Pigment and oil on canvas
51,2 x 51,2 in (130 x 130 cm)

Lo Giudice graduated from the University of Bologna in 1988 with a degree in geology. He then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, where he studied under three figures of modern Italian art: Emilio Vedova (1919-2006), Giuseppe Santomaso (1907-1990), and Virgilio Guidi (1892-1984). Lo Giudice is considered one of the most innovative artists in the second wave of the European Art Informel, a form of abstract expressionism pioneered in France following the Second World War. The renowned art critic Pierre Restany, who coined the term Nouveau Réalisme with Yves Klein during a group show in Milan in 1960, described Lo Giudice’s work as, “…where light’s energy blends with metamorphism of the material to create remote geological views.” The art of Lo Giudice is rich in textures achieved through the application of coloured pigments in layers. Through these different interplay of textures, pigments and colours, Lo Giudice’s works is a visual and artistic representation of geographical form with a robust tactile quality Lo Giudice has been written about and reviewed by numerous esteemed art critics, including Italian contemporary art critic and professor of History of Contemporary Art at La Sapienza University in Rome, and internationally renowned French art critic and philosopher, Pierre Restany. He has participated in the Venice Biennale in 2009 and 2011, and has exhibited in numerous exhibitions throughout the world. Lo Giudice works can be found in major public collections and museums including the MoMa, Zagreb; The Museum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome; John Elkann Collection, George Segal Collection, Phillip Morris, Switzerland among many others.