PHOTOS / COURTESY OF: 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE Press Office Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura Press Office *** Palazzo Ducale in Genoa (Italy) is hosting, from 5 October 2012 to 7 April 2013, an exhaustive exhibition of the works of Joan Miró (1893–1983), the great Catalan artist who… Read More “MIRÓ! POETRY AND LIGHT”: IN GENOA (ITALY) 80 MASTERPIECES OF THE GREAT CATALAN ARTIST
THE SILK “LACER/ACTIONS” by ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI at “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” SHOW The Decomposed Publicity Posters * ALDOBRANDESCA FORTRESS PIANCASTAGNAIO, SIENA – TUSCANY (ITALY) OCTOBER 6- NOVEMBER 4, 2012 * “The next big fashion trend” Marina Chetner (Blogger, New York, USA) * “The outfit looks so elegant. I truly feel like the most beautiful woman in the… Read More THE SILK LACER/ACTIONS ON SHOW / ARTISTIC LIMITED-EDITION OF 3 PIECES FROM DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS IMAGES
* “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS” ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 2012 SHOW The Official Catalogue (Web version, PDF Free Download) COLORI DI UN’ APOCALISSE – COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE SHOW – Il Catalogo – The Catalogue *** Roberto Alborghetti Show – “Colors of an Apocalypse: An Intrigue for the Eyes and Mind from… Read More ART AND MEDIA #4 / PROMOTING MY “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” SHOW: THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE (WEB VERSION, FREE DOWNLOAD)
Roberto Alborghetti Show – “Colors of an Apocalypse: An Intrigue for the Eyes and Mind from the Decomposed Publicity Posters”– opened at the enchanting Aldobrandesca Fortress (XIII Century) in Tuscany (Italy)last October 6, 2012; the show continues through to November 4th , 2012. The exhibition – displaced in seven rooms in an ascensional way – features 36 artworks (canvases, lithographs, a… Read More FIRST PHOTO-GALLERY FROM “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” : ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI SHOW AT ALDOBRANDESCA FORTRESS (XIII CENTURY) IN TUSCANY
People usually have doubts about the origins of my “Lacer/actions” artworks. As I like to repeat, they are realistic and natural images of torn and decomposed publicity posters I see everywhere, all around the world… People think that they are manipulations or enhanced works made with some software programs… So, I created a collage series… Read More “AND LACER/ACTIONS KILLED PHOTOSHOP…”: MEREDITH DEERHEART REVIEW ABOUT MY WORKS ON DISPLAY AT “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” SHOW AT ALDOBRANDESCA FORTRESS IN TUSCANY (OPENING OCTOBER 6)
© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS * “THE SUN BECAME BLACK AS SACKCLOTH MADE OF HAIR, AND THE WHOLE MOON BECAME AS BLOOD” (Apocalypse of John, 6,12) 2012 CANVAS/MIXED MEDIA 70X50 * This image (reproduced on canvas) is displayed at Roberto Alborghetti Show – “Colors of an Apocalypse: An Intrigue for the Eyes and Mind from the… Read More FROM “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE” SHOW / THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS” – “THE SUN BECAME BLACK…”
* “Dreams Hangover” LaceR/Actions Project Realistic and not manipulated image Canvas/Mixed media, 68×46 Location: Amsterdam, 2012 * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographs or textiles (as pure silk), or scanned in videoclips, the… Read More DREAMS HANGOVER / COLORS & SIGNS OF A DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTER – LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS # 16
In 1983, the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, gave Pontus Hulten the task of creating a graduate school for research in contemporary art. Its antecendents were to be the Weimer Bauhaus School and Black Mountain College in the U.S., and it was meant to function as an alternative to Paris’s École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.… Read More IHEAP (BIENNALE DE PARIS): 20 STUDENTS WANTED TO INVESTIGATE CRUCIAL ISSUES OF ART IN 21ST CENTURY
“COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS” SHOW 2012 ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI AT ALDOBRANDESCA FORTRESS (XIII CENTURY) MOUNT AMIATA, TUSCANY – ITALY The Official Poster * “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS” SHOW 2012 The Playbill * “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS” SHOW 2012 The Flyer about Limited-Edition Silk Scarves … Read More ART AND MEDIA #3 / PROMOTING MY “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE “ SHOW: THE OFFICIAL POSTER, THE PLAYBILL AND THE FLYER ABOUT SILK SCARVES LIMITED-EDITION
* “Fragments Of An Angel’s Wing” LaceR/Actions Project Realistic and not manipulated image Canvas/Mixed media, 68×46 Location: Amsterdam, 2012 * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographs or textiles (as pure silk), or scanned… Read More “FRAGMENTS OF AN ANGEL’S WING”…BUT IT’S ONLY A DETAIL OF A DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTER – LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS # 15
The Museum der Kulturen in Basel (Switzerland) opened its “Pilgrimage” exhibition (September 14 – March 3, 2013) dedicated to the rediscovery of slow travel. People began wandering many centuries ago in search of inner peace, truth and contemplation. The reasons why people should embark on such gruelling endeavours are many and varied, and it… Read More “PILGRIMAGE” EXHIBITION: DISCOVERING THE SLOW TRAVEL AT MUSEUM DER KULTUREN IN BASEL (SWITZERLAND)
© BRUNO BOGGIA DISEGNI, ITALY – © Photos by ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * There’re also some geometric shapes and topics – such as those presented in this photo-gallery – in the new textile collection that Bruno Boggia Studio (Como, Italy) displays from today in Paris at “Première Vision” of Indigo Salon (September 19-21, 2012, Paris-Nord Villepinte).… Read More ART & GEOMETRY FOR TEXTILE DESIGNS: AT “PARIS INDIGO” THE NEXT FASHION AND FABRIC TRENDS TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS
A private view opened yesterday (September 17, 2012) in Kuwait “Out of Britain” exhibition showing artworks from the British Council collection (organization: The British Council, Contemporary Art Platform and the National Council for Culture Arts and Letters). The show continues through October 25th bringing together, for the first time in Kuwait, 52 key-artworks selected from… Read More “OUT OF BRITAIN” EXHIBITION: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN KUWAIT 52 ARTWORKS BY BRITISH ARTISTS
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 