Daniele Comelli Art
Italy
Genova
Italy
Phone: + 39 346 123 65 68
Email : [email protected]
URL : danielecomelli.com/
About
My grandfather was an art dealer, and so was my father.
The first colors I ever saw were those of great painters — Genoese, Italian, and international.
I could barely walk or speak, but they say I could already recognize them all: styles, signatures, techniques.
Some things you learn early when you grow up surrounded by them.
They also say I didn’t need a ruler to determine the size of a canvas — I could measure it just by eye, squinting a little.
I always knew that art would be my life and that I would become an art dealer too, but I wanted to do it my own way.
After finishing my studies, I started working in my father’s gallery, which was founded by his father in 1967.
It dealt exclusively in classical art: masters of the caliber of De Pisis, Michetti, Scanavino, Silvestro Lega, Gamberini, and many other great artists.
It was from my father that I learned how to handle paintings, how to clean them, how to restore them.
And it was that kind of contact — so manual, so physical, so material — that made me love art in a different way.
Soon I realized I needed to walk my own path.
Yes, of my own free will, I left the family gallery and opened one of my own — online.
I went back to studying, delving deeper, expanding my horizons.
Not only through books, but also by exploring the web.
That’s how I discovered contemporary art: a world driven by an underground energy that comes from unknown, brilliant artists with enormous potential.
Roberto Bernardi mini mix CLXXV-05
Catherine Coady LoveSick
Catherine Coady Tokyo Rose Construction
Daniele Oldani ICONS
Marco Tamburro Crocifissione di San Pietro
About the Artist
Two absolute icons of the twentieth century, two creative forces who redefined the boundaries of art and who, here, are transfigured into mythological, almost legendary figures.
Warhol appears as a modern Minotaur, yet with a distinct pop touch: his body is replaced by the famous winged horse of Mobil Gas, a direct reference to one of his most recognizable works and, at the same time, a symbol of American consumerism.
Basquiat, on the other hand, takes on the form of his emblematic T-Rex — the primitive, untamed dinosaur that frequently recurs in his paintings. A creature both instinctive and childlike, yet filled with energy and meaning, perfectly embodying the raw, visceral, and authentic power of his art.
The two seem to confront — or perhaps approach — each other in a scene with the visual strength of an epic film. The entire composition is framed by the Oldani Studio emblem, ironically echoing the Paramount Pictures logo, turning the artwork into a mock movie poster — a cinematic epic in which Oldani is not only the painter, but also the director and screenwriter.
In this homage, Oldani does not merely depict two idols: he mythologizes and reinvents them, merging the language of pop art with that of myth and cinema.
With his iconic and unmistakable style, Tamburro does not merely reference the renowned painting — he translates it into his own contemporary language, capturing its drama and emotional tension through a powerful, gestural, and textured pictorial approach.
The artist revisits Caravaggio’s masterpiece as a dialogue between past and present, light and darkness, spirituality and human condition.
The cross, a universal symbol of sacrifice and rebirth, becomes in Tamburro’s hands a modern metaphor, suspended between classicism and contemporaneity, where the figure of Saint Peter turns into a universal archetype of resilience and faith.
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