Metal Panel With Painted
And Etched Surface #7
From EUGENIO C's Dining Room
by Sinisca

Items from SS BIG RED BOAT II (ex EUGENIO C, EUGENIO COSTA, EDINBURGH CASTLE, THE BIG RED BOAT II)

Mirror-like Steel Panel
Hand Painted Design
49.5 Inches Tall by 25.25 Inches Wide
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Throughout her Italian career, EUGENIO C was filled with some of the nation's finest artwork. In 1987, she was given a USD $25 million upgrading at the T Mariotti shipyard in Genoa. At that time, she was refitted with a new showroom and certain modifications to her public areas and accommodation. In the dining room, Roman architect Giuseppe de Lorio oversaw the addition of new art, including panels by Rome-based artists Colacino and Sinisca (the latter has his own museum near Florence). When the lovely ship showed up on the beach of Alang, these panels were still extant.

These remarkable panels combine both fine etchings and paintwork to bring their subjects to life. The colors involve foresty greens, deep, earthy maroons, and amber accents. There is a melancholy to the Sinisca panels versus the more upbeat tones of the Colacinos. The unpainted portions of the reflective surface bring the viewer and real life surroundings into the imagery (and thus, my apologies for various reflections of cars and Southern California suburbia as I attempted to photograph these). In addition to his paintings, Sinisca is an internationally celebrated sculptor, which might explain why he added texture to these works. This panel, which is smaller than the first three listed, but wider than panel five, seems to represent the view from an ancient site, perhaps the inverse of the one shown in the first Sinisca piece listed here. Note the fine etchings representing the stone steps in the foreground.