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IN MEMORY OF BRUNO BOGGIA, TEXTILE DESIGNER WHO WORKED WITH THE BIG NAMES OF INTERNATIONAL FASHION

Last February, Bruno Boggia, internationally renowned textile designer, passed away in Como, Italy, at the age of 97. I had the opportunity to collaborate with him on the creation of three special limited-edition silk scarves based on my abstract photographs taken along the streets of the world (see photos below). He worked for Capucci, Lacroix,… Read More IN MEMORY OF BRUNO BOGGIA, TEXTILE DESIGNER WHO WORKED WITH THE BIG NAMES OF INTERNATIONAL FASHION

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FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #3

© Roberto Alborghetti How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it is curious to think of placing, as furnishing accessories, photographs that I… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #3

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FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #2

© Roberto Alborghetti How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it is curious to think of placing, as furnishing accessories, photographs that I… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #2

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FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHS AS ARTISTIC COMPLEMENTS #1

© Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions; On the wall: Photo reproduced on Aluminum plate, 80x 60. How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHS AS ARTISTIC COMPLEMENTS #1

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FOUR MACROPHOTOS OF SCRATCHES GO ON ALUMINUM AS A COMPLEMENT OF INTERIOR DESIGN

© Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, esclusively for Fai Service Italy © Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, esclusively for Fai Service Italy © Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, esclusively for Fai Service Italy © Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, esclusively for Fai Service Italy © Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, esclusively for Fai Service Italy In the pictures: four macrophotos… Read More FOUR MACROPHOTOS OF SCRATCHES GO ON ALUMINUM AS A COMPLEMENT OF INTERIOR DESIGN

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THE OTHER SIDE OF DETERIORATION AROUND US : FOUR PHOTOS FROM CITIES WALLS

The other side of decomposition. In the gallery: four macro photos of torn posters and deteriorated urban materials. These are not manipulated or digitally enhanced pics. They simply are macrophotos. I captured them on the cities walls around the world. Related articles: The New Contemporary Art Museum of Marche (italy) Will Keep a Roberto Alborghetti… Read More THE OTHER SIDE OF DETERIORATION AROUND US : FOUR PHOTOS FROM CITIES WALLS

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“SAILING THE APOCALYPSE”: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORDS (MODERN HAIKU #15)

“SAILING THE APOCALYPSE” – ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI, 2009, MILAN – ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT OWNED BY MEREDITH DEERHEART * In the end, I knew not whether life occurred or dissipated amidst plumes of steam rising, collapsing, re-forming light and dark as crystalline mists dissolved all memory of horizons. * Meredith Deerheart * “PICTURES AND THERAPY” This lithographic… Read More “SAILING THE APOCALYPSE”: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORDS (MODERN HAIKU #15)

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RETROSPECTIVE / 10 YEARS AGO MY SHOW AT PARALLAX ART FAIR IN LONDON

Article posted 10 years ago after my participation at Parallax Art Fair in London. The Parallax AF days are over. The art show at La Galleria (Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall) in London was surely a good occasion to meet artists and people. During the three days exhibition and the two private views, I had… Read More RETROSPECTIVE / 10 YEARS AGO MY SHOW AT PARALLAX ART FAIR IN LONDON

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THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: INTERVIEW WITH SRINI PILLAY (PSYCHIATRIST, AUTHOR, BRAIN IMAGING RESEARCHER)

Exactly ten years ago I published on this blog an interview with dr. Srini Pillay (Harvard psychiatrist, author, brain imaging researcher) on his book “The Science behind the Law of Attraction”. In ten years the research on this topic has taken other steps, but the words of dr. Pillay always remain very topical and continue… Read More THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: INTERVIEW WITH SRINI PILLAY (PSYCHIATRIST, AUTHOR, BRAIN IMAGING RESEARCHER)

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“THIS MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY IS REAL POP ART AVANT-GARDE”: IN MEMORY OF LINO LAZZARI, ART CRITICIAN

An article written 10 years ago, in the summer of 2011. My macro photography artworks in the review signed by an authoritative art critician: Lino Lazzari, professional journalist, writer, priest in love with art and life, dean in Italy of communication on art, a long editorial militancy for the newspaper “L’Eco di Bergamo”, author of… Read More “THIS MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY IS REAL POP ART AVANT-GARDE”: IN MEMORY OF LINO LAZZARI, ART CRITICIAN

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #4

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing  this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #4

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #3

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #3

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CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #2

Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #2

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