Born in 1978, Swiss artist Marco Pittori has been exhibiting internationally since 1999. He studied at the School of Design in Aarau, Switzerland working in stone, gravure, screen, and letterpress. Pittori has always worked with photography and uses his own or the licensed photographs of others, such as renowned Los Angeles photographer Brad Elterman.
The artist states of Elterman’s photos, "Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimpse into a rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready.” Pittori collects and edits the images, adding additional points of interest throughout the photograph. The current series of Pittori’s multi-layered photographs are based on Brad Elterman’s iconic images “Behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1977”. The motifs are carefully placed and layered until they reveal a whole new reality, then they are set in a new context and transformed with the help of strong colors. Pittori creates vibrant pieces that pay homage to the mesmerizing images of Brad Elterman and the mythic culture of 1970s Hollywood.
Pittori’s artworks have been exhibited and collected worldwide.
Marco Pittori was born in Switzerland in 1978. He studied at the School of Design in Aarau, Switzerland working in stone, gravure, screen, and letterpress. Pittori creates vibrant artworks that pay homage to the mesmerizing images of Brad Elterman and the mythic culture of 1970’s Hollywood. By using licensed images of Brad Elterman’s photographs, he provides viewers with a window into a fascinating and exclusive time on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip.
Looking through Elterman’s photographs, one can quickly realize that he wasn’t the average teenager growing up in the 1970s. Rather, his celebrity photographs attest that he was living the dream. As his classmates munched on Cap’n Crunch and listened to the new Runaway’s record, Brad hung at the infamous Tropicana Motel with Joan Jett. On weekends, he swam with The Sex Pistols, frequented the Playboy Mansion, and casually grabbed late night grub with Joey Ramone. Young and clever, Brad knew where to be and how to get in. With his cool demeanor and Bob Dylan hairstyle, he fit the part. At the age of 17, Brad became one of Hollywood’s most influential celebrity photographers, providing uncensored documentation of the gritty-glamorous life of 1970′s Rock n’ Roll.
Marco Pittori states of Elterman’s photos, "Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimpse into a rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready.”
Some of Marco Pittori’s multi-layered photographs are based on Brad Elterman’s iconic images “Behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1977”. The imagery is carefully layered until the artworks reveal a whole new reality. Pittori’s artworks have been exhibited and collected worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS
2021-23- Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Ahoi Port Adriano, Mallorca (with Udo Lindenberg, Gunter Sachs), Spain
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, US
- New York Affordable Art Fair, New York
- Gallery Lumas, Zurich, Vienna, Munich
- Cultural Association Muttenz, Switzerland
- Peach Editions, New York
- Galerie Hamburg Kennedy, New York
- Galerie Eulenspiegel "Nude Hollywood", Basel, Switzerland
- Galerie Zero, Art Plan-B Project, Berlin, Germany
- Kunst und Stadthalle Zug, "Pop Art in Zug", Switzerland
- Galerie Ohne Titel, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Artspace Warehouse, Basel Junction L.A., Los Angeles
- Gallery Lumas, New York
- Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
- Workshop Wolfensberger, Atelier Exhibition with Dominique Lämmli, Celcile Wick, Samuel Burri, Switzerland
- International Symposium on Lithography, Tidaholm, Sweden
- "Pop Art Train" with Sam Shaw and Jörg Döring
- Gallery Lumas, Stuttgart "Fabulous Las Vegas", Germany
- Gallery Eulenspiegel "Artists of the Gallery", Switzerland
- Gallery Münchow, Zurich, "Pop is Hot", Switzerland
- Gallery Kunstreich, Bern, Switzerland
- Gallery Münchow, Zurich, "Urban Street Art", Switzerland
- Photo L.A., Gallery Scalo Guye, Los Angeles with Baltasar Burkhart, A. Strba, Stefanie Schneider
- Gallery Scalo Guye, Los Angeles
