Nicola Verlato's Myth Generation at Imola Musei

Imola Musei presents 'Myth Generation', a major retrospective of Nicola Verlato (Verona, 1965), curated by Diego Galizzi. The exhibition spans the artist's career from early works to recent pieces, centering on conflict as a narrative thread: conflict between peoples, between man and progress, and within man himself. Verlato's hyperrealist style merges classical painting with digital modeling, using 3D rendering and wireframe techniques inspired by the 1982 film 'Tron'. Key works include 'Conquest of the West' (2012), a two-meter-high canvas depicting a violent encounter between a cowboy and an Indigenous woman, and the 'Actaeon' series (2019), which reimagines the myth as a struggle between man and AI. Verlato also explores the myth-making around Pier Paolo Pasolini, with a series of paintings (2020–2022) portraying his murder, referencing Caravaggio and the Carracci. The monumental 'The Merging' (six meters wide) incorporates augmented reality, allowing viewers to explore the painting beyond its surface. The show runs at Imola Musei.