Painted stamps. Marco Ventura

Evokes the Renaissance, but with a contemporary and bold style. Marco Ventura, a Milanese illustrator trained also in New York, is the protagonist of the exhibition “Painted Stamps. Marco Ventura”, the first solo show dedicated to a living artist at the Museum of Stamps and Coins of San Marino, open until March 22 and sponsored by the Secretariat for Culture.

Curated by Roberto Ganganelli, the exhibition gathers original sketches that later became stamps, unpublished drawings, models for coins, and paintings.

“Ventura is a versatile artist – explains Ganganelli –. He has created stamps for San Marino, such as those for the 2012 Olympics, but also for Italy and the Vatican.

With this exhibition, we want to tell the story of an author capable of spanning from stamps to coins, from paintings to editorial illustrations.”

His visual language combines geometric balance and Renaissance suggestions, reinterpreted with a personal and poetic realism that has captivated important collections. “I always seek unconventional perspectives – Ventura recounts – Like in the stamp for San Marino in 2012, where a Madonna is reinterpreted as a contemporary girl, accompanied by two angels in suits and ties.”