Francesco Siclari Exhibition

Broadway Gallery

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Soho’s Broadway Gallery is getting romantic this spring. Francesco Siclari will be having a solo show. If you’ve never had to opportunity to travel to Italy, this might be your chance to drink in the serenity of its landscape and culture without the plane ticket. With a wide range of subjects, Siclari presents paintings of landscapes, cities, boats, and people . History meets emotion. Tradition means originality. Canvas meets life.

Francesco Siclari has been painting and showing art internationally since the 1960s. Born in Campo Calabro on the tip of Italy’s boot, he first stepped towards the world of painting due to his sheer infatuation with painting’s expression. As a child, he would always draw due to the inaccessibility and expense of oil. His aim has always been for the viewer to see the world in a way they have never thought to see it. It was worth the sacrifice of patience while he continued his family studies without asking for money for art supplies from his family. Then, a birthday miracle from his brother, Dominic, came in the form of 10,000 lire. Finally, Siclair had oils to create with and he was able to dedicate his time to working with the oils after his studies were complete. His brother pushed him further and urged him to do shows once he saw the canvases adding up. We are all very lucky that he took his brother’s sound advice.

Broadway Gallery has the pleasure of exhibiting some of Siclari’s best pieces. Oil paintings such as Canal Grande – Venezia (1985), La Poesia del Silenzio– Phuket (1994), Nudo nel Blu (1988), Positano (2002) and Quiete ai Murazzi (1988) will all be shown. Everyday subjects are suddenly not so ordinary. His technique of using glistening color and thin, see-through glazes take the moments he captures and adds romance and omnipresence. He adds emotion to each piece through bold imagery and an originality that is all his own. For example, in Canal Grande – Venezia, the viewer watches as a gondolier is about to take off down the canal. The depth of the water’s murky blue works with the cities horizon line off in the distance, while the lighting created the glazed oil paint enchants and mesmerizes. He uses a geometric border that becomes lighters as it moves toward the center of the piece and allows for a moment that is not only emotional, but also pensive.

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from May 23, 2013 to June 05, 2013

Opening Reception on 2013-05-23 from 18:00 to 20:00

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