Giovanni Manzo

The painter Giovanni Manzo (born in Naples in 1966) is internationally known for his innovative style blending harmoniously three artistic techniques: photography, graphic art and painting.

The photography reveals the reality and the mouvement, the graphic art gives the image a modern contemporary touch and the painting sets it all in a romantic view that belongs to the Italian cultural tradition.

The artist prefers to paint the cities, revisiting them with a modern point of view like no other artist has ever done before.

His technique draws a break with the traditional figuration: the most typical streets are reproduced from a contemporary perspective projecting a completely new image of the cities to the world.

If the viewer is looking closely at a piece of work by Giovanni Manzo, he will see a succession of points and lines of an informal nature while if he moves away a few metres, the painting will have its perfect dimension.

All this is revisited Impressionism with a modern touch through graphic art.

This new artistic style is necessary in order to describe the artist s profound sense of belonging to the city of Naples.

The challenge consists of painting the oldest streets of Naples and making a parallel ...

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Libreria Feltrinelli – P.zza dei Martiri Galleria MorraArteStudio
Napoli, 2008

“Contemporary Impressionism“, Cite’ du Temps (Swatch Group)
Ginevra, 2010

“Giovanni Manzo”, Alexander Gallery
(U.S.A.) Atlanta, 2011

1° Premio Vernice Art fair 2011
Forli’, 2011

The Urban Landscape in Europen Contemporary Art - Palais des Nations (O.N.U.)
Ginevra, 2012

“Giovanni Manzo”, Galerie Artima - Places des Vosges
Parigi, 2013

“Regards Italienne” (Société Genevoise d’Études Italiennes) Galleria Nest
Ginevra, 2014

P.A.N. Giovanni Manzo e l' Impressionismo Contemporaneo - Napoli 2014

Giovanni Manzo e l' Impressionismo Contemporaneo - Ospite d'ì onore Forli' Arte Fiera - 2015

Libreria Edizioni Cardano - Mostra personale "Impressionismo contemporaneo" - Pavia - 2108