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Gianni Lucchesi
Herd of Standing Deer: Nordic-style painting with bitumen on canvas

2025

$8,815.70
£6,462.65
€7,400VAT Included
CA$12,143.18
A$12,298.68
CHF 7,064.97
MX$149,137.35
NOK 81,952.81
SEK 83,418.54
DKK 56,429.28

About the Item

The work belongs to the cycle entitled "Cernonnus" that Gianni Lucchesi has been working on since the lock-down. Suggested by the animal world's gradual re-appropriation of the man-made environment, his work interrogates the dynamics of collectivity by contrasting the human model with the animal model. Instinct, a sense of belonging and identity are the major areas of interest in his research, combined with a careful choice of working materials. In particular, for the “Cernonnus” series, Gianni Lucchesi has opted for bitumen, a material that has been used in painting since ancient times (Pliny the Elder refers to bitumen as “Apelles’ secret,” or “bitumen of Judea,” or “black paint”). Thanks to the use of bitumen, the deer depicted by Lucchesi take on a sense of substance while at the same time retaining a degree of transparency that perfectly simulates the movement of the group as it merges into a single form. A versatile artist, Gianni Lucchesi ranges between painting and sculpture to arrive at powerful visual metaphors, the result of an investigation into the psyche and the individual's relationship with self, others and the environment. The Tuscan artist has an impressive professional background marked by numerous exhibitions; his works have been displayed at major international events, such as the Casablanca Contemporary Art Biennial in Morocco in 2014 and Berlin Art Week in 2018. In 2020 he won the Altiba 9 prize in Barcelona; in 2022 he won the Combat Prize in Tuscany, the first Be Natural/Be Wild prize in Biella, and the Mondadori Arte magazine Art Prize. Since 2018 he has been collaborating with architect Julia Caracciolo, and together they won the competition in 2021 to build the monument to President of the Republic Sandro Pertini in Savona. In 2023 they made Signum, an installation for the Church of Santa Maria della Spina in Pisa curated by Nicolas Martino. They participate in the Fuorisalone in Milan 2023 with the large sculpture Operae, later exhibited in the square of the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa. Nel 2023, con la scultura Markandeya, Gianni Lucchesi è inserito nella guida 100 Luoghi del contemporaneo in Italia, un libro di Nicolas Ballario pubblicato da 24 ORE Cultura, Milano.
  • Creator:
    Gianni Lucchesi (1965, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    2025
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.44 in (90 cm)Width: 70.87 in (180 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU431318244962

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