(UN)MEANINGFUL / (IN)SIGNIFICATIVO Critical analysis on the meaning of the human message, migrant or not, across the art of Anja Puntari Diana Gianquitto 13 Agosto 2015 English Art News Polysemy of messages and present existential horizon The increasingly chaotic flow of information that characterizes our present sociological horizon forces us to question ourselves with growing urgency...
Rosy Rox: transgression and rebirth between female identity and freedom of expression Giancarlo Napolitano 11 Marzo 2015 English Art News When the body of the woman protests. Travel between the sacred, the profane and the transgressive performing universe of Rosy Rox. She looks at me with appealing eyes and I am soon entrapped in her...
Object-Bodies on the Margins in Paolo Ferrarini’s photography Giancarlo Napolitano 4 Marzo 2015 English Art News A dialogue with Paolo Ferrarini. We are often used to reading images and considering pictures, at least "ordinary" ones, as a recollection of lived moments that we try to freeze in a timeless dimension, or...
Sculptures for a world in transit: The Voyageurs of Bruno Catalano Giancarlo Napolitano 10 Febbraio 2015 English Art News I have been following them for years, from the shores of Marseille, to the airport of Singapore, through the snowy streets of Courchevel. They are “the Voyageurs”, the sculptures of Bruno Catalano ,...
The more radical experience in art in 2014: 512 Hours “of performance”, Marina Abramovic tried again Giancarlo Napolitano 7 Febbraio 2015 English Art News I never thought that approaching to something new, a new concept of art could give me the same enjoyment that I experience in front of a canvas. It is my day off and it is extremely hot; no one would...
Surreality and manipulation: the doubts between art and science of Andrzej Dragan Giancarlo Napolitano 23 Gennaio 2015 English Art News I have always experienced the "beauty" in art as something harmonious and serene. But what happens when the canons of perfection and symmetry falter and give way to the concept of "bad" and "ugly"? It would...
A Meeting in Iran: the search for peace in the surrealism art of Erfan Eskamaei Giancarlo Napolitano 20 Gennaio 2015 English Art News Have you ever dreamed or believed to fall into a ditch or to have your head in the clouds, while the two cerebral hemispheres are replaced by two skyscrapers that reach in their verticality the infinity? In...
When colors cry: traveling in the painting of Andrew Salgado Giancarlo Napolitano 19 Gennaio 2015 English Art News What happens when art loses its character of verisimilitude, and whilst reflecting the reality, it becomes a tool of protest ? What does it mean for an artist to use the colours in an unconventional way and...
When the ear meets the eye: Rodrigo Peces sets to music the “ Guernica” Giancarlo Napolitano 19 Gennaio 2015 English Art News Have you ever thought that a painting could be set to music, brought to life by the sound that evokes suggestions and sheds light on the dynamics? That music can complement our visual perception where...