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Renaissance subjects in a new light

An oil-on-canvas work by Alessandro Giannì. (Photo courtesy of GIORGIO BENNI)

Art lovers are invited to contemplate the resurrection of Renaissance paintings presented in a different context during "Breaking Darkness: Alessandro Giannì Solo Exhibition" at Tang Contemporary Art, until April 25.

On display are artworks by Italian artist Alessandro Giannì, who has turned excerpts of subjects from Renaissance paintings into new forms through use of vivid, contemporary colours. In Giannì's canvasses, the bygone subjects are like characters separated from a story but who endlessly quote their author.

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