 | This biographical article is written like a résumé .(December 2016) |
Marco Cianfanelli | |
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| Born | 30 November 1970 |
| Awards | 2001 ABSA Atelier Merit Award 2002 ABSA Atelier Award 2004 Major Award, Brett Kebble Art Awards |
Marco Cianfanelli (born 30 November 1970) is a South African artist who has been involved in a wide range of projects involving art, architecture and public spaces. [1] Cianfanelli combines computer-generated, data-driven applications with human, expressive, gestural acts to create tension in his work. Cianfanelli is one of a handful of South African artists whose work successfully spans the public and domestic sphere. [2] He began his career painting landscapes and continues to be concerned with romanticized space and that which is marginalized through the very act of romanticizing. [2] Cianfanelli's slick, pared-down, iconographic recent works are intricately linked with the complexity of loving South Africa. [3]
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One of Cianfanelli's most recognisable works is the depiction of Nelson Mandela's head that is located at the site of Mandela's capture in Howick, South Africa.This work is called Release.
