WOW!...Candelora is AMAZING!


Project: "W Sant'Agata - Catania in Pop Art"

Year: 2018

Dimensions: 100 x 120 x 4 (cm)

Technique: Acrylic on canvas

DESCRIPTION


This my artwork from the project "W Sant'Agata - Catania in Pop Art"

It tells of streets filled with vehicles similar to those tin models I happily owned as a child and of MARVEL comic characters from the 60s depicted as a tribute to my master cartoonist John Romita Sr.

Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy on vacation in Catania, in a late 50s setting, find themselves strolling among the shops in Via Etnea where the newly built headquarters of the Rinascente store stands out.

Between Fiat Topolino and Candelore through the streets to the sound of music on the occasion of the patronal celebrations in honor of Sant'Agata, the amazement of Peter Parker who exclaims

"WOW!...Candelora is Amazing!"

gives the title to the artwork.

The large signs of the bars and shops light up the street not exactly like on Broadway

in New York but the people of Catania certainly liked to think so and so...

"WOW!...IT'S ALL AMAZING LIKE THE CANDELORA!".


EXHIBITIONS


2018/2019: Catania - Palace of Culture;

2018: London - Sicily Fest;

2020: Catania - "RINASCENT" Store;

2022: Catania - Modern Art Gallery;

2024: Palma/Spain - "Casa del Arte";

2024/2025: Catania - "Rinascente" Store;

2024: Zug/Switzerland - "Thomson Gallery";

2025: New York (USA) - ARTEXPO NEW YORK 2025;

2025: Dubai (UAE) - "Andakulova Gallery".