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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Maurizio Cattelan is leaving the arena. Or not?
-> Maurizio Cattelan is leaving the arena. Or not?Is Maurizio Cattelan going to be back anytime soon, or is he really withdrawing from the “competition”? Hard to say, but the 51-year-old announced he would retire after the closing of his current retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Of course, few believe he will exit the art world entirely. There are rumors that Cattelan w...
continue..Galleria illy London features Christian Frosi
-> Galleria illy London features Christian FrosiLast night Galleria Illy visitors were treated to a special preview of an installation by Christian Frosi, winner of the Moroso Award for Contemporary Art. The striking white space of the Galleria was altered with reflections of light and shadow formed by the geometric shapes and cosmic formations of Italian artist Christian Frosi’s installati...
continue..The kaleidoscope of art
Magazine -> #29 What's your colour?Blue like the women Yves Klein once stuck to a large sheet of paper so they could leave their marks, after every part of their body associated with fertility – breasts, stomach and thighs – had been painted in bright colours. The resulting Anthropométries were monuments to life, a combination of substance and flesh on the one hand, and sky and...
continue..God does not throw dices
Magazine -> #7 ChaosTo Greek philosophers the concepts of “world” and “order” were synonymous. To our contemporaries the world is more akin to chaos. Art has sought order in disorder, disorder in order, sometimes managing to find a balance between the two. By Angela Vettese, art reviewer and critic. Albert Einstein’s contention was that God doesn’t thro...
continue..Straight on target
Magazine -> #6 OrientationDetermined action but also long, drawn-out, wearisome even, negotiations. In any case, all committed efforts aimed at reaching an objective, at achieving a goal. But what if purpose is blurred? Let us then come to terms with the essential meaning of artistic endeavour and the artist’s strivings and struggle. Straight on target. Like Lucio Font...
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