INVISIBLE CITIES
My most recent body of work is called Invisible Cities after the book by Italo Calvino where the explorer Marco Polo reports back on his travels to cities far and wide to Kubla Khan, the emperor who has conquered so many foreign lands that he has lost touch with the scope of his kingdom.
My background as an architect inspires me when I travel to cities around the world. On my journeys, I record my impressions through photography, audio recordings, sketches and watercolors. I also collect ephemera such as maps and letters and found objects. Once back at my art studio, I look at what I’ve gathered and revisit my journals and I am inspired all over again. I want to transcribe my experiences of travel and of cities onto large canvases. Sometimes the result is a collage of many cities and in this way I am hoping to capture the essence of “every city.”
FlavioFLAVIO BISCIOTTI: INVISIBLE CITIES
By Peter Frank
I have constructed in my mind a model city from which all possible cities can be deduced. It contains everything corresponding to the norm. I have also thought of a model city from which I deduce all the others. I will arrive at one of the cities which, always as an exception exist. I would achieve cities too probable to be real. – Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Visual artists and architects, you would suppose, would think about cities similarly, as built landscapes, as entirely manmade spaces to be admired and despised, by turn or at once, for their artfulness. (READ MORE)
Essay by Peter Frank (Long Version)
Essay by Peter Frank (Short Version)
Chapter XX
"Chapter XX" Part 1 (2017)
Acrylic on canvas
73 x 49 in; 185 x 124 cm
"Chapter XX" Part 2
Acrylic on canvas
73 x 76 in; 185 x 192 cm
"Chapter XX" Part 3
Acrylic on canvas
73 x 102 in; 185 x 259 cm
(diptych)
"Chapter XX" Part 4
Acrylic on canvas
73 x 102 in; 185 x 259 cm
(diptych)
“Study for Stadttheatre Baden” (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
71 cm x 94 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Atausee” (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
97 cm x 130 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Ouverture” (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
97 cm x 135 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Stadttheater Baden” (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
76 cm x 76 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Beethovenhaus” (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
95 cm x 155 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Ce ne sont pas des couples” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
34 cm x 38 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“EL Molino II” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 21 in.
“LA” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
33 x 30 in.
“GOLA” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
42 x 36 in.
“Chinatown” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 in.
“Study for Rochamp” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
21 x 23 in.
“Paris” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
15 x 19 in.
“Ronchamp” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 54 in.
“Study for GOLA” (2019)
Acrylic on paper
22 x 36 in. front side
“Study for GOLA” (2019)
Acrylic on paper
22 x 36 in. back side
“Egon Wien” (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 60 in.
“Punta Ballena” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 65 in; 122 x 165 cm
“Olinda at Night” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
49 x 60 in; 124 x 152 cm
“Louvre” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 39 in; 99 x 99 cm
“Elbphilharmonie” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 39 in; 99 x 99 cm
“Vienna” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
53 x 53 in; 135 x 135 cm
“London” (2018)
Acrylic on Canvas
53.5 x 60 in; 136 x 152 cm
“Italy” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas over wood panel
72 x 48 in; 183 x 122 cm
“Madrid” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas over wood panel
72 x 48 in; 183 x 122 cm
“Elbphilharmonie II” (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 39 in; 135 x 135 cm
“El Molino” (2016)
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 39 in; 135 x 135 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Am in BA” (2016)
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in; 91 x 121 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Le Gargouille Du Paris (Punta Ballena) “ (2015)
Acrylic on canvas
52 in x 89 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Study For Le Gargouille Du Paris “ (2015)
Acrylic on canvas
63 in x 48 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Brickell Av.” (2015)
Acrylic on canvas and wood
45 in x 45 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Roma” (2015)
Acrylic on canvas
54 in x 60 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Templo” (2015)
Ink and water color on paper
8 x 11 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Monumento” (2015)
Acrylic on canvas and wood
45 in x 45 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Obelisco” (2015)
Acrylic on canvas and wood
45 in x 45 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Sienna” (2012)
Acrylic on canvas
48 in x 70 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Paris – Notre Dame” (2011)
Acrylic on canvas
48 in x 70 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Architectural Landscape (Paris) Notre Dame” (2011)
Acrylic on wood
48 in x 70 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Study for Notre Dame” (2011)
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 12 in 61 x 30 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Casa Pueblo I” (2011)
Acrylic on canvas
16×22 in; 40 x 56 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Casa Pueblo II” (2011)
Acrylic on canvas
22×16 40×56 cm
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Architectural Landscape (Paris) LF” (2009)
Acrylic on canvas
60 in x 48 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Architectural Landscape (Paris) RG” (2009)
Acrylic on canvas
60 in x 48 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Paris” (2008)
Acrylic on paper
16 in x 22 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Architectural Landscape (Punta Ballena)” (2004)
Acrylic on canvas
24 in x 24 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Cityscape I” (1985)
Ink and color pencil on paper
26 in x 39 in.
©Flavio Bisciotti
“Urban Sketches I” (1985)
Ink and color pencil on paper
Ink on paper
26 in x 39 in.
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Urban Sketches II” (1985)
Ink on paper
26 in x 39 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Urban Sketches III” (1985)
Ink on paper
26 in x 39 in
© Flavio Bisciotti
“Urban” (1985)
Watercolor on paper and wood
24 in x 16 in
© Flavio Bisciotti