The art gallery
Placed inside the Town Hall, the Art Gallery consists of 102 works, kindly donated by artists of clear national repute.
Overview by Various authorsComune di Ripacandida
Opened in 2011, the Gallery is housed in what were the cells of the cloistered nuns of the Carmelite convent, a place of prayers and meditation so dear to St.Gerard Maiella and St.Alphonsus dei Liguori
Overview by Various authorsComune di Ripacandida
Thanks to the work of one of our fellow citizen and artist, Vito Miroballi, in these environments that best express the fertile place of spiritual culture that was the town, an outpost has emerged that is well representative of the three fundamental forms of artistic representation, the imitative, informative and decorative, which develops along the path of humanity, from prehistory to the present
Laid table by Maria Luisa RicciutiComune di Ripacandida
In this picture the vivacity of the colors is mixed with the sensuality of forms and objects
Laid table-1999 (oil on canvas)
Maria Luisa Ricciuti - Roma
Rampant horse by Gino GiannettiComune di Ripacandida
After his debut as an expressionist painter the author created this bronze depicting a wild horse
Rampant horse – 1990 (bronze)
Gino Giannetti-Montorio Romano (RM) 1951
Roman landscape by Luigi FerrantiComune di Ripacandida
In this Roman landscape the artist also focuses on a strongly characterizing element of the city: the cat
Roman landscape-1992 (oil)
Luigi Ferranti-1942
Ballerina by Carmine CecolaComune di Ripacandida
The artist’s repertoire ranges from the figurative to the abstract: here the slender forms of a dancer
Dancer-1960 (bronze)
Carmine Cecola-Monteroduni (Isernia) 1923-Roma 2001
Night Cat by Vector PisaniComune di Ripacandida
In this sculpture the artist infuses the disturbing image of a cat, perhaps after having bitten his prey
Night cat-1996 (mixed sculpture and colored powders)
Vettor Pisani-Ischia,1934-Roma 2011
The guardians of the threshold by Stefania FabriziComune di Ripacandida
Oriental atmospheres in this representation of two samurai in combat attitude
The guardians of the threshold-2010 (mixed on paper)
Stefania Fabrizi-Roma
Empty full by Angelo ColagrossiComune di Ripacandida
Empy full -2011 (acrylics on cartons)
Angelo Colagrossi – Roma, 1960
Tension towards by Franco FerrariComune di Ripacandida
In his artistic life the author has repeatedly produced posters for social organizations, also trying out theatrical sets for various shows. This picture seems to justify the choices
Tension towards-2006 (acrylic on canvas)
Franco Ferrari-Roma,1938
I walk on the earth by Enrico LuzziComune di Ripacandida
I walk on the earth-2002 (oil on canvas on table)
Enrico Liuzzi-Roma,1950
The discreet flood of floods by Gino GuidaComune di Ripacandida
The discreet charm of floods (oil on canvas)
Gino Guida – Napoli, 1932
Culture by Maria Pia RondinellaComune di Ripacandida
There is also a section dedicated to local artists. In this picture the author describes her father’s life
Maria Pia Rondinella - Roma
Paesant Art by Savino Maria AntiniettaComune di Ripacandida
Always in the section dedicated to the local artists, a scene of everyday life in a peasant house
Maria Antonietta Savino – Ripacandida
Credit: Daniele Gioiosa
