{"id":502,"date":"2014-04-10T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T10:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colomboarte.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:32:57","slug":"zio-ziegler-et-in-arte-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/en\/zio-ziegler-et-in-arte-ego\/","title":{"rendered":"Zio Ziegler &#8211; Et in Arte Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221; visibility=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; center_row=&#8221;&#8221; typography_style=&#8221;&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;&#8221; tablet_fullwidth_cols=&#8221;&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_direction=&#8221;&#8221; video_bg=&#8221;&#8221; video_bg_overlay=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; style=&#8221;&#8221; visibility=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; typo_style=&#8221;&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]10.04 &#8211; 6.06.2014<\/p>\n<h3>ZIO ZIEGLER &#8211; Et in Arte Ego<\/h3>\n<p><em>curated by Ivan Quaroni<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea is proud to present Et In Arte Ego, the first Italian solo show of Zio Ziegler, San Francisco based artist and enfant prodige of Californian street art.<br \/>\nBorn in 1988 in Mill Valley (California), Zio Ziegler is mostly known for his huge mural paintings characterized by gigantic zoomorphic figures drawn with pronounced outlines and filled with intricate patterns made of finely detailed lines and signs.<br \/>\nHis street art, created in black and white with a style reminiscent of primitive and tribal art, is scattered throughout the entire San Francisco Bay area, from Mission District to Sycamore Street, up to Facebook general headquarters in Manlo Park, but also in Los Angeles and in San Juan (Puerto Rico).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While in his wall paintings the visual approach is defined by a marked and sharp stroke and by the characterization on ample surfaces of odd figures inspired by primitive mythology and nature &#8211; elements that cause a strong impression on passers-by -, in his studio works, such as drawings and paintings, the colour prevails and the design becomes more complex.<br \/>\nThe employ of patterns, an element typical of his style, originates an effect of estrangement on the observer, promoting a repositioning of the attention from exterior to interior reality &#8211; in effect, the artist tries to recalibrate traditional perceptive models through the exasperated use of decorative schemes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Zio Ziegler, painting is a sort of introspective investigation and a spiritual discipline, an erratic journey through the meanders of the collective and individual unconscious.<br \/>\nExtremely productive and fast when it comes to mural paintings &#8211; he can finish one in the time span of one day -, in his studio work the artist becomes more pensive.<br \/>\nZiegler declares he is equally inspired by street art and European modernism (from Braque and Picasso, to Leger), but also by classic literature and theatre, and by the organic shapes of nature.<br \/>\nThe tension between nature and artificiality, between intuition and reason, is one of the recurring themes of his opus, which does not contain specific meanings, but instead is the expression of the artist&#8217;s moods, merged by a mix of suggestions derived from his readings and his observation of reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eclectic and multiform genius, Zio Ziegler does not restrict himself to painting on walls and canvases, but also applies his style to any kind of surface and support, from the bodies of luxury cars, such as Porsche and McLaren, to skate ramps and sneakers.<br \/>\nCertain that art should be accessible to anyone, Ziegler founded Arte Sempre\u2122, a society based in an ex greenhouse in Mill Valley, called The Greenhouse, that sells original images by the artist printed on objects and garments, such as hats, sweaters and t-shirts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Et In Arte Ego, a project especially realized for Antonio Colombo&#8217;s gallery, takes the cue from the maxim Et In Arcadia Ego that appears in the titles of several of Nicolas Poussin&#8217;s paintings.<br \/>\nThe sentence, ideally uttered by Death on a tombstone, means &#8220;even in Arcadia, there am I&#8221;.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a memento mori, an admonition on the ephemeral nature of pleasure, that Zio Ziegler turns into a new phrase on the role of the ego in art.<br \/>\nEt In Arte Ego replaces the utopia of Arcadia with painting, identifying (creative) death with the doubts and the contradictions inside the artist&#8217;s mind.<br \/>\nAs Ziegler himself states, &#8220;the greatest paintings weren&#8217;t made under the pressure of the zeitgeist, but come from the nothingness of the mind&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe new works of the Californian artist therefore are the testimony of a sincere artistic pursuit that does not obey conventions and trends, but finds its originality in a process made of sudden intuitions and unexpected revelations.