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Mario Schifano, Amore nel deserto<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Created around 1985, Amore nel deserto (Love in the Desert)<\/em> is a large canvas by Mario Schifano<\/strong>, executed in acrylic and mixed media over a silkscreen base.<\/p>\n

Two monumental white palms emerge against an intense blue ground. A sequence of red, pink and white hearts crosses the composition, while the words Amore nel deserto<\/em> become an integral part of the image.<\/p>\n

The visual language is immediate and unmistakable. Simplified forms, vivid colour, signs and words coexist freely across the surface. In this Mario Schifano painting<\/strong>, the natural motif is therefore transformed into a highly personal and contemporary image.<\/p>\n

Nature in Schifano\u2019s painting of the 1980s<\/h3>\n

During the early 1980s, Schifano returned to painting with renewed intensity and developed several bodies of work centred on nature. In 1983\u201384, the Giardini<\/em> and Ninfee<\/em> cycles were exhibited in Milan. He also created Deserts<\/em>, followed by works connected with water flowers, wheat fields and other natural motifs.<\/p>\n

In 1984, Schifano participated in the Venice Biennale curated by Maurizio Calvesi, where he exhibited works including Chiamato K Malewi\u010d<\/em> and Ore 22.15 \u2013 Maestro italiano del Novecento<\/em>. During the summer of the same year, Alain Cueff curated the separate exhibition Naturale sconosciuto<\/em> at the Palazzo delle Prigioni Vecchie in Venice. This period reveals Schifano\u2019s particularly intense interest in nature and in a freer, more directly painted image.<\/p>\n

Love in the Desert<\/em> belongs to this creative climate. The palms are not treated as conventional landscape elements. Instead, they become large graphic and pictorial signs, while the hearts introduce an emotional rhythm into the composition.<\/p>\n

Painting and silkscreen image<\/h3>\n

The work combines a silkscreen base with direct pictorial interventions in acrylic and mixed media.<\/p>\n

This relationship between reproduced imagery and manual gesture is central to Schifano\u2019s experimental approach. Here, however, the painted intervention dominates the surface. Colour modifies the underlying image and gives the composition its individual character.<\/p>\n

The intense blue field creates a luminous setting for the palms and hearts. At the same time, the handwritten title becomes both language and image, reinforcing the directness of the work.<\/p>\n

Signature and authentication<\/h3>\n

This Mario Schifano artwork<\/strong> is hand-signed by the artist on the front.<\/p>\n

It is accompanied by photographic authentication issued by the Mario Schifano Foundation<\/strong> on 9 December 2003<\/strong>, Protocol No. 00697\/03<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The reverse of the canvas bears the gallery owner\u2019s handwritten signature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mario Schifano, Amore nel deserto (Love in the Desert)<\/em>, c. 1985<\/strong>, is a unique work executed in mixed media and acrylic on canvas over a silkscreen base.<\/p>\n

Large palms, coloured hearts and an intense blue background belong to the renewed pictorial language of the 1980s, when Schifano returned with particular energy to nature and landscape.<\/p>\n

The work is hand-signed by the artist on the front and is accompanied by photographic authentication issued by the Mario Schifano Foundation<\/strong> on 9 December 2003, Protocol No. 00697\/03.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":129016,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6376,6415],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-129028","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-modern-art","product_cat-modern-paintings","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMario Schifano \u2013 Amore nel deserto, 1985 | Egidi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mario Schifano, Amore nel deserto, c. 1985: unique mixed-media work on canvas, signed and authenticated by the Mario Schifano Foundation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/negozio\/modern-art\/modern-paintings\/mario-schifano-amore-nel-deserto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mario Schifano \u2013 Amore nel deserto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mario Schifano, Amore nel deserto (Love in the Desert), c. 1985, is a unique work executed in mixed media and acrylic on canvas over a silkscreen base. 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