Giovanni Guida (born 12 October 1992) is an Italian painter, known for his contemporary approach to the surrealist techniques of grattage and frottage.
Giovanni Guida (born 12 October 1992) is an Italian painter, known for his contemporary approach to the surrealist techniques of grattage and frottage.
Born in Acerra, Italy in 1992 and raised in Cesa (province of Caserta), Guida studied at the Art High School of Aversa and subsequently obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. [1] [2] [3]
His paintings are distinguished by the depth of lapis lazuli blue, silver and gold. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
He works particularly with grattage, a technique that involves scraping wet paint from the surface, and frottage. [9] [10] [11] To create these effects, Guida experiments with a variety of tools, including sponges, styluses, scalpels, steel brushes, and small metal blocks. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] His grattage technique involves the progressive sealing of successive pictorial layers with specific resins, in order to preserve their chromatic brilliance. [17]
In 2016–2017, his icon Caesarius Diaconus was exhibited in museums and cathedrals around the world including Kunstgewerbemuseum [18] of Berlin, Museu Frederic Marès [12] in Barcelona; Terra Sancta Museum Jerusalem; Lisbon’s Museu de São Roque; [9] Cathedral of Manila (by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle [19] [20] , Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization); Essen Minster; and Glastonbury Abbey. [21] Other notable works include: Apotheosis (2014) [4] [1] [22] ; God fights the Coronavirus (And you'll be cured of all diseases.. and I'll take care of you) [2] , created during the COVID-19 pandemic [1] ; Etherea (2021) [2] , Take Me to Church (2022) [3] and Apotheosis of Dante Alighieri in Florence: Amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle (2020), to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. [23]
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