32 in. (81.2 cm) x 32 in. (81.2 cm) x 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Anthony Pontrello (Italo-American, b. 1950)
The Place Where Shadows Remembered Our Names
32 x 32 x 1 in. (81.2 x 81.2 x 2.5 cm)
33 x 33 x 1.5 in. (83.8 x 83.8 x 3.8 cm)
mixed media on canvas
signed inverso “A. Pontrello 2025”
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“The Place Where Shadows Remembered Our Names emerges from my ongoing exploration of memory as a physical force—something that inhabits landscapes long after events have passed. Influenced by the elemental poetics of Pablo Neruda and the phantasmic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, this work occupies a space where reality and myth coexist without conflict.
In this painting, darkness is not a void but a vessel: layered, scarred, and alive with residue. The horizon appears worn, as though light itself has been weathered by time. Through mixed media, erasure, and accumulation, I sought to create a place that feels inhabited by what can no longer be seen—a terrain where human presence lingers not as image, but as memory.
This work reflects my belief that places remember us. Even when names fade from speech, they remain etched into the world—in shadow, in silence, and in the quiet persistence of the land.” ~AP
Anthony Pontrello (Italo-American, b. 1950)
The Place Where Shadows Remembered Our Names
32 x 32 x 1 in. (81.2 x 81.2 x 2.5 cm)
33 x 33 x 1.5 in. (83.8 x 83.8 x 3.8 cm)
mixed media on canvas
signed inverso “A. Pontrello 2025”
INQUIRE
“The Place Where Shadows Remembered Our Names emerges from my ongoing exploration of memory as a physical force—something that inhabits landscapes long after events have passed. Influenced by the elemental poetics of Pablo Neruda and the phantasmic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, this work occupies a space where reality and myth coexist without conflict.
In this painting, darkness is not a void but a vessel: layered, scarred, and alive with residue. The horizon appears worn, as though light itself has been weathered by time. Through mixed media, erasure, and accumulation, I sought to create a place that feels inhabited by what can no longer be seen—a terrain where human presence lingers not as image, but as memory.
This work reflects my belief that places remember us. Even when names fade from speech, they remain etched into the world—in shadow, in silence, and in the quiet persistence of the land.” ~AP