Marco Cianfanelli

Marco Cianfanelli (born 30 November 1970) is a South African artist who has been involved in a wide range of projects involving art, architecture and public spaces.

[1] Cianfanelli combines computer-generated, data-driven applications with human, expressive, gestural acts to create tension in his work.

Cianfanelli is one of a handful of South African artists whose work successfully spans the public and domestic sphere.

[2] Cianfanelli's slick, pared-down, iconographic recent works are intricately linked with the complexity of loving South Africa.

[3] One of Cianfanelli's most recognisable works is the depiction of Nelson Mandela's head that is located at the site of Mandela's capture in Howick, South Africa.This work is called Release.