DAVE GUCCIONE - Italy
Contacts: info@daveguccionevisual.com
Elvin Jones
Louis Armstrong
Paints and rust on iron plate 60 x 60 cm
Paints and rust on iron plate - 60x60 cm
Grant Green
Twiggy
Paints and rust on iron plate - 60x60 cm
Paints and rust on iron plate - 30.5x30.5 cm
Jimmy
Charlie Parker
Paints and rust on iron plate - 30.5x30.5 cm
Paints and rust on iron plate - 30.5x30.5 cm
About his Art
For Guccione, the artistic journey began in the 1990s when he came into contact with the Hip Hop movement, and in particular with the world of graffiti, which was just taking its first steps in Italy. It was a period of discovery in which the power of communication on walls was becoming apparent and there was a sense of urgency to develop a personal style. The internet was not yet so popular and the style had to make an impact while maintaining anonymity. Over time, his art moved from walls to other techniques, following a natural path influenced by various factors: a personal interest in art history, artistic studies at D.A.M.S. in Bologna, the study of music, and professional experience as an advertising graphic designer. His curiosity about traditional fine art techniques led him, as a self-taught artist, to delve deeper into what he instinctively felt could help him define his own style. Painting with a brush first on plasterboard and then on canvas, collage, engraving and screen printing techniques, pencil drawing and watercolor; all this led Guccione to develop his own technique of working iron plates with paints and rust. Alongside his portraiture (jazz but not only), he also develops projects with a more decorative and universal character. Thus, the concept of W.HOW was born with the aim of promoting an interactive approach stimulated by combinatorial games of shapes and colors. Since 2009, he has exhibited as THE ORIGINAL DAVE GUCCIONE, a name he later changed to DAVE GUCCIONE VISUAL when he decided to make it his professional activity. Over time, he has exhibited his works in various contexts, both group and solo exhibitions, and at art fairs. He has collaborated with jazz clubs and music festivals such as Veneto Jazz and Vicenza Jazz, has personally set up exhibitions in Soul and Rhythm and Blues music contexts, also creating limited edition screen print series specifically for these events.
2022 SUPERDESIGN SHOW Super Studio - Milan
2022 HOMI SPECIAL EDITION Rho Fair - Milan
2022 VERNICE ART FAIR Forlì
2019 GUCCIONE Borsa - Vicenza
2018 ANTICA DROGHERIA Pordenone
2018 TAVERNA DEGLI ARTISTI Cittadella (PD)
2017 ALL SAINTS MOD HOLIDAY Lavarone (TN)
2017 JAZZHIBITION Sartea - Vicenza
2016 MELOARTE Livorno
2016 JAZZ & RUST The Idea of Amatori - Vicenza
2016 CONTEMPORARY ART TALENT SHOW ARTEGENOVA - Genoa
2016 ELLE ART GALLERY Preganziol (TV)
2016 ON Romano d’Ezzelino (VI)
2015 ANGLE OF ART Mestre (VE)
2015 RUST THIRD BRIDGE Bassano del Grappa (VI)
2015 CONTEMPORARY ART TALENT SHOW ARTEPADOVA - Padua
2015 RUST IS BEAUTIFUL Porta San Giovanni - Padua
2014 CONTEMPORARY ART TALENT SHOW ARTEPADOVA - Padua
2014 BACCANERA Romano d’Ezzelino (VI)
2013 LAGARINE SYNERGIES Beseno Castle (TN)
2012 GUCCIONE EXHIBITS Cultural Workshop - Castelfranco Veneto (TV)
2010 JAZZ PORTRAITS Almodobar - Castelfranco Veneto (TV)
2008 THE ORIGINAL DAVE GUCCIONE Municipality of Fiesso D’Artico (PD)
2007 JAZZ PEOPLE ARTWORKS Municipality of Fiesso D’Artico (PD) 2005 SPERIMENTARTI Municipality of Nove (VI)