- Gallery Eulenspiegel, Basel "Pure Pop Art" (with Steve Kaufman, former Assistant to A. Warhol), Switzerland
- Galerie Thoma & Thoma, Basel with Brad Elterman "Like it was Yesterday", Switzerland
- Gallery of Lumas, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt with St. Schneider, M. A. Strba, Germany
- Galerie Louise Grossenbach, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Photo Miami, Gallery Scalo Guye, Los Angeles with Baltasar Burkhart, A. Strba, Stefanie Schneider, D. Armstrong
- Gallery i9, Regensdorf, Switzerland
- Black Art 8, Effingen
- Art Room 06, Lower Factory, Sissach, Switzerland
- V Gallery, "Angel", Basel, Switzerland
- Gallery Thoma & Thoma Edition 500 with B. Luginbühl, O. Mansutti
- Gallery i9, Regensdorf
- Christmas Exhibition District 6, Zurich, Switzerland
- Young, Olten, Förderung durch Artig
- Pathologie, Basel
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017- Hell Gallery 22, Muttenz, Switzerland
- Gutenberg Museum, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Gallery Beatrice Brunner, Bern, Switzerland
- Birshof, 'Hello Katie', Münchenstein, Switzerland
- Sichtbar Hamburg, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Germany
- Arlesheim Apartments, Switzerland
- Galerie Eulenspiegel "Cafe Dallas", Basel, Switzerland
- Galerie Louise Grossenbach, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Coop, Muttenz, Switzerland
- Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland
- Castle Fields Estate, Basel, Switzerland
- Pathologie, Basel, Switzerland
PUBLIC WORKS/COLLECTIONS
2013- Sammlung Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, Liestal
- Sammlung Migros Bank, Basel, Switzerland
- Ramones Museum, Berlin, Germany
- Sammlung Arthur Cohn
- Nachlass Sammlung Gunter Sachs
- Rist Management, Switzerland
- Gruner AG, Basel, Switzerland
- Psychiaterische Services, Liestal, Switzerland
- Bank of Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland
- Birshof Clinic, Münchenstein, Switzerland
- Kantonalbank Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland
- Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
2017- Catalog 'Electric Video Rattlesnake'
- Catalog "Design Studios Are Kind of Like Museums ..."
- Edition Multiple Bern
- Catalog "Shoot-Shoot the Beautiful"
- Illustrations for "Radio-Raurach" - The Book
- Catalog for the Exhibition "Ton-Art / Ton-Werk"
- Catalog "Dirty Bleached Fireworks" (Works 2006 - 2012)
- JIMON Art Fashion Magazine, Art Report, Los Angeles, USA
- Lithography "Memphis"
- Book “Künstler Waren Kinder” in Wolfsberg Verlag, Switzerland
- Lithography Foundation Louise Grossenbach, Switzerland
- Serigraph Gruner AG, Switzerland
- Art Calendar Basel Artists, Verlag Schaub Medien Sissach, Switzerland
- Illustrations for COOP Magazine Forte, Switzerland
- Various Lithographs for Exhibitions
- Lithography for Graphical Forum, Zurich, Switzerland
- Praline Packaging for Rondo AG, Allschwil, Switzerland
Marco Pittori was born in Switzerland in 1978. He studied at the School of Design in Aarau, Switzerland working in stone, gravure, screen, and letterpress. Pittori creates vibrant artworks that pay homage to the mesmerizing images of Brad Elterman and the mythic culture of 1970’s Hollywood. By using licensed images of Brad Elterman’s photographs, he provides viewers with a window into a fascinating and exclusive time on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip.
Looking through Elterman’s photographs, one can quickly realize that he wasn’t the average teenager growing up in the 1970s. Rather, his celebrity photographs attest that he was living the dream. As his classmates munched on Cap’n Crunch and listened to the new Runaway’s record, Brad hung at the infamous Tropicana Motel with Joan Jett. On weekends, he swam with The Sex Pistols, frequented the Playboy Mansion, and casually grabbed late night grub with Joey Ramone. Young and clever, Brad knew where to be and how to get in. With his cool demeanor and Bob Dylan hairstyle, he fit the part. At the age of 17, Brad became one of Hollywood’s most influential celebrity photographers, providing uncensored documentation of the gritty-glamorous life of 1970′s Rock n’ Roll.
Marco Pittori states of Elterman’s photos, "Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimpse into a rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready.”
