Antonio Marra

Antonio Marra (* 1959 in Volturara Irpina , Italy ) is an Italian artist . In 1982 he completed his art studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples . Today he is considered a representative of Op Art . Antonio Marra lives and works in Offenbach am Main .

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Multi-perspective painting

The peculiarity of Antonio Marra's so-called "poly-perspective painting" consists in the lamellar structure of the picture carrier, which Marra paints polychromatically with pure colors. As the genre of painting suggests, the viewer has different visual experiences depending on the perspective. If the viewer walks from one side to the other in front of the work, the picture structures begin to overlap, only to become independent again in new color compositions. Antonio Marra has developed a technique that makes his works appear different from every perspective. In doing so, he applies a cellulose layer to the canvas, the surface of which he then structures with a kind of comb, so that a three-dimensionally protruding groove relief is created. As a representative of Op Art, Antonio Marra creates optical effects with the help of precise, abstract shape patterns. Color overlays result in three-dimensional geometric shapes. The relief-like elaboration of the painting surface forms the basis for the multi-layered perception of his works. Marra's “multi-perspective” painting can be understood as a continuation of Op Art. In his works the two-dimensional picture surface enters the three-dimensional space. Antonio Marra does not create a spatial illusion or optical effects that deceive the viewer, but rather the recipient himself controls the changes in the motifs, colors and shapes on the picture surface through his perspective. His works create a different effect from every location and thus acquire an inexhaustible complexity.

In 2019 Marra received the Audience Award of the International André Evard Prize for his work The Wisdom of the Sea Cucumbers . He shares the audience award with Rüdiger Seidt , whose work Circletetra, 2018 - Cor-Ten also won the audience award. Rüdiger Scheidt was also awarded the General Art Prize.

Marrahaus

The Marrahaus in Heilbronn was inaugurated in 2015 . Antonio Marra was commissioned to design the exterior facade of the building designed by Alexander Schleifenheimer. In doing so, he transferred his principle of multi-perspective painting to the level of architecture. Marra equipped the building with a polychrome facade cladding. Vertically arranged aluminum lamellas form a building skin, the color effect of which changes depending on the viewer's position. For the architectural intervention, Antonio Marra chose colors that appear in the immediate vicinity of the building. A total of 47 colors, which are attached to 16,970 slats, surround the Marrahaus.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2016: Perspectivity - Antonio Marra. Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich
2015: Antonio Marra - Metamorphoses. Gallery Wolfgang Exner, Vienna
2014: Antonio Marra. Bromer Kunst, Roggwil (CH)
2013: changing images. Fritz Winter House, Ahlen
2011: Più Vero del Vero. Schrade Gallery, Karlsruhe
2010: From Naples to Shanghai via Frankfurt. Fu Xin Gallery, Shanghai
2009: Antonio Marra - I would do it again. Galerie Thomas Hühsam, Offenbach am Main
2008: Everything seems possible. Gallery of the Heusenstamm Foundation, Frankfurt
2007: three jewels. Gallery in the courtyard, Baar
2006: In search of the red cuboid. Angelo Falzone Gallery, Mannheim
2005: Northern Lights. Galerie Thomas Hühsam, Offenbach am Main¨
2000: Antonio Marra - Galeria Antonio Ferrara, Reggio Emilia

Group exhibitions (selection)

2016: Don't believe your eyes !. Fritz Winer Atelier, Diessen
2016: made in Offenbach. Antonio Marra-Oliver Raszewski. Gallery Thomas Hühsam
2015: Optic Nerve. A group exhibition of optical abstraction by a diverse collection of international artists. Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2012: Relationships. Upper Hessian Museum Giessen
2010: color, space, structure. Off-Space Damenstiftstrasse, Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich
2005: Stripes. Galerie Exner, Vienna
2000: 10 years. Galerie Thomas Hühsam, Offenbach am Main
1997: Achrocharge. Art McCann, Frankfurt am Main

Measure (selection)

2016: Contemporary Art Fair Zurich, Bromer Kunst
2016: SCOPE Basel, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
2016: CONTEXT Art New York, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
2015: CONTEXT Art Miami, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
2014: Art Silicon Valley, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
2013: Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Schrade
2012: ViennaFair, Galerie Exner
2011: Art Helsinki, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
2010: Art Zurich, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
2007: Cologne List, Galerie Thomas Hühsam
2006: Berliner Liste, Galerie Thomas Hühsam
2000: Artissima Torino, Galeria Antonio Ferrara

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Public favor meets jury opinion! International André Evard Prize for Rüdiger Seidt from Forbach - Antonio Marra (Offenbach) wins audience award. In: www.regiotrends.de. February 17, 2019, accessed February 18, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Marra, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Volturara Irpina , Italy

[1] Public favor meets jury opinion! International André Evard Prize for Rüdiger Seidt from Forbach - Antonio Marra (Offenbach) wins audience award. In: www.regiotrends.de. February 17, 2019, accessed February 18, 2019 .