Massimo Taccon

Massimo Taccon (born May 19, 1967) is an Italian painter, sculptor and writer who, during his 'Ismahel period' (1997-2002), signed his artworks with the pseudonym ISMAHEL.
Life and work
Taccon was born in Rome and lives between Rome and New York. In 2000 his work was shown at the Langhkawi International Festival of Arts 2000, held by the Malay National Art Gallery, Ibrahim Hussein Museum and Culture Foundation, and shown to the prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. as well as at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
His work has been exhibited in Italy, Germany, Spain,
In his early period Taccon has often been compared by critics to Rothko or Jackson Pollock , and later he has been associated with Arte Povera (coined term by the art critic and curator Germano Celant), and the figure of Jannis Kounellis.
* I quattro elementi (The four elements) (1998), Ceri Church (Italy)
*Messaggio dalla luce (Message from the light) (1998), edizioni libreria Croce.
Statements on art
*All my Artworks are the masterpiece of my immaterial mind... (Massimo Taccon)<ref name="simmetrie." />
*My works are collected messages from the soul, and transferred in image to represent an inside world. I pick up feelings and intuitions to reverse them to the exterior, trying to launch a call in this world. What I expect is a definitive inside awakening of whom picks up the call... (Massimo Taccon)<ref name="simmetrie." />

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