Color transforms Artioli's vision of classical sculpture, revealing warm ochres and subtle flesh tones that evoke the original painted surfaces of ancient statues. This chromatic approach adds an entirely new dimension to the ICM technique, where blurred hues suggest the passage of time itself—pigments fading, light shifting across centuries. The result connects viewers viscerally to the humanity embedded in ancient marble.
Touching the skin of the past is an extraordinary collection of Roman Statues captured with the ICM technique in order to make the marble skin like a truly human body. 'Touching the skin of the past I can feel the blood flow under the marble. Feel the warmth under the cold. And history rises up with a breath of lust'.
This color iteration of Artioli's celebrated series offers collectors a vibrant alternative to the monochrome works, expanding the emotional range of the artist's classical explorations. Available at The Art Design Project in Miami Beach, each archival pigment print captures subtle color gradations that reward close viewing and thoughtful display.
Classical Chromatic Sculpture - Color Photography Roman Statue Study 07
Roman Statue Study 07, 2014
From Touching the skin of the past
Archival Pigment Print
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Luca Artioli, an artist, poet, and photographer recognized in Europe and around the world, has worked for years in the most vital artistic circles of world culture, such as La Scala Opera House in Milan, The Wolfsonian Museum in Miami during Art Basel, Hermès in Paris. Artioli has evolved over the years as an artist who is appreciated for both his skill with the camera as well as the pen. Luca Artioli was born in Milan but he has been living in Miami since 2008 (I guess it’s time to move…) In 2000, after receiving a master's in photography, he left the world of finance to follow his special vocation for “light” and poetry. In few years Artioli has published a number of books with Mondadori, the key publishing house in Italy, some of them translated into many languages. The books of Artioli are notes of light rich of emotions and poetry. Artioli has had numerous photographic exhibitions around the world from Milan to Bombay, Dubai, Miami.
