"...Reinforced cement—concrete—was created...two thousand years ago by the Romans. It has a millenary story, made of amphitheatres, bridges and roads that have conquered the ancient and modern world. Now it’s a synonym of modernity. Everywhere you go and you find a concrete wall, there’s the modern man in there. From Sidney to Vancouver, from Oslo to Pretoria, ...reinforced cement is present and consequently the support where the 'writers' can express themselves is present.
"...If man brought art the streets in order to make it accessible to everyone, why not bring the urban galleries and museums?"
Mario Loprete is a Graduate of Accademia of Belle Arti, Catanzaro (Italy).
Painting for Mario Loprete is first love. An important, pure love. Creating a painting, starting from the spasmodic research of a concept with which he wants to send a message to transmit his message, it’s the base of his painting. The sculpture is his lover, his artistic betrayal to the painting. That voluptuous and sensual lover that gives him different emotions, that touches prohibited cords.
His next solo exhibitions will take place at Manni Art Gallery, Venezia, Italy; at Hilversum Biblioteke, Hilversum, Netherlands; and Zylinderhaus Museum of Bernkastell-Kues (Germany).
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