Marco Tirelli (Roma, 1956 – )
In 1985, Giuliano Gori accepted a proposal from Achille Bonito Oliva, with the collaboration of the La Bezuga printing house owned by Giuliano Allegri. They organized the exhibition “Capodopera,” which brought together all the artists working at the former pasta factory Cerere in Rome. Among them was Marco Tirelli. The exhibition took place at the headquarters of the Tourism Agency in Fiesole, and “Capodopera” took the form of a showcase: every two weeks, each artist presented a work along with drawings and preparatory studies.
In 2009, Giuliano Gori invited Marco Tirelli once again to exhibit his most recent paintings, resulting in the “Intorno al silenzio” (Around Silence) exhibition held on the first floor of the Casapeppe exhibition space. The geometric three-dimensionality that characterizes the artist’s works prompted Giuliano Gori to explore Tirelli’s relationship with sculpture. Upon learning that the painter filled sketchbooks with his ideas for sculptural works, he invited Tirelli to experiment with his first sculptural creation at Celle.