, Pietrasanta LU, ItalyL’uomo universale, Chiesa dei santi Lorentino e Pergetino, Arezzo, Italy2014Il mondo e’ grande; Museo della terracotta di Petrolio, Trequanda, Siena, Italy2013One, Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Firenze, Italy2010Il giardino delle delizie, Galleria Susanna Orlando, Forte dei Marmi, Italy2009Still, Cinema Visionario, Udine, ItalyPersone , animali e cose, Galleria Andrea Ciani, Genova, Italy, Italy2008Giungla, Galleria One Piece, Roma, Italy2004Flux, Villa Romana, Firenze, Italy2002L’educazione sentimentale, Galleria Poggiali, Firenze, Italy2002Galatea, Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Siena, Italy1998Beau Geste, Museum of contemporary art, Santa Sofia, Forlì, ItalySelected Group shows2023Happy, Raab, Galerie, Berlin, GermanyMondo Tondo, Galleria 93, Prato, ItalyNew is always better, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany2022Japan, Raab Galerie, Berlin2021Spring Salon, Robin Rice <Gallery, New York City, USAGrand Hotel Orlando, Galleria Susanna Orlando, Pietrasanta, LU, Italy2018Apparizioni, Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Foiano della Chiana, Arezzo, Italy2014Diptyques, Triptyques, Polyptiques, Artiscope Gallery, Bruxelles, BelgiumDR Albert Deluq, Journal d’une collection de province, Galerie Coullard & Koulinsky, Paris,France2013Biennale di Venezia Danza, Abitare il mondo, Teatro della Fenice, Arsenale, Venezia, Italy201154 th Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Italy