Some of Marco Pittori’s multi-layered photographs are based on Brad Elterman’s iconic images “Behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1977”. The imagery is carefully layered until the artworks reveal a whole new reality. Pittori’s artworks have been exhibited and collected worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS
2021-23- Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Ahoi Port Adriano, Mallorca (with Udo Lindenberg, Gunter Sachs), Spain
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, US
- New York Affordable Art Fair, New York
- Gallery Lumas, Zurich, Vienna, Munich
- Cultural Association Muttenz, Switzerland
- Peach Editions, New York
- Galerie Hamburg Kennedy, New York
- Galerie Eulenspiegel "Nude Hollywood", Basel, Switzerland
- Galerie Zero, Art Plan-B Project, Berlin, Germany
- Kunst und Stadthalle Zug, "Pop Art in Zug", Switzerland
- Galerie Ohne Titel, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Artspace Warehouse, Basel Junction L.A., Los Angeles
- Gallery Lumas, New York
- Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
- Workshop Wolfensberger, Atelier Exhibition with Dominique Lämmli, Celcile Wick, Samuel Burri, Switzerland
- International Symposium on Lithography, Tidaholm, Sweden
- "Pop Art Train" with Sam Shaw and Jörg Döring
- Gallery Lumas, Stuttgart "Fabulous Las Vegas", Germany
- Gallery Eulenspiegel "Artists of the Gallery", Switzerland
- Gallery Münchow, Zurich, "Pop is Hot", Switzerland
- Gallery Kunstreich, Bern, Switzerland
- Gallery Münchow, Zurich, "Urban Street Art", Switzerland
- Photo L.A., Gallery Scalo Guye, Los Angeles with Baltasar Burkhart, A. Strba, Stefanie Schneider
- Gallery Scalo Guye, Los Angeles
- Gallery Eulenspiegel, Basel "Pure Pop Art" (with Steve Kaufman, former Assistant to A. Warhol), Switzerland
- Galerie Thoma & Thoma, Basel with Brad Elterman "Like it was Yesterday", Switzerland
- Gallery of Lumas, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt with St. Schneider, M. A. Strba, Germany
- Galerie Louise Grossenbach, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Photo Miami, Gallery Scalo Guye, Los Angeles with Baltasar Burkhart, A. Strba, Stefanie Schneider, D. Armstrong
- Gallery i9, Regensdorf, Switzerland
- Black Art 8, Effingen
- Art Room 06, Lower Factory, Sissach, Switzerland
- V Gallery, "Angel", Basel, Switzerland
- Gallery Thoma & Thoma Edition 500 with B. Luginbühl, O. Mansutti
- Gallery i9, Regensdorf
- Christmas Exhibition District 6, Zurich, Switzerland
- Young, Olten, Förderung durch Artig
- Pathologie, Basel
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017- Hell Gallery 22, Muttenz, Switzerland
- Gutenberg Museum, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Gallery Beatrice Brunner, Bern, Switzerland
- Birshof, 'Hello Katie', Münchenstein, Switzerland
- Sichtbar Hamburg, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Germany
- Arlesheim Apartments, Switzerland
- Galerie Eulenspiegel "Cafe Dallas", Basel, Switzerland
- Galerie Louise Grossenbach, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Coop, Muttenz, Switzerland
- Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland
- Castle Fields Estate, Basel, Switzerland
- Pathologie, Basel, Switzerland
PUBLIC WORKS/COLLECTIONS
2013- Sammlung Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, Liestal
- Sammlung Migros Bank, Basel, Switzerland
- Ramones Museum, Berlin, Germany
- Sammlung Arthur Cohn
- Nachlass Sammlung Gunter Sachs
- Rist Management, Switzerland
- Gruner AG, Basel, Switzerland
- Psychiaterische Services, Liestal, Switzerland
- Bank of Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland
- Birshof Clinic, Münchenstein, Switzerland
- Kantonalbank Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland
- Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
2017- Catalog 'Electric Video Rattlesnake'
- Catalog "Design Studios Are Kind of Like Museums ..."
- Edition Multiple Bern
- Catalog "Shoot-Shoot the Beautiful"
- Illustrations for "Radio-Raurach" - The Book
- Catalog for the Exhibition "Ton-Art / Ton-Werk"
- Catalog "Dirty Bleached Fireworks" (Works 2006 - 2012)
- JIMON Art Fashion Magazine, Art Report, Los Angeles, USA
- Lithography "Memphis"
- Book “Künstler Waren Kinder” in Wolfsberg Verlag, Switzerland
- Lithography Foundation Louise Grossenbach, Switzerland
- Serigraph Gruner AG, Switzerland
- Art Calendar Basel Artists, Verlag Schaub Medien Sissach, Switzerland
- Illustrations for COOP Magazine Forte, Switzerland
- Various Lithographs for Exhibitions
- Lithography for Graphical Forum, Zurich, Switzerland
- Praline Packaging for Rondo AG, Allschwil, Switzerland