Pierpaolo Campanini was born in 1964 in Cento, Italy, where he
continues to live and work. Campanini’s practice explores the
complex shift that visual language undergoes in the translation
from three-dimensional form to two-dimensional representation. He
constructs delicate baroque assemblages endowed with a peculiar
surrealist sensibility for the sole purpose of painting these
sculptures. Campanini uses an astonishing photorealist technique to
explore the poetics that everyday objects acquire when staged
within these strange evocative compositions.
Pierpaolo Campanini has recently presented solo exhibitions at
Francesca Kaufmann, Milan (2009), Blum and Poe, Los Angeles (2008),
Corvi-Mora, London (2007), Salon 94, New York (2006) and Galleria
Francesca Kaufmann, Milan (2005). His work has also been shown as
part of “Italics: Italian art between tradition and
revolution 1968-2008” at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
(2009) and Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2008), "Transformational
Grammars" at Galeria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan (2008), "Painting
Codes" at Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone
(2007) and "ETC." at Le Consortium, Dijon (2005).
Pierpaolo Campanini is represented by Corvi-Mora, London and Galleria Francesca
Kaufmann, Milan.
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