* * * Artworks by Roberto Alborghetti. In memory of 2.977 Victims&Martyrs. In the 23th Anniversary of WTC massacre. * Title of the work: Nine Eleven 2001, New York Macrophotography on Canvas + Mixed media, 2011, 46,5 x 70 cm Silk scarf created in collaboration with Bruno Boggia Studio, Como, Italy * NINE ELEVEN: REMEMBERING… Read More NEW YORK, NINE ELEVEN 2001-2024: REMEMBERING A TRAGEDY THROUGH ART
* * * Artworks by Roberto Alborghetti. In memory of 2.977 Victims&Martyrs. In the 20th Anniversary of WTC massacre. * Title of the work: Nine Eleven 2001, New York Macrophotography on Canvas + Mixed media, 2011, 46,5 x 70 cm Silk scarf created in collaboration with Bruno Boggia Studio, Como, Italy * NINE ELEVEN: REMEMBERING… Read More NEW YORK, NINE ELEVEN 2001-2021: REMEMBERING A TRAGEDY THROUGH ART
Kefalonia massacre happened exactly seventy years ago. My father Battista is a survivor of that terrible tragedy in which died about 9.000 Italian soldiers (September 1943) killed and exterminated by German Nazis. I gathered his incredible story in a little book with the title : “Mio padre nell’inferno di Cefalonia” (English translation: My father in the hell of Kefalonia).… Read More “THIS IS THE WAR…”: MY FATHER IN THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (SEPTEMBER 1943). REMEMBERING A TRAGEDY…
* * * Lacer/actions Artworks by Roberto Alborghetti. In memory of 2.974 Victims&Martyrs. In the 11th Anniversary of WTC massacre. * Title of the work: “Victims & Martyrs: The Blood’s Tracks # 2 – Nine Eleven 2001, New York” Canvas + Mixed media, 2011, 46,5 x 70 cm Silk scarf created in collaboration with textile… Read More “NINE ELEVEN 2001, NEW YORK” / REMEMBERING A TRAGEDY THROUGH ART
Dr. Srini Pillay – Harvard psychiatrist, author, brain imaging researcher and columnist – says that art is a form of healing and it may help us to face tragedies and loss… I dedicated this artwork to Kefalonia massacre ( title: Kefalonia, 1943 – Victims & martyrs. The blood tracks # 1; canvas/mixed media, 87×57,… Read More “KEFALONIA, 1943”: MY ARTWORK TO REMEMBER AN UNPUNISHED MASSACRE AND THE STATE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE
Created by Mario Salazzari – tortured by nazis after being arrested and imprisoned – this monument can be considered one of the masterpieces of Twentieth century Italian sculpture. Yes, dr. Srini Pillay is right when he says that art “encouraging us not to lose ourselves in remembering the tragedy but also seeing the beauty… Read More VERONA : THE “STATELY SADNESS” OF THE MONUMENT DEVOTED TO KEFALONIA MASSACRE
On Wednesday June 8, at the Secondary School in Cisano Bergamasco (Bergamo, Italy), was promoted a conference with third classes students about my father, Battista Alborghetti and his dramatic story from the massacre of Kefalonia (1943). The meeting took place a few days after the official communication by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, to confer to… Read More MY FATHER SURVIVOR IN KEFALONIA: TALKIN’ ABOUT WAR WITH STUDENTS…
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 