Fabian Marcaccio

Using a variety of techniques, both digital and manual, Fabian Marcaccio’s mutant paintings (“paintants”) interrogate the place of craft in the digital era and expand on a legacy inaugurated by the early 20th century avant-garde. Marcaccio earned a degree in philosophy and has carried that critical mindset into an investigation of the limits of painted space. Because of that analytical approach, Marcaccio has been incredibly effective in shaping the discourse around his work. His painterly gestures may flatten into pixilation or digital images applied to the canvas may morph into dripping, pigmented silicone. Recent works, such as his 2006 Topographical Paintant presented at the 2nd Seville Biennial, can reach colossal, environmental sizes, drooping across plazas or through tunnels. Others are smaller, in particular, his digital animations and grayscale drawing hybrid “draftants.” Marcaccio has had numerous solo museum shows over the past decade, especially in Western Europe, as well as regular gallery exhibitions in New York and Germany.