Tuesday, March 2, 2021 – 300th Edition – MARCO LUCCIO
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021
The
300th Edition
From Our Archives
MARCO LUCCIO
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MULTI-FACETED
ARTIST
View Down 29th from the Rooftop (2008) Pen & Watercolour 29.5 x 84cm
About Marco Luccio
Biography
Marco Luccio is an award-winning artist whose work is represented in over 25 major public collections both nationally and internationally.
As a professional full time artist he has held 36 major solo exhibitions, exhibited in over 150 group, curated and award shows and received several commissions.
Luccio has been collected in various private, public and corporate collections, including the New York Public Library, the Museum of the City of New York, the New York Historical Society and the National Gallery of Australia.
His work has been shortlisted for many major awards including the 2010 and 2009 Dobell and the 2013 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing.
Bridge and the Pipes Roosevelt Island (2013) Etching on Velin Arches 20 x 24.5cm Edition of 50
DRYPOINT ETCHINGS
I met Marco Luccio a few years ago when he was in New York doing drypoint etchings of Roosevelt Island. He was constantly looking for locations on the island to sketch his work. He captured the vibrancy of the City in black and white so beautifully.
Under the George Washington Bridge (2016) Etching on Velin Arches paper 24.5 x 24.5cm 5http://Empire from the Chrysler Building (2013) Etching on Velin Arches 24.5 x 20cm
Smokestacks and the Queensboro (2008) Drypoint on Velin Aches 30 x 60cm Unique State Framed:
The Flatiron from the Side (2013) Etching on Somerset Buff paper 24.5 x 20cm Edition of 50
PAINTINGS
The Flatiron and the Cars (2018) Acrylic on Canvas
In the summer of 2018 Luccio returned to New York to capture the city in oil paints. His vibrant colors and techniques exuded the activity of the city.
He was lucky enough to paint in a space on the top floor of the Chrysler Building. Melanie Colter and I joined him to see the city from this perch.
The casement window of the Chrysler Building do open for a breeze. We were inside the top of the great arches.
This is one of the supports for the building, with Melanie’s assistance
This Chrysler Building space is used as an active office, with great views and even a stairway to a balcony.
NEW YORK POSTCARDS
In 2019 Luccio returned to New York with a wonderful collection of art done on postcards. They were short stories with great charm on a small canvas.
The Albatross Project
Undertaken in collaboration with Melbourne-based company Rock Posters, you may have already seen Luccio’s poster during solitary walks around Melbourne and Sydney. Or, if on Instagram, you may have seen the poster shared by passers-by who have noted the striking image – an etching of two albatrosses lovingly touching each other’s beaks, accompanied by the words ‘LOVE’, ‘HOPE’ and ‘TRUST’.
In keeping with the times, Luccio has created space for this project to slowly evolve and emerge. It allows for discovery of the works and engagement with them in ‘real life’ rather than in the (currently forbidden) context of an art gallery. It is a social gift from an artist driven to contribute to and communicate with a wide array of single-person audiences. Members of the public are encouraged to capture and share their responses to the works via the hashtag #lovehopetrust
Why the Albatross? For Luccio, the albatross is a symbol of both isolation and social fidelity. The albatross is often ‘at sea’, and many of us may find ourselves, metaphorically, in a similar position having had our usual modes of life taken from us in the blink of an eye. Yet, according to Luccio, “with love as the driving force, trust in the process, and hope for the future we can also emerge to a new reality enhanced by the reflection on meaning that enforced solitude tends to provoke”.
TO SEE MORE OF MARCO LUCCIO’S WORK INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOS, AND LOTS MORE GREAT ART, CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE:
MARCOLUCCIO.COM
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GOT IT RIGHT
Today is issue number 300. How that happened is unknown. It is a fun project, a way to communicate with so many friends, neighbors, family, islander, off-islanders and whom-ever finds us and adds their names to the FROM THE ARCHIVES mailing list. This keeps people up-to-date on activities, though some are limited.
I always feel bad when I see a newspaper article or publication that I want others to know about. This way we can spread the word of wonderful event, places and people.
People ask me why we do FROM THE ARCHIVES? Why not? In a pandemic we could sit home and feel useless, but instead this is more fun and a daily mission that I am doing.
The RIHS Board gives great support and we all realize that we are reaching about 200 persons a day who open our editions, from the over 700 subscribers we have. The total is 60,000 times FROM THE ARCHIVES has been read!
Melanie has been our graphics artist, coach, ideas person and giving so much encouragement.
Deborah nightly posts the latest edition on our website after sending me a note on typos. I make many spelling errors and not blaming spellchecker.
Thanks to the loyal gang that every morning send me their answers to the PHOTO OF THE DAY. Last week we had 12 people guess the photo, a record.
Send us your comments, critiques, suggestions and submissions. Stephen Blank has written great articles recently and more to come from him this week.
March 18th is our first anniversary send me your suggestions and contributions for our anniversary issue.
JUDITH BERDY
Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
Sources
MARCOLUCCIO.COM
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