Clean and powerful, Gabriele Cappelli’s abstract geometric forms bring together a sense of classical aesthetic and a contemporary approach to colour and line. His artworks contain an inherent sense of balance in their proportion, form and colour, distilling a universal aesthetic language into its purest form. Cappelli has always been interested in the dialogue between different disciplines, in both theory and technique his works encapsulate the harmony the artist has found between the past and present. He is able to recall historical artistic traditions through abstract and modernist shapes and textures, re-evoking and revitalising them by combining them with conceptual and visual proponents of contemporary art. Cappelli takes inspiration from architecture and urban planning but also from the structure of music, using these disciplines to inform the development of his works in creating a sense of order.
Gabriele Cappelli’s use of pure unadulterated oil paints lends richness to the combinations of soft and bold colours in his compositions, often layered with gold dust thus adding to the intense paints. His paintings have a true smoothness to their surface and yet within this, the labour and patience of the artist is still expressed in the brushstrokes evident on close looking. The artist thus creates depth from the flatness of the canvas, asserting the materiality of the artwork itself. Sensation is expressed as the first step of a complex process.
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Composition 441oil on linen140cm x 120cm (55" x 47")
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Composition 440, 2023oil on linen120cm x 110cm (47" x 43")
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Composition 429, 2023oil on linen100cm x 90cm (39" x 35")
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Composition 431, 2023oil on linen120cm x 110cm (47" x 43")
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Composition 432, 2023oil on linen140cm x 120cm (55" x 47")
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Composition 433, 2023oil on linen110cm x 110cm (43" x 43")
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Composition 434, 2023oil on linen110cm x 110cm (43" x 43")
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Composition 435, 2023oil on linen120cm x 90cm (47" x 35")
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Composition 436, 2023oil on linen50cm x 40cm (20" x 16")
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Composition 437, 2023oil on linen50cm x 40cm (20" x 16")
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Composition 428, 2023oil on linen70cm x 60cm (28" x 24")
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Composition 427, 2023oil on linen70cm x 60cm (28" x 24")
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Summer Exhibition
28 Jun - 19 Aug 2023 London -
Gabriele Cappelli
Selected Works 16 Jun - 9 Jul 2022 LondonCadogan is excited to announce a new exhibition of works by Gabriele Cappelli. Clean and powerful, Gabriele Cappelli’s abstract geometric forms bring together a classical aesthetic with a contemporary approach...Read more -
Gabriele Cappelli
New Paintings 15 Sep - 3 Oct 2020 LondonCadogan Contemporary are delighted to present a new collection of work by the Italian painter, Gabriele Cappelli. We have represented Cappelli for 8 years and this will be his third...Read more -
Gabriele Cappelli
Gabriele Cappelli 14 May - 8 Jun 2018 LondonHarmony is the first quality that come to mind when observing the new series of paintings created by Gabriele Cappelli. The harmony of epochs that meet each other, the harmony...Read more
Gabriele Cappelli (b. 1972 Forli, Italy) discovered art at a young age. Frequent trips to Rome to visit his grandfather, an architect and designer, brought him into contact with painting, an experience that is still a central part of his practice as an artist. Cappelli moved to London in 1997 and it was here that he decided to pursue his work as an artist, inspired by the YBA movement. Cadogan has represented Gabriele Cappelli for over ten years. His work is collected widely and is held in private collections in the UK, Europe and the US.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 |
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Cadogan Gallery, London (also exhibited in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021) |
2018 |
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Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome |
2007 |
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Overtime Gallery, Bologne. Catalogue by Enzo Dall'Ara |
2003 |
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'Contemporanea', Forli, Italy. Catalogue with text by Carlo Verdone |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 2018 2017 |
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'Vitruvian', Cynthia-Reeves, USA Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair with Cynthia-Reeves, Palm Beach 'Midnight Sun', Arcade, London Art Miami with Cynthia-Reeves, Miami |
2012 |
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30th Anniversary Exhibition, Cadogan Gallery, London |
2008 |
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K Fine Art, New York |
2005 |
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'La memoria dell'oro, L'oro della memoria' (Two Italian Painters), with Enrico Lombardi. Artbank Gallery, London. Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute |
2001 |
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'Living Presence', The Gallery @ OXO Tower, London |