Antonio Murgia

2010:
KAREN JENG Art Space,Taiwan: "To the citizen of Shanghai", solo exhibition.
47 Anno Domini Space (POLIN Gallery) – Treviso, Italy: “Pop Art fra realta' e fantasia”, solo exhibition.
Expo Shanghai 2010 (FYR Gallery), China: Zagara Space, solo exhibition.
M3 Space – Moganshan, Shanghai (FYR Gallery) China:: “Italian Art”, group exhibition.

2011:
Casa dei Carraresi (POLIN Gallery), Treviso, Italy: “Donna e Musa”, group exhibition.
FYR & CROSS Galleries, Shanghai, China:: "Olympia's classical heritage", group exhibition.
ART In The CITY (POLIN Gallery), Jesolo, Italy: solo & group exhibition.
Gozzano 12 Gallery, Ivrea, Italy: “Computer Maudit”, solo exhibition.
A.C. Art Museum, Beijing (FYR Gallery), China:: “Excursus into the Italian Art”, group exhibition.

2012:
ART In The CITY (POLIN Gallery), LIASSIDI Palace Hotel, Venezia, Italy: “Collettiva di Arte Contemporanea & Design.” group exhibition.
Zenobio Palace, Venezia: ITALY 150°Art Fair- Riconoscimento speciale- Premio Art in the City
Albertini Palace,, Forli' (Contemporary Arte Pancaldi), Italy: “Marilyn Monroe 1962 – 2012. L’arte e il mito”, group exhibition.
New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China:: “Coffee with Dali'”, group exhibition.
Yi Xing Art Museum, Beijing, China (FYR Gallery): “From Classical to Contemporary”, group exhibition.
Contemporary Arte PANCALDI, Rome, Italy: “NORMA JANE detta MARILYN MONROE”, group exhibition.
Villa SIOTTO, Sarroch (CA), Italy: “3 Entita' 3” , solo exhibition.

2013:
REGIO Palace, Cagliari, Italy:...

The art of Antonio Murgia takes inspiration from Pop. In the Pop Art language, objects and shapes of daily life are emphasized because they are isolated and separated from their original context. And yet Murgia, in this process, channels romantic expressive intensiveness to his works. Face prevails in the composition space. The face only, concentrated on the scene against a backdrop with no natural landscapes as a reference, emphasizes even more the dynamic of representation so that the face itself becomes the expression of a detail.The matter is moving, the vibrant brush stroke and the colour prevail with all of their sensual and frantic power.
The multiple colours seem to speak, act, record the tones of emotions to become supporters of a private and deep expressiveness. With the engaging harmony he creates between colours and expression, the artist gives overwhelming humanity to the faces. Through great colour bounces and softened shades, the faces are part of ascene reminiscent of the subconscious. The look is dominated by the firmness of the eyes that become languid and seem to project themselves into another dimension, towards an absolutely inner universe. The faces are full of an intense emotivity, which results in high drama that liberatesthe interior side. In the works by Antonio Murgia, the colour annihilates the conscious personality of its shapes, resulting in the prevalence of subconscious personality made of feelings and thoughts. Every face expressesa precise emotional identity. It is the individual that belongs to the crowd and the artist makes escape from his own context to meet him in an inner state, moving from the world of the spirit to the world of art.


Art critic Mattea Micello

Antonio Murgia was born in Sardinia in 1956.
He is mainly known for his artistic collection named ‘Pretaporter’ in which Marilyn Monroe
(the international cover diva) and Daisy Duck (the eternal faithful girlfriend) both in turns
wear the international contemporary fashion clothes (Versace, Armani, D&G, Chanel etc)
in what can be defined as a clash and a meet-up of erotic aggression and bewitching
looks, contrasts among colours and black and white, prominence and concealed, reality
and fantasy.
Thanks to his masterly painting, this artist stands out for his ironic vision yet sagacious,
often deep both on reality and the artistic material.
This painting series is continuously evolving and exhibiting mainly between China and
Italy.

Being a versatile and dynamic artist he has recently developed a new collection called
‘OROS Project’. It aims at dealing with opposites and synonyms of order and chaos,
abstract and figurative, feminine and masculine. The painted faces are separated
structures composed of abstract paintings. They are not consequential and deliberately
disagree with one another but then magically all together find a melting point.
This is to remind us of all the different discordant partners within ourselves and as it
often happens (and we wish it happened more frequently) they correspond to our
partners , relatives, friends, all the different relationships and ultimately the whole
mankind.

2010:
KAREN JENG Art Space,Taiwan: "To the citizen of Shanghai", solo exhibition.
47 Anno Domini Space (POLIN Gallery) – Treviso, Italy: “Pop Art fra realta' e fantasia”, solo exhibition.
Expo Shanghai 2010 (FYR Gallery), China: Zagara Space, solo exhibition.
M3 Space – Moganshan, Shanghai (FYR Gallery) China:: “Italian Art”, group exhibition.

2011:
Casa dei Carraresi (POLIN Gallery), Treviso, Italy: “Donna e Musa”, group exhibition.
FYR & CROSS Galleries, Shanghai, China:: "Olympia's classical heritage", group exhibition.
ART In The CITY (POLIN Gallery), Jesolo, Italy: solo & group exhibition.
Gozzano 12 Gallery, Ivrea, Italy: “Computer Maudit”, solo exhibition.
A.C. Art Museum, Beijing (FYR Gallery), China:: “Excursus into the Italian Art”, group exhibition.

2012:
ART In The CITY (POLIN Gallery), LIASSIDI Palace Hotel, Venezia, Italy: “Collettiva di Arte Contemporanea & Design.” group exhibition.
Zenobio Palace, Venezia: ITALY 150°Art Fair- Riconoscimento speciale- Premio Art in the City
Albertini Palace,, Forli' (Contemporary Arte Pancaldi), Italy: “Marilyn Monroe 1962 – 2012. L’arte e il mito”, group exhibition.
New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China:: “Coffee with Dali'”, group exhibition.
Yi Xing Art Museum, Beijing, China (FYR Gallery): “From Classical to Contemporary”, group exhibition.
Contemporary Arte PANCALDI, Rome, Italy: “NORMA JANE detta MARILYN MONROE”, group exhibition.
Villa SIOTTO, Sarroch (CA), Italy: “3 Entita' 3” , solo exhibition.

2013:
REGIO Palace, Cagliari, Italy: “Stradeparallele”, solo exhibition.
Contemporary Arte PANCALDI, Rome, Italy: “MARILYN FOREVER”, group exhibition.
HAI SHANG Culture Centre, Shanghai, China:: “DATE IN ITALY. Hou Chan Fang in dialogue with Italian Artists”, group exhibition.


2014:
Beijing Art Center 1+1, Beijing (FYR Shanghai), China:: "Vision of italy", group exhibition.
Art Events Mazzoleni, Alzano Lombardo, (BG) , Italy: “Un tuffo nell'arte”, group exhibition.
A.C. Art Museum, Beijing (FYR Shanghai), China:: “Contrasts & Similarities”, group exhibition.
Olbiapulse/spazioarte, Olbia, Italy: “Pretaporter”, solo exhibition.
Country Club, Porto Cervo, (OT) , Italy: “Punti di vista”, group exhibition.
The Gallery Steiner, Wien (A): “Between Earth & Sky”, solo exhibition.
“Forte Village Resort – Sardegna” Santa Margherita di Pula (Ca) , Italy, (Art Events Mazzoleni): “Summer Art 2014”, group exhibition.