Luciano Prisco
For me painting is an uneasy mix of materials, gesture and personal expression. My Spanish and Italian heritage directs my particular interests to various European painting practices and traditions, for instance Romanticism, works by Gericault, Delacroix and Goya. Living in Australia also ‘shapes’ my identity and work. Paintings by Ian Fairweather, Tony Tuckson and New Zealand artist, Colin McCahon act as rich ground for inspiration and motivation.
The ‘messiness’ of the Australian landscape that surrounds me, coupled with my memory of urban spaces, provides pivotal pictorial anchors for my paintings. Like any landscape however, movement, flux and alteration are inevitable consequences of passing time. I consider my paintings organic, spreading like a tree throwing out roots and branches: they grow via addition of panels and by the accretion of materials and energy.
Biography
Luciano Prisco was born in Melbourne in 1955 where he has mostly lived and worked. He gained a Diploma in Fine Art from Phillip Institute of Technology in 1982 studying under Dale Hickey and Peter Booth.
In the early 1980s he exhibited at Roar Studios, Christine Abrahams Gallery and Young Originals. He later exhibited works at Goya Gallery and Maroondah Gallery and from 2002 to 2013 he exhibited works in both solo and group exhibitions at Jackman Gallery and Tilt Contemporary Space. Works have also been included in Mornington Peninsula Works on Paper exhibition. He has also taught drawing for Arts Project Australia.
Luciano has spent considerable time drawing and painting in remote areas of Australia and he now lives on Phillip Island where he has both the physical, environmental and emotional peace and space to devote to his work.
The ‘messiness’ of the Australian landscape that surrounds me, coupled with my memory of urban spaces, provides pivotal pictorial anchors for my paintings. Like any landscape however, movement, flux and alteration are inevitable consequences of passing time. I consider my paintings organic, spreading like a tree throwing out roots and branches: they grow via addition of panels and by the accretion of materials and energy.
Biography
Luciano Prisco was born in Melbourne in 1955 where he has mostly lived and worked. He gained a Diploma in Fine Art from Phillip Institute of Technology in 1982 studying under Dale Hickey and Peter Booth.
In the early 1980s he exhibited at Roar Studios, Christine Abrahams Gallery and Young Originals. He later exhibited works at Goya Gallery and Maroondah Gallery and from 2002 to 2013 he exhibited works in both solo and group exhibitions at Jackman Gallery and Tilt Contemporary Space. Works have also been included in Mornington Peninsula Works on Paper exhibition. He has also taught drawing for Arts Project Australia.
Luciano has spent considerable time drawing and painting in remote areas of Australia and he now lives on Phillip Island where he has both the physical, environmental and emotional peace and space to devote to his work.
Black ship, 2014
oil and acrylic on four panels
250 x 140 cm
oil and acrylic on four panels
250 x 140 cm
Santa Sangre, 2015
oil and acrylic four panels
270 x 180 cm
oil and acrylic four panels
270 x 180 cm
Terra, osso, earth, bone
acrylic on five panels
340 x 180 cm
acrylic on five panels
340 x 180 cm
