THE FOUR SEASONS IN LACER/ACTIONS: WINTER #2

© Roberto Alborghetti Each season has its colors. But what colors does winter have? Easy to answer, just look around … The torn advertising posters on billboards also have winter colors. So, through my macro photos  I tried to imagine a color palette … Yes, trails of snow and ice, in exclusive for my LaceR/Actions research, which… Read More THE FOUR SEASONS IN LACER/ACTIONS: WINTER #2

TEMPO DI NATALE AGLI UFFIZI DI FIRENZE: UN REGALO AD ARTE

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L’arte sarà il regalo di Natale che le Gallerie degli Uffizi metteranno sotto l’albero per turisti e fiorentini. La Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, gli Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti e il Giardino di Boboli  resteranno visitabili in via del tutto straordinaria anche con aperture prolungate serali. Gli Uffizi e la Galleria dell’Accademia, infatti,…

STONES AND LIGHT: THE AMAZING “CHRISTMAS MOSAIC” BY RUPNIK (LENNO, LAKE COMO)

© Photos: Roberto Alborghetti An extension of 50 square meters. Almost 20 thousand colored stones and glasses tiles. These numbers summarized an extraordinary artwork: the mosaic that Slovenian artist Marko Rupnik has created on the walls of the chapel of Suore Adoratrici at the Spirituality Center in Lenno ( Lake Como, Italy). Rupnik’s work –… Read More STONES AND LIGHT: THE AMAZING “CHRISTMAS MOSAIC” BY RUPNIK (LENNO, LAKE COMO)

A DETAIL OF “THE THIRD EYE” COLLAGE IS THE COVER OF “LAMIAGENDA 2020/2021”

        This is the cover of the 2020/2021 edition of “LamiAgenda”, the school diary available from Summer 2020, published in Italy by I Quindici. It presents a detail of “The Third Eye” collage I created using waste paper recovered from disfigured advertising posters. I made it for my “Lacer/actions” project. It is… Read More A DETAIL OF “THE THIRD EYE” COLLAGE IS THE COVER OF “LAMIAGENDA 2020/2021”

RETROSPECTIVE / SEASON’S GREETINGS: STARS FROM 2009 (VIDEO)

Here is another video created 10 years ago. Exactly in December 2009. The intent and goal was to express good wishes with my “Lacer / actions” project. So, I wanted to assemble torn up advertising posters with the characteristic of having stars. Yes, Xmas Stars!  So here is Stars & Tears video. With best wishes… Read More RETROSPECTIVE / SEASON’S GREETINGS: STARS FROM 2009 (VIDEO)

“L’ALTrA STAGIONE”: LA MAGICA TOSCANA DEL SUD, DA SIENA A PIENZA

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A San Gimignano, Colle Val d’Elsa, Siena, Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino, Sant’Antimo e Cortona, sono in pieno svolgimento gli eventi nell’ambito del progetto L’AltRa stagione – Arte e paesaggio nella Toscana del sud. L’altRa stagione è un periodo dell’anno in cui la forma dei luoghi e dei paesaggi si manifesta attraverso un…

THE CRACKS FILES / JUST A CORRODED SURFACE ON AN IRON STOOL

It was just a cracked surface of an iron stool. The green paint was corroded in several places. A close-up photographic shot gave the image a different meaning. Is it a jungle seen from above? A glimpse of forest? A trampled lawn? It is certainly an image of Cracks. Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project which investigates… Read More THE CRACKS FILES / JUST A CORRODED SURFACE ON AN IRON STOOL

UNA… CAREZZA DI LAGO: E A NATALE E’ ANCORA PIU’ MAGICO

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Magie Natalizie al Lago di Carezza. Appuntamento al nuovo suggestivo Mercatino d’inverno 2019 per un Avvento fuori dal tempo in Val D’Ega. Non bisogna spingersi troppo lontano per ritrovare l’atmosfera incantata di un Avvento capace di incarnare l’immaginario fanciullesco fatto di neve, cristalli, luci colorate e profumi dolci. A soli 20 minuti da…

LA MODA E L’ARREDO DEL ‘600: DA VEDERE A FIRENZE A PALAZZO DAVANZATI

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Al Museo di Palazzo Davanzati di Firenze è aperta da domenica 8 dicembre 2019, e fino al 13 aprile 2020,  la mostra Bellezza e nobili ornamenti nella moda e nell’arredo del Seicento. L’idea dell’esposizione è nata dall’acquisizione, promossa dai Musei del Bargello per Palazzo Davanzati, di un rarissimo e inedito corpus di…

THE CRACKS FILES / IS IT A SHATTERED SKY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING?

Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project which investigates and explores the incredible dimension of the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings billboards. Since 2009 I entered the wonderful world of Cracks… We are surrounded by cracks. We live in a planet of cracks (yes, cracks are maybe another metaphor of Life, as well as the waste-paper…). All the Cracks pics are realistic, natural, random and… Read More THE CRACKS FILES / IS IT A SHATTERED SKY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING?