New Urban: Rome, Italy – Pamela Talese

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New Urban: Rome, Italy

When Robert Simon visited Pamela Talese's studio, he instantly recognized the aspect of tragedy in these paintings done at the Foro Italico tranmit.

A third view of the Casa Delle Armi by Pamela Talese, exhibited at Robert Simon Fine Art NYC in 2018.

This serene scene, painted by Pamela Talese, is heavy with history. Luigi Moretti designed the Piazzale dell’Impero, the grand entrance to the Forum, a mosaic covered grand Piazza connecting a the 42 ton Carrara marble Sphere Fountain (Fontana della Sfera). The red buildings on either side of this plaza were designed by Enrico del Debbio. The Obelisk in distant left stands more than sixty feet high and was fashioned from a three-hundred-ton block of Carrara marble

Pamela Talese painted 'The White Hotel' one evening once the summer temperatures had cooled.

Pamela Talese painted thisview of Termiini Station from the roof top of a friends apartment

Pamela Talese painting another compellingly strange scene at Foro Italico

Tucked in the corner where the former abbatoir and the rail bridge meet is a settlement complete with camper and perimiter landscaping. Pamela Talese painted this scene over several days but never saw the inhabitants.

Pamela Talese painted this in the early morning during the heat wave that hit Rome at the end of June and into July in 2017. The temperatures, which were consistently in the mid-90’s to the low 100’s, made the shade around the Stadio dei Marmi more attractive than it had ever been before.

Pamela Talese found some shade in the courtyard of Del Debbios courtyard

Pamela Talese painted the erroneously named Temple of Minerva Medica which has been a favorite subject for ages; from Piranesi to Corot and beyond. This decagonal structure in opus latericium (coarse-laid brick work) 4th Century building is, in fact, a ruined nymphaeum devoted to the nymphs and often connected to the water supply.

Pamela Talese painted just a few of the many marble statues around Foro Italico and will paint more. This painting and others in this section were exhibited at Robert Simon Fine Art in NYC, November-December 2018

Pamela Talese went to the roof for another view of Termini Station but was taken by the textured walls and tangle of wire which brought to mind the work of the Welsh landscape painter Thomas Jones done while he was living in Naples from 1776-1783

Another view by Pamela Tales of the Casa della Armi, this one at hight noon with a temporary paddle tennis court.

During the coversation at Robert Simon Fine Art in NYC,

Pamela Talese painted three views of this masterwork by the fascist era in different locations and times of day.

Pamela Talese has described the delights and downsides of painting on site. At this location she attracted the attention of a young gypsy boy and his four siblings who asked her questions during the entire painting session.

Termini Station and its two turbine stack are a favorite subject of Pamela Talese. This painting and 39 others were shown at Robert Simon Gallery, NYC, in late 2018. h

Pamela Talese has painted two views of Pier Luigi Nervi's Palazetto dello Sport. This picture emphasizes the cast concrete supports.

Pamela Talese painted this fascist era church (completed in 1933) embellished with 21st century graffiti.

In 2017 Pamela Talese spent time at Foro Italico to the north east of Rome's historic center.

Pamela Talese painted three of the four 'temporary' hotels in Garbatella. The Red Hotel (1929) is the largest and is easily identified by the clock tower as by its bright red plaster.

Pamela Talese painted a few buildings in Garbatella like this school that flaunted a “barocchetto style”

This oil painting by Pamela Talese, done on site in the Esquilino neighborhood, features the cable wires of the metropolitan trams against the blue sky

Gazometri Osteinse is an oil painting by Pamela Talese of an unused but decorative structure of ItalGaz.

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