FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #6

The artwork in the photo is made by © 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… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #6

J.CIDEL ABOUT MY PROJECT: “TRANSFORMING DECAYED SURFACES INTO MESMERIZING WORKS OF ART”

FROM JCIDEL COLLECTION ON INSTAGRAM:  “Meet one of our visionary collaborators: Roberto Alborghetti. He turns every day decomposed elements into extraordinary works of art. With macrophotography, he captures the fine textures and details of natural imperfections. Our prints have a unique journey, and Roberto’s process is nothing short of extraordinary. He uncovers beauty in the… Read More J.CIDEL ABOUT MY PROJECT: “TRANSFORMING DECAYED SURFACES INTO MESMERIZING WORKS OF ART”

PLACES / THE MAGNIFICENT SQUARE OF LODI (ITALY), HEART OF A MEDIEVAL CITY FOUNDED BY FREDERICK BARBAROSSA IN 1158

Piazza della Vittoria in Lodi (not so far from Milan) is one of the most beautiful squares in Italy. It is the heart of the city, a central point from which the eye can sweep over the four sides of a place that celebrates art, civic sense, religiosity and history. It is one of the… Read More PLACES / THE MAGNIFICENT SQUARE OF LODI (ITALY), HEART OF A MEDIEVAL CITY FOUNDED BY FREDERICK BARBAROSSA IN 1158

“COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: 10 YEARS AGO MY SOLO EXHIBITION IN THE ROMANESQUE BAPTISTERY ON COMO LAKE

* Scenes from my solo exhibition  (Colors Of An Apocalypse / The Decomposed Publicity Posters). It took place in LENNO, LAKE COMO, 10 years ago, July, 2015, in the