Mario Schifano is an acclaimed Italian artist. He started attracting interest realising monochrome paintings which conveyed the idea of a monitor and showed numbers, road signals, logos like Esso or Coca Cola. Enamel, acrylic and big sizes characterise his work, as long as the use of packaging paper on canvas.

In 1962 he did his first journey to the USA, he discovers and meets artists such as Frank O’Hara, Jasper Johns, Rothko, Andy Warhol, Gregory Corso, whose influence is clearly noticeable in Schifano's work.

His paintings from the Sixties are still relevant today more than ever. Among the most memorable works, the series dedicated to brands and logos, bicycles, flowers and nature.

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