In his latest exhibition, ‘New York Mythic’, Marco Luccio presents an aerial view of New York, his favourite subject, with a collection of large six-feet-wide dry-points, and four-metre wide ink drawings. “These are the biggest images I have made to date. New York seems to demand such a scale and it has allowed something new to happen for me”, says Luccio.
These new works were created from panoramic views of the city seen by helicopter, and from high vantage points on the city’s most notable buildings including the Chrysler, Rockefeller and Empire State buildings. Paintings, etchings and display cases filled with sketchbooks, tools, photographs and other artefacts are also on show.
fortyfivedownstairs
13 September to 8 October, 2016
Melbourne
Left: New York Mythic 3, 2016, ink and acrylic on paper, 42 x 59cm
Right: New York Mythic 1, charcoal on Velin Arches paper, 75 x 106cm
Photographs: Filippo Messina
Courtesy the artist and fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne