Massimo Pennacchini is an artist who had the honesty to take the difficult path that leads to the contemporary figurative painting, a field in which you can weigh and evaluate, for better or for worse, the criteria of competence and artistry. In 1998 he was selected by the DINERS CLUB ITALY to illustrate the company calendar; in the same year he is called to represent the ‘Italy in the city of Offenbach (D) in the international exhibition “Galerie in turm”.