Biography
Christian Leperino’s artistic journey began with him dedicatedly researching the human body. Since then, the artist (born in 1979 in Naples) has been spending the last few years concentrating on how to portray metropolises as he asks questions about the relationship between a city’s space and the existential lives of its inhabitants.
In his most recent works there is a recurring theme of an urban landscape intertwined with a reflection on time and memory of places. For example, his recently exhibited works such as Landscapes of Memory (at the National Archaeological Museum, Farnese Bull Room, Naples, 2012), Cityscape/12 (at the 54th International Art Exhibition Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Tese di San Cristoforo, 2011), Human Escape (at MAC-Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, Rio Janeiro, 2010) and Cityscape which was part of the Sistema Binario (‘Platform System’) exhibition at the railway station in Mergellina, Naples, 2008. Cityscape has now become a permanent installation there and can be seen inside a large lunette in the entrance hall of the station.
