© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTOGRAPH OF DECOMPOSED YELLOW PAINT ON ROAD MARKINGS – FOTOGRAFIA DI VERNICE GIALLA DECOMPOSTA SULLE STRISCE SEGNALETICHE STRADALI There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on the things that surround us and… Read More ART ON THINGS / DECOMPOSED YELLOW PAINT ON ROAD MARKINGS (IMAGE #6)
© Roberto Alborghetti Where you go, surprises you find. Even in the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg I found very interesting material for my project “Lacer/actions”. During the walks I obviously saw torn and decomposed advertising posters and other urban signs that I like to capture and document. Deteriorated posters are mainly… Read More LIKE A WOUND ON PAPER / PHOTOS OF TORN POSTERS IN THE STREETS OF LUXEMBOURG (# 1)
Guest writer: Art, Culture and Tourism The ACT event “Insights into D.H. Lawrence’s Sardinia” book launch took place at the Angear Centre, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham. It was a culturally celebrated evening organised by Marysia Zipser, Founder of Art Culture Tourism, writer and ACT Ambassador for Nottinghamshire. Marysia introduced herself, her Nottingham/Polish parents… Read More LAKESIDE ARTS (NOTTINGHAM): RETRACING THE STEPS OF D.H. LAWRENCE IN SARDINIA
© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTOGRAPH OF A STREET LIGHTING POLE – FOTOGRAFIA DI UN PALO DELL’ILLUMINAZIONE STRADALE There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on the things that surround us and that perhaps we use every… Read More ART ON THINGS / SCRATCHES AND CRACKS ON A STREET LIGHTING POLE (IMAGE #5)
© Roberto Alborghetti I had written, in a previous post, a few months ago, about the popular reaction in London against the attempt to eliminate the characteristic and iconic red telephone booths from public streets. The project was fortunately stopped. The telephone booths have been saved for now. And so there are also those who… Read More LONDON: THE SMALLEST ART GALLERY IS IN A RED PHONE BOX RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
© Roberto Alborghetti We often recognize a face, but we no longer know how to give it a name. And how many times do we hear a name ring out and no longer know how to give it a face! Photographic image of a torn and decomposed poster on a billboard in Rome. * Spesso… Read More RECOGNIZING A FACE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE IT A NAME… HEARING A NAME AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE IT A FACE
© Roberto Alborghetti Pescarenico is a small village in the city of Lecco, on the East side of wonderful Lake Como. It is magnificently described by Alessandro Manzoni at the beginning of Chapter IV of his masterpiece, “I Promessi Sposi / The Betrothed”: “Pescarenico is a small area, on the left bank of the Adda,… Read More PLACES / PESCARENICO (LECCO, LAKE COMO): THE FISHING VILLAGE TOLD BY MANZONI IN HIS MASTERPIECE “I PROMESSI SPOSI” (THE BETROTHED)
© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTOGRAPH OF A ROAD BARRIER – FOTOGRAFIA DI UNA TRANSENNA There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on the things that surround us and that perhaps we use every day. It is… Read More ART ON THINGS / SCRATCHES AND CUTS ON A RED ROAD BARRIER (IMAGE #4)
© Roberto Alborghetti Where you go, surprises you find. Even in the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg I found very interesting material for my project “Lacer/actions”. During the walks I obviously saw torn and decomposed advertising posters and other urban signs that I like to capture and document. Deteriorated posters are mainly… Read More LUXEMBOURG: TORN PAPER ON THE CELEBRATIVE POSTER OF SOSTHÈNE WEIS, ARCHITECT AND ARTIST (1872-1941)
© Roberto Alborghetti It is the so-called good luck charm par excellence. And for Naples it is one of the distinctive signs of the city. It is the red horn (corno or cornetto) : the “curniciello”, as they say under the Vesuvius. Born in the mists of time from myths and legends, the little red… Read More NAPLES AND THE “LITTLE RED HORN”, SYMBOL OF LUCK AND ANCIENT DISTINCTIVE SIGN OF THE CITY (PART #4)
© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTOGRAPH OF CRACKS ON A MAILBOX – FOTOGRAFIA DI CREPE SU UNA CASSETTA POSTALE There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on the things that surround us and that perhaps we use… Read More ART ON THINGS / CRACKS AND PAPER ON A RED MAILBOX (IMAGE #3)
The Dubai magazine “What’s on” chose 8 beaches in the area as THE “Spots to Visit” in UAE – 3 of them are currently developed and designed by 3deluxe. After the overwhelming success of the Al Hirah Beach development, 3deluxe was contracted for three more beach developments, which should continue the eco-friendly touristic development strategy… Read More CITIES & FUTURE – THREE BEACHES AS “SPOTS TO VISIT” IN UAE
© Roberto Alborghetti Naples holds a priceless cultural and artistic heritage and unique masterpieces that deserve to be known. Such as the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, the heart of the ancient Basilica of Santa Restituta, today within the already extraordinary monumental complex of the Duomo. The Basilica was, with the Stefanìa, one of… Read More CITIES / NAPLES: VISITING THE BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FONTE, THE OLDEST EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN MOSAIC ART IN EUROPE (PART #3)
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