<br \/>\nOn show more than forty works: large canvases, sculptures and works on paper, in addition to a big format wall painting at the entrance of the gallery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Zio Ziegler<\/strong> was born in 1988 in Mill Valley (California).<br \/>\nHe lives and works in San Francisco.<br \/>\nHe studied Philosophy at Brown University and Painting at Rhode Island School Of Design.<br \/>\nHis wall paintings and works can be found in many places and galleries around the globe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Et In Arte Ego<\/em> at Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea gallery is his first European solo show.<br \/>\nAmong his solo shows: in 2014, Chasing Singularity, Artists Republic 4 tomorrow, Laguna Beach, CA;\u00a0in 2013, The Infinite, Gallery 81435, Telluride CO, Chaos\/ Clarity, Ian Ross Gallery, San Francisco, CA; in 2012, Lost\u00a0Illusions, Project Gallery, Hollywood, CA.<br \/>\nAmong the group shows: in 2013, Winter Group Show, Stolen Space Gallery, London UK, Rise Above, Las Vegas NV, Neu-Folk, Lequivive Gallery, Oakland CA; Confluence, 5024SF Gallery, San Francisco CA, Complex Gallery,\u00a0Portland, OR, Santurce es Ley, Museum of Contemporary Art Puerto Rico, San Juan Puerto Rico, Young Americans,\u00a0Singapore Indonesia; in 2012, FlashBang, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Primeval, Carmichael Gallery, Culver\u00a0City, CA; and Chromatic: An Undeniable Experience, Roll-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA.<br \/>\nHis work was published in many important international newspapers: The San Francisco Chronicle, Vice\u00a0Magazine, Seven by Seven Magazine, Four Magazine, The Las Vegas Sun, Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose, Vans,\u00a0Argot &amp; Ochre, Unruth, Complex, Booooooom, Arrested Motion, RVCA and Marin IJ.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221; visibility=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; center_row=&#8221;&#8221; typography_style=&#8221;&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;&#8221; tablet_fullwidth_cols=&#8221;&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_direction=&#8221;&#8221; video_bg=&#8221;&#8221; video_bg_overlay=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; style=&#8221;&#8221; visibility=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; typo_style=&#8221;&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"vcex-module 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182,9 cm\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-A-Priori-A-Posteriori-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-2438x1829-cm.jpg 598w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-A-Priori-A-Posteriori-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-2438x1829-cm-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16919 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-2\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-relative wpex-image-hover grow wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Et-in-Arcadia-Ego-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1829x2438-cm.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" data-title=\"Zio Ziegler, Et in Arcadia Ego, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 182,9 x 243,8 cm\"><img 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href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Her-Mystery-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1829x2438-cm1.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" data-title=\"Zio Ziegler, Her Mystery, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 182,9 x 243,8 cm\" data-caption=\"Zio Ziegler, Her Mystery, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 182,9 x 243,8 cm\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Her-Mystery-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1829x2438-cm1.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"Zio Ziegler, Her Mystery, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 182,9 x 243,8 cm\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Her-Mystery-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1829x2438-cm1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Her-Mystery-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1829x2438-cm1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16921 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-4\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-relative wpex-image-hover grow wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Pattern-and-the-Absence-of-Pattern-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-914x61-cm.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" data-title=\"Zio Ziegler, Pattern and the Absence of Pattern, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 91,4 x 61 cm\" data-caption=\"Zio Ziegler, Pattern and the Absence of Pattern, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 91,4 x 61 cm\"><img width=\"538\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Pattern-and-the-Absence-of-Pattern-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-914x61-cm.