© 2020 - 2026
Works
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
Vincent Willem van Gogh
2026
Series: Prompt AI
PROMPT AI explores the gradual transfer of intention and responsibility from the human subject to artificial systems.
Through four stages — delegation, exploitation, compliance, and residuality — the series traces a silent transformation in which automation does not impose itself violently, but emerges as an efficient choice.
The neutral, ordered environments reflect a system that functions flawlessly, while human presence becomes increasingly marginal.
This is not dystopia, but observation: the system continues. The question is what role we choose to retain.
Prompt 01 - Delegation
Prompt 02 - Exploit
Prompt 03 - Compliance
Prompt 04 - Residual Human
Series: Playing System
Playing System is a pictorial series that uses the language of games to explore power, control, and responsibility.
Imaginary planets become game boards: Risk pieces, Lego figures, monsters, simplified grids.
Each element refers to predefined rules, inherited choices, and removed consequences.
Here, play is not escapism but a model.
A system that turns complex decisions into moves, and conflict into strategy.
When everything becomes a game, responsibility disappears.
Risiko Planet 80x60
Monsters Planet 80x60
Lego Planet 80x60
Tic Tac Toe Planet 80x60
2025
On the Way
100x80
Series: Chronicles of Cosmic Absurdity
Chronicles of Cosmic Absurdity is a pictorial series in which space becomes a symbolic stage to investigate the contradictions of contemporary human existence. Through surreal compositions and solitary figures — often astronauts suspended between action and immobility — Vincenzo Marino reflects on the paradoxes of technological progress, on digital alienation, and on the fragile illusion of control.
In this series, the astronaut becomes the protagonist of a journey that does not celebrate conquest, but the absurdity of exile. He does not explore distant worlds: he carries with him fragments of everyday life — a picnic, a bent flower, the memory of Earth. Simple gestures that, immersed in the immensity of space, acquire a new symbolic weight: they become rituals of emotional survival, traces of a memory that is fragile and at the same time resilient.
It is here that the absurd takes shape: in the contrast between the vastness of the cosmos and the vulnerability of human gestures.
Chronicles of Cosmic Absurdity tells of an essential paradox: even in the sidereal void, humanity continues to long for a home.
Il costruttore di Silenzi 80x60
Prime Time 60x80
Bianconiglio 80x60
Bus Stop 80x60
Planet Picnic 80x60
Series: Memories of the Past
Memories of the Past by Vincenzo is a series that explores the contrast between future and nostalgia.
Lone astronauts, immersed in lunar landscapes, interact with iconic symbols of the twentieth century — jukeboxes, vintage gas pumps, classic cars — creating a surreal dialogue between progress and memory.
With irony and melancholy, the artist reflects on modern alienation and the longing for a past perceived as more authentic. A visual journey that invites us to question our relationship with time, technology, and the loss of familiarity with the present.
Missed Calling 80x60
Foto di Gruppo 80x60
Tai Chi 80x60
The Walk 70x50
Bathmoon 70x50
Big Bubbles 70x50
Series: Make Love Not War
Make Sport, Not War is a series that connects sport and war, transforming athletic competition into a metaphor for human conflict. Athletes caught in full action interact with weapons instead of sports equipment, generating a strong and disturbing visual contrast.
The dynamic composition and bold use of color amplify the message, while irony and an aesthetic inspired by street art invite reflection. The series offers a direct critique of the pervasiveness of violence, while at the same time reaffirming the value of sport as a symbol of peace.
Make Sport, Not War 80X60
Make Sport, Not War 80X60
2024
Series: Greetings From...
The Greetings From… series conveys a powerful and provocative message about the environmental and social condition of the contemporary world. Through the use of iconic images — animals symbolizing specific places and famous monuments — the artist constructs a parody of traditional tourist postcards, transforming them into a disturbing warning.
The apparent familiarity of the format contrasts with the critical content, inviting the viewer to reflect on the consequences of consumption, environmental degradation, and the loss of balance between humans and nature.
North Glow 80x60
Bambi 60x80
Help Me 60x80
Sidney Jumper 80X60
Series: Love Series
The Love Series… explores the concept of love in a contemporary dimension, where technology, isolation, and the transformation of identity profoundly influence human relationships. The artist uses symbolic elements — such as hyperrealistic hearts and human or hybrid figures — to represent the contradictions and tensions of the experience of love in the current era.
Through images suspended between intimacy and detachment, the series highlights the fragility of bonds and the difficulty of authentic connection in an increasingly mediated and fragmented context.
Series: Moon Series
The Moon Series is a visual reflection on alienation and the paradox of progress. Through surreal lunar landscapes, the artist places a solitary astronaut in front of iconic symbols of earthly culture, evoking disorientation and nostalgia.
The strong color contrasts and use of light amplify the protagonist's sense of estrangement, embodying the human need for connection in an increasingly distant world. With this series, space exploration becomes an existential investigation into the condition of contemporary man.
Series: Earth Series
The Earth Series explores the connection between humanity's cultural heritage and a post-human future. A solitary astronaut visits iconic symbols of civilization, creating a tension between past and future.
With technical mastery and influences reminiscent of Magritte, Warhol, and Banksy, the artist reflects on collective memory and the fragility of human civilization.
Snap Finction 100x80
2023
2022
Series: Car
These paintings do not simply celebrate vintage cars: the vehicles become narrative tools, means to explore themes of transformation, escape, and identity. The cars are not just machines, but travel companions and silent witnesses to social and personal changes.
The bold artistic style, with intense colors and strong contrasts, amplifies the sense of movement and tension, transforming each painting into a fragment of a larger story.
2021
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