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| The
Flatiron |
Bridge
from Below |
Cranes
& State Library from QVB Site |
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| The
Eiffel Tower Drypoint on velin Arches 1180 x 795 mm |
II
Duomo Drypoint on Velin Arches 800 x 1200 mm |
City
in Five Segments Drypoint Edition of 25 590 x 160 mm |
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| The
Day of the Cherry Pickers Drypoint Edition od 25 595 x 885 mm
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Paris
Triumphant 1 Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 800 x 1200 mm |
Paris
Triumphant 2 Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 800 x 1200 mm |
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| Paris
Boulevard Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 285 x 595 mm |
Via
Tornobuoni Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 600 x 890 mm |
View
from the Uffizi Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 295 x 300 mm
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| The
Statue of Liberty Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 600 x 300 mm |
The
Chrysler Building Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 600 x 300 mm |
New
York from Above Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 600 x 300 mm
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| Cranes
on 29th Street Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 600 x 300 mm |
Grand
Central, Corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbuilt Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 300 x 600 mm
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New
York, Gotham City Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 600 x 300 mm
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| Gargoyle
from the Chrysler Building Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 300 x 300 mm
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Eisenbergs
Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition of 25 300 x 300 mm |
Tete
d'un Cheval 3 Unique State 775 x 1120 mm
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| Bridge
& the Boat Drypoint Edition 25 590 x 895 mm
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Bridge
and the Bolts Drypoint Edition 25 596 x 888 mm |
City
Skyline Drypoint Edition 25 888 x 1183 mm |
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| Cranes
& the Pit Drypoint Edition 25 600 x 735 mm |
Ferries
on Circular Quay Drypoint Edition 25 890 x 1180 mm
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Fortyfive
Storeys High Drypoint Edition 25 1180 x 886 mm |
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| View
from the Chrysler Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition 25 300 x 300 mm
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Crane
and the Empire State Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition 25 300 x 300 mm |
Paris
Lights from Notre Dame Drypoint on Velin Arches Edition 25 300 x 300 mm |
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| Park
St Drypoint Edition 25 350 x 300 mm
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Park
Street from Above Etching Edition 50 889 x 597 mm |
Pylon
View Etching Edition 50 695 mm diameter |
Marco Luccio
Images of the City
Drypoints & etchings
from five cities
March 28 – April 9
Artist Talk: 4 April. Please contact the gallery for information and booking
details
Marco Luccio has created a gritty visual documentation of five cities, which
are by nature continually growing: the thriving Metropolis. Most of Marco’s
formidable images originated on site, from the rooftops of Paris, New York,
Florence, Melbourne and Sydney: scratching and gouging gestural, expressive
marks into copper, to be printed on return to his Melbourne studio. This
modern-day urban archaeologist digs deep to reinterpret images of cities
we all instantly recognise.
‘My aim is to capture the energy in these major cities. Life on the
rooftops seems surreal, stage-like and still. I often work on site as this
gives me the immediate response that fuels my work and maintains a freshness
that comes only with working ‘live’.
People seem insignificant from up above and often I exclude them in my images.
This seems to highlight the alienation that one sometimes feels in a metropolis.
Despite this alienation one can’t help but see the city as an awesome
human achievement. It is proof of life. Evidence of civilisation. A human
statement.
The work has been made in bursts of frantic all-out physical effort, broken
by times of exhaustion, recovery, reflection and then reworking. The drypoints
are deeply scratched and generously inked, and the etchings are bitten in
strong, lengthy bouts in the acid creating lines that are definite and powerful.
The time spent in the cities gave the origins of this show, the basis by
which I start. But it is the memory of these places and the time spent away
from these cities in the quiet of my studio where the images evolve into
new cities formed from imagination and melded together from memory and reference.’
Marco’s work has been shortlisted for many awards throughout Australia.
His work has been acquired for major collections including the National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Geelong Art Gallery Collection, the
Tasmania Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, and the City of Melbourne Collection,
amongst many others.
His work also appears in many corporate and private collections including
New York, New Zealand, Italy, London and Hong Kong. Recent publication has
been in the ‘Encyclopaedia of Australian Art’ 2006 edition and
feature articles in major art journals including the Australian Art Review
and Imprint (The Print Council of Australia, issue Autumn 2008).
Please contact Robert at Metropolis Gallery:
T 03 5221 6505
Email: robert@metropolisgallery.com.au