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"Zio Ziegler, Pattern and the Absence of Pattern, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 91,4 x 61 cm\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Pattern-and-the-Absence-of-Pattern-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-914x61-cm.jpg 538w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Pattern-and-the-Absence-of-Pattern-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-914x61-cm-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16923 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-5\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-relative wpex-image-hover grow wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Self-Portrait-Study-2014tecnica-mista-su-tavola-cm-61x46.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" data-title=\"Zio Ziegler, Self Portrait Study, 2014, mixed media on board, cm 61 x 46\"><img width=\"601\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Self-Portrait-Study-2014tecnica-mista-su-tavola-cm-61x46.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"Zio Ziegler, Self Portrait Study, 2014, mixed media on board, cm 61 x 46\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Self-Portrait-Study-2014tecnica-mista-su-tavola-cm-61x46.jpg 601w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Self-Portrait-Study-2014tecnica-mista-su-tavola-cm-61x46-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16924 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-6\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img 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srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Chains-of-Not-Choosing-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-150x212-cm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Chains-of-Not-Choosing-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-150x212-cm-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16926 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-2\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-relative wpex-image-hover grow wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Spring-Time-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1524x2134-cm.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" data-title=\"Zio Ziegler, The Spring Time, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 152,4 x 213,4 cm\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Spring-Time-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1524x2134-cm.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"Zio Ziegler, The Spring Time, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 152,4 x 213,4 cm\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Spring-Time-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1524x2134-cm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Spring-Time-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-1524x2134-cm-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16927 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-3\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-relative wpex-image-hover grow wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Understanding-Movement-2014-mixed-media-on-panel-198x1585x457-cm.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" data-title=\"Zio Ziegler, Understanding Movement, 2014, mixed media on panel, 198x158,5x45,7 cm\" data-caption=\"Zio Ziegler, Understanding Movement, 2014, mixed media on panel, 198 x 158,5 x 45,7 cm\"><img width=\"602\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Understanding-Movement-2014-mixed-media-on-panel-198x1585x457-cm.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"Zio Ziegler, Understanding Movement, 2014, mixed media on panel, 198x158,5x45,7 cm\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Understanding-Movement-2014-mixed-media-on-panel-198x1585x457-cm.jpg 602w, 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src=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Untitled-2013-tecnica-mista-su-tela-cm-91x61.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"Zio Ziegler, Untitled, 2013, mixed media on canvas, cm 91 x 61\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Untitled-2013-tecnica-mista-su-tela-cm-91x61.jpg 534w, https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-Untitled-2013-tecnica-mista-su-tela-cm-91x61-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-16922 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item vcex-isotope-entry wpex-text-center span_1_of_6 col col-5\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-relative wpex-image-hover grow wpex-mb-20\"><a 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class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid vcex-divider-center wpex-mx-auto wpex-block wpex-h-0 wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main\" style=\"margin-block:20px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h2>Zio Ziegler &#8211; Et in Arte Ego<\/h2>\n<p>by Ivan Quaroni<br \/>\n\u201cAll true artists, whether they know it or not,<br \/>\ncreate from a place of no-mind,<br \/>\nfrom inner stillness.