"Marca-Relli remains stubbornly out of the picture, as an architect that distance himself respectfully from his own artwork, in a frontal dialogue with the canvas."
M. Vallora, in Marca-Relli, Afro e Burri, Parma, exhib. cat. Parma, Galleria Niccoli, 2002, p.19


"Marca-Relli rimane ostinatamente fuori dal quadro, come un architetto che si stacca sussiegosamente dalla propria opera, dialogando frontalmente con la tela."