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Through his “underwater” series Marcello pays homage to iconic cars in hyper-realistic paintings. Like a dream, Mustang, Ferrari, Porsche and others are immersed in an aquatic universe that is as surprising as it is relaxing.

The paintings are frozen in an illusory time where the metal of the cars resists the random movements of the water. Due to the transparency, the comings and goings of the eddies, Marcello transcribes with a spectacular hyperrealism; the ability of the aquatic environment to animate static objects.

Here, there is no question of making an ode to speed. Nature takes back …