\u201d<br \/>\n(Eckhart Tolle)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To see him paint a wall with his spray cans is like a sudden epiphany. He starts at any point on the surface and fills all the available space with his intricate figures, without following a plan or a preparatory sketch. Zio Ziegler, born in 1988, is the new enfant prodige of California street art, capable of making big graffiti pieces in record time, which he has done throughout the Bay Area of San Francisco, from the Mission District to Sycamore Street, all the way to the Facebook headquarters at Menlo Park, but also in Los Angeles, Puerto Rico, Cuba, New York and Tokyo.<br \/>\nIn Milan, in just a few days, he has created three large murals: one at the headquarters of Cinelli, the historic bicycle brand; a work fifteen meters long in the Repubblica rail bypass (a gigantic tribal Venus); and the third in the gallery, to introduce the works in his first solo show in Europe.<br \/>\nBecause Zio Ziegler is not just a graffiti artist, but also an artist tout court, of the kind that spends the whole day painting, meditating on the magnificent and progressive destiny of painting.<br \/>\nHis studio in Mill Valley, in a house on a hill near Sausalito, is a sort of buen retiro where he spends days working incessantly, far from the distractions of the city. He claims to be something of a bear, but he roams the world like a globetrotting compulsive scribbler, always ready to mark out territory with his striking visions, an evocative mixture of tribal art and avant-garde Cubism, Pop style and primitivism, seriously afflicted by horror vacui.<br \/>\nHis wall paintings, strictly in black and white, represent bizarre figures inspired by mythology and nature, hybrid creatures drawn with incisive, almost brutal strokes, shaped by intricate overlapping of graphic and ornamental motifs.<br \/>\nThe use of patterns is a typical element of his pictorial style, intended to create an effect of disorientation in the observer and a resulting slippage of attention from outer to inner reality. Although the giant size and optical impact are the strong points of his graffiti, inhabited by impressive totemic animals and zoomorphic hieratic Venuses, where the apotropaic fetishes of primitive societies and the restless muses of the symbolist imaginary seem to coexist with ease. His purpose, in fact, is to break down the wall of indifference of passers-by, shaking them out of thoughts of everyday worries, bringing them back to the beauty of the present. This happens, for example, in the oblong mural entitled The Venus of Milan, looming in the heart of the city\u2019s subway system, like a sort of wild suburban carpe diem.<br \/>\nZiegler\u2019s research is joyful and vital, but it is also very concrete. He calls it \u201cphysical art for a digital world,\u201d though paradoxically his works have won the hearts of the tycoons of Silicon Valley, personalities like Sean Parker, the founder of Napster and the first president of Facebook, who commissioned him to make a mural for the Menlo Park headquarters, or Shervin Pishevar, director of Sherpa Ventures, who asked the artist to paint his luxurious McLaren.<br \/>\nWhat is attractive about Ziegler\u2019s work is the boundless energy, a sort of athletic and competitive fury that explodes in a thousand colors in his paintings on canvas and in the drawings, like large postmodern patchworks, in which all his artistic and literary passions converge.<br \/>\nHis sources of inspiration are as varied and eclectic as his style, ranging from theater to art, passing through comics, illustration and folk culture. He reads David Foster Wallace, Somerset Maugham and Dostoyevsky, and the comics of Robert Crumb; he studies the art of Rousseau, Picasso and Leger, as well as contemporaries like Cy Twombly and Thomas Houseago. In short, he is informed, fast, omnivorous and, furthermore, dreadfully young. All qualities that translate into a reckless use of painting, flouting the traditions and stylistic hierarchies that weigh down his European colleagues. For Ziegler, who studied philosophy at Brown University and then painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, art is not a game for an elite few, but a universal language that can be enjoyed by all. Maybe this is why, in the past, he has applied his style to any type of object and surface, from the bodywork<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">of cars to the skateboard ramps to running shoes. Convinced that art should be accessible to people from all walks of life, he founded Arte Sempre\u2122, a company located in a former greenhouse in Mill Valley, renamed The Greenhouse, which markets original images of his works, printed on garments, hats, hoodies and t-shirts.<br \/>\nToday, however, he swears he has set aside his side projects to focus exclusively on painting. The new paintings, in fact, reflect greater concentration and complexity. Prolific and very fast when he produces wall paintings, Ziegler reveals a more meditative character when he paints on canvas. For him, the practice of painting is a form of personal investigation and, at the same time, a spiritual discipline that is expressed in the form of an erratic path through the winding bends of the individual and collective unconscious. The tension between nature and artifice, instinct and civilization, is one of his favorite themes. His works never allude to precise meanings, but are visual translations of impressions and moods, often based on observation of reality.