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- Tell us a bit about yourselves? Who are you, where are you based, what sort of things do you do?
My name is Marco Giollo and I am based in Magadino at the Lago Maggiore in Switzerlandand I am an artist.
I paint with acrylics and mixed media on canvas.
I do figurative and abstract art and also art on commission.
- How did you get to be involved in this project?
I was invited by Diana Lagalante to show the world what an artist can do with the Xymara Effect Pigments and their versatile manner - including art.
I think art meets design more and more these days.
- Explain the brief that you were given?
I been given the Xymara pigments to use, play with and experiment for use in my art.
Ciba® XYMARA Dual PearlT D05,
Ciba® XYMARA Gold PearlT G00,
Ciba® XYMARA Silver Pearl G00,
Ciba® XYMARA Nordic™ Frost,
Ciba® XYMARA Bronze Pearl B02,
Ciba® XYMARA NordicT Sunset,
Ciba® XYMARA NordicT Pine,
Ciba® XYMARA NordicT Ocean,
- What is the biggest challenge in this project?
The biggest challenge in this project is to paint to combine both the industry with art.
I never know the direction and never know the outcome, until I find style and beauty in my work.
- Describe what you are planning for the installation?
I will exhibit 4 paintings of 100 x 100 inside the Theatre, which will give great exposure to the concept of working with Ciba Xymara pigments,
plus 9 paintings 30 x 30 do be given to the 9 nominated winners of the Xymara Design Award 2008.
- What makes working with Ciba Xymara products interesting/exciting?
Never saw before such light effects by using these pigments.
Plus the appearance of surface changes, looking at it from different angles.
It is unique and makes it very alive.
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