Profile
Marco Barberio (b. 1971, Italy) has been cultivating a passion for art and creativity his entire life, even without having attended any specialised school. He spent his adolescence in the 1980s painting with the myth of American graffiti and pop art. In the 1990s, he was in the middle of the digital revolution and the birth of the Internet. Thanks to his entrepreneurial intuition, predisposition to new technologies and love for art, he founded a web company and assumed the role of its art director.
Throughout his multiple travels to the United States, Marco accumulates materials on metropolitan subjects for his realistic paintings, which are painted with references to pop icons. The artist describes the practice, called “sampled realism”, as bringing him the greatest satisfaction by being able to balance realism against a more conceptual simplification of traits. His work perfectly reflects the dualism of these two forces.
Marco Barberio
Brooklyn Bridge, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70cm €1,950
Marco Barberio
Fanelli cafe, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €2,300
Marco Barberio
Macy’s rooftop, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 140cm €3,350
Marco Barberio
Mindfreeing #4: Lockdown!, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €2,300
Marco Barberio
New York Black and White, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 49 x 49cm €1,350
Marco Barberio
New Yorker, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €1,350
Marco Barberio
Mind the gap, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 100cm €3,350
Marco Barberio
5th Avenue, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 94 x 94cm €2,600
Marco Barberio
Dumbo NYC, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €2,300
Marco Barberio
Joffrey Ballet, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €2,300
Marco Barberio
Don’t Block The Box, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €2,300
Marco Barberio
Apple Store, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 98cm €2,300
Marco Barberio
Somewhere in Venice, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 98 x 69cm €2,300
