Elvio Marchionni - Madonna of Divine Love

Elvio Marchionni was born in Spello in January 1944. He attended the Bernardino di Betto Art Institute in Perugia, where he studied medieval painting techniques. He began painting at a very early age, constantly experimenting with techniques to depict and represent the harmony between the inner person and the outer self, which lives and struggles within reality. His studies at the Academy and his experiences with illustrious figures in culture, restoration, and conservation of ancient paintings have led his painting to an awareness of the past as both its essence and its extension into the future. From his first exhibitions in the 1970s, his study of the old masters has been evident, even experimenting with materials worn by time and the elements. From the rough plaster, Marchionni extracts the figure, his idea of ​​beauty: symmetry, balance between masses, shapes, lines, and colors. He studies the classics, the divine proportions of the great masters, and is familiar with postwar art and the avant-garde movements that emerged from America in the 1960s. His dialogue with the protagonists of Pop Art and the Transavantgarde is evident, even though he doesn't overdo it with bright colors; everything is suffused, subtle, yet undeniably present. In the 1980s, he exhibited in Paris, Madrid, California, and Heidelberg. He celebrated his "strappi" (rips) for the first time in 1981 in Foligno; the hues of the medium blend together, enhancing the subject, giving the whole the mystery of an abstract yet legible work. In 1990, he exhibited in Foggia, Belluno, and Brindisi. During this period, he moved to his new studio, and in this space, his relationship with "time" took on a special meaning: the allure of stone, the colors of lime and mold, and the continuity of memory from the past with the reality of the present found expression in the creation of his floors. In 1999, he joined the Art'è group, for which he illustrated books such as the stories and little flowers of St. Francis, the Iliad, the Gospels, the Decameron, and Orlando Furioso. With the 2004 exhibition at the fortress of Vieste, his aesthetic exploration returned to symbolism and drawing. In Accadìa and Foggia, he exhibited in two shows titled "Strappi," using exclusively old plaster stripped from abandoned houses in Umbria and the Foggia hinterland as his medium. During this period, he also organized the "Bottega d'Arte Opus," a training program for young artists, and experimented with new techniques of three-dimensional representation, approaching bas-relief sculpture. In 2006, he was commissioned by the Bishop of Foligno to decorate the apse of the church of Scopoli and the Chapel of the Sacrament in Foligno Cathedral. In August 2009, another project that Marchionni had long considered and developed materialized: the creation of the Elvio Marchionni Foundation.

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