<br \/>\nEt in Arte Ego, the project created for Galleria Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, takes its cue from the motto Et in Arcadia Ego that appears in the titles of paintings by Nicolas Poussin. The phrase, ideally spoken by Death over the inscription on a tomb, is translated as \u201cEven in Arcadia, there am I.\u201d It is a memento mori, a warning about the ephemeral character of pleasure, which Ziegler transforms into a new phrase about the role of the ego in art.<br \/>\nEt In Arte Ego is a reflection on creative death, on that mass of doubts and contradictions that can often prevent artists from making honest works, works that do not conform to the tastes and fashions of the time.<br \/>\nAccording to Ziegler, \u201cthe greatest paintings were not made under the pressure of the zeitgeist, but spring from the void of the mind,\u201d i.e. from a creative dimension that transcends the limitations of the ego. Maybe this is why his work seems so eclectic and polymorphic, almost as if it were the product of a multitude of different styles and languages, of a collective memory the artist recovers and adapts to the needs of a Liquid World \u2013 as Zygmunt Bauman defines it \u2013 that is increasingly subject to processes of dematerialization.<br \/>\nDifferent souls, in fact, coexist in the art of Zio Ziegler. While in works like Figure without Expectations, Her Mystery, The Spring Time and Fate\u2019s Intuition an archaic taste prevails, reminiscent of the lesson of European Modernism, other works like Et in Arcadia Ego, The Chains of Not Choosing and Portrait of Her even convey echoes of Byzantine art and precious touches typical of the Viennese Secession.<br \/>\nLike a websurfer accustomed to looting the immense image reservoir of Google, the young artist from California roams far and wide through the history of art in search of inspiration. It is no coincidence that his tendency to combine different images reminds us of the digital logic of cut and paste, clearly evident in the paintings Pattern and Movement, When No Man is King Every Man is King, Pattern Study #1 and Portrait Consumed by Pattern.<br \/>\nAt the bottom line, in spite of his aversion to fashions and his sincere admiration of the great masters of the past, Ziegler remains, more than ever, a product of his time. One of the few to have understood that combining the present with the past is the only way to achieve truly authentic art.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221; visibility=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; center_row=&#8221;&#8221; typography_style=&#8221;&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;&#8221; tablet_fullwidth_cols=&#8221;&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_direction=&#8221;&#8221; video_bg=&#8221;&#8221; video_bg_overlay=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; style=&#8221;&#8221; visibility=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; typo_style=&#8221;&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]10.04 &#8211; 6.06.2014 ZIO ZIEGLER &#8211; Et in Arte Ego curated by Ivan Quaroni Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea is proud to present Et In Arte Ego, the first Italian solo show&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-year-2014","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zio Ziegler - Et in Arte Ego - COLOMBO&#039;S GALLERY<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Et In Arte Ego, the first Italian solo show of Zio Ziegler, enfant prodige of Californian street art for Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/en\/zio-ziegler-et-in-arte-ego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zio Ziegler - Et in Arte Ego - COLOMBO&#039;S GALLERY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Et In Arte Ego, the first Italian solo show of Zio Ziegler, enfant prodige of Californian street art for Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/en\/zio-ziegler-et-in-arte-ego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"COLOMBO&#039;S GALLERY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-10T10:02:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-23T16:32:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/colomboarte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Zio-Ziegler-The-Chains-of-Not-Choosing-2014-mixed-media-on-canvas-150x212-cm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"565\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"diletta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"diletta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"12 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/colomboarte.com\\\/en\\\/zio-ziegler-et-in-arte-ego\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/colomboarte.com\\\/en\\\/zio-ziegler-et-in-arte-ego\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"diletta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/colomboarte.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c3297bb881dea62131ce8567b86be52b\"},\"headline\":\"Zio Ziegler &#8211; 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