Last night my father passed away. He was one of the few survivors of Kefalonia slaughter in 1943. A terrible event happened during the Second World War. Thousands of young Italian soldiers were killed by nazis on the Greek island. My dad Battista survived to massacre and he dedicated his life to tell and remember… Read More FAREWELL TO MY FATHER, HERO OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE…
During a recent press conference in Milan for the presentation of the first Drawing Biennial in Rimini (Italy) – see my previous post – I had the great occasion to admire the original Fellini’s Book of Dreams (the two volumes were brought to Milan from Rimini by a special security team…). Anyone familiar with the… Read More SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL “BOOK OF DREAMS”, THE “NOCTURNAL FANTASIES” BY FEDERICO FELLINI
* “Lacer/actions on Aluminium” videoclip celebrates 20.000 downloads of my videos at YouTube Channel. The clip shows eleven aluminium installations for my “Lacer/actions” Project and created for Fai Bergamo, Italy (private collection). After being re-produced on canvases, lithographic prints and textiles (silk and cotton), my images about decomposed publicity posters, cracks and “road signs” have found a… Read More LACER/ACTIONS ON ALUMINIUM: THE VIDEOCLIP / CELEBRATING 20.000 DOWNLOADS ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
© Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, 2014 PHOTOGALLERY #2 * These pictures aren’t paintings, oils, acrylics, watercolors or digital works, but natural, random and not manipulated images of the amazing imperfection of the real world we see around us.They come from a rubbish container I saw a few days ago along Como Lake shores… R.A. *… Read More GREEN CODES FROM NOWHERE # 2 / ABSTRACT IMAGES FROM A RUBBISH CONTAINER
* Guest Writers: Michelle LaBrosse, PMP® Chief Cheetah and Founder of Cheetah Learning, and Kristen Medina, CAPM®, Co-Author * Read the new article by Michelle LaBrosse. * Choose your favorite format: MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT THE CONFIDENCE FACTOR * ADOBE PDF FORMAT THE CONFIDENCE FACTOR – pdf * HTML FORMAT: THE CONFIDENCE FACTOR
“Wind of May…” Pure Silk Scarf / Limited edition – Crêpe de Chine 100%- Created by Roberto Alborghetti for “Lacer/actions” Project in collaboration with Bruno Boggia Disegni (Como, Italy). Sizes: width 63 cms, height 170 cms. * This photo-gallery is dedicated to one of the limited-edition series of 3 silk scarves I created for “Lacer/actions Art Project”. Its design is…… Read More ABSTRACT ON SILK : DESIGN FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED OUTDOOR ADVERTISINGS
© Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI / OFFICINA PROFUMO-FARMACEUTICA S.M.NOVELLA, FLORENCE * Guest Writer: Press Office Velar-Elledici Editions * On Friday the 9th of May, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. takes place the book presentation of “Francesco” by Roberto Alborghetti inside the historical rooms of the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella in Florence, via della Scala… Read More FLORENCE: IN THE MEDIEVAL “PHARMACY” OF S.MARIA NOVELLA (XIV CENTURY) A SPECIAL EVENT FOR MY BOOK ON POPE FRANCIS LIFE
* Some good thoughts about art and healing from SRINI PILLAY – http://www.srinipillay.com/ psychiatrist, Harvard clinician, brain-imaging researcher author and speaker. Artwork by ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI, Canvas, 57×87 Title: “In amniotic fluid” For Lacer/actions Project / Realistic images about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban signs.
Jackson Pollock, the undoubted master of action painting, comes to Florence for a virtual comparison with Renaissance genius, Michelangelo Buonarroti. The exhibition in question, entitled La figura della furia [The figure of fury, Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento, from April 16 to July 27], which, inspired by the studies of the American painter during his… Read More JACKSON POLLOCK, GREAT EXHIBITION IN FLORENCE: A VIRTUAL COMPARISON WITH RENAISSANCE GENIUS MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
*** Guest Writers: Michelle LaBrosse, PMP® Chief Cheetah and Founder of Cheetah Learning, and Kristen Medina, CAPM®, Co-Author * Read the new article by Michelle LaBrosse. * Choose your favorite format * MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT LAUGH YOUR WAY TO THE TOP April * ADOBE PDF FORMAT LAUGH YOUR WAY TO THE TOP April * HTML… Read More LAUGH YOUR WAY TO THE TOP / “THE CHEETAH KNOW HOW” SERIES
* This clip shows seven artworks coming from one of the most interesting torn publicity posters that Roberto Alborghetti saw during his “Lacer/actions” research about ripped ads and urban signs. That huge outdoor advertising was located in Lecco, Como Lake (Italy). The incredible actions and re-actions made by time, weather and environmental conditions (rain, light, smog, humidity…) produced some… Read More THE CLIP: TEXTURES, COLORS AND PAPER DECOMPOSITION FROM OUTDOOR ADVERTISINGS…
From April 12 to June 8, 2014, Rimini organizes the first edition of the Biennial of Drawing and puts a body of work unique in its kind on display, a route through very attractive places of this city devoted to art. One thousand drawings will be on display for one of the most interesting art… Read More FROM TINTORETTO TO FELLINI / IN RIMINI (ITALY) THE FIRST DRAWING BIENNIAL: 1.000 ARTWORKS AND 20 EXHIBITIONS AS A “NEST OF IDEAS”
Inspired by “The Tree Of Life” A Terrence Malick’s movie * *** © Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions Work on Aluminium, 80x 60, 2014 * The image is a magnification of cracks on a waste-container placed in Amsterdam near the Royal Palace (2012). * THE TREE OF LIFE ON ALUMINIUM – THE CLIP *** * Cracks… Read More “THE TREE OF LIFE”… / MAGNIFICATION OF CRACKS ON A WASTE-CONTAINER IN AMSTERDAM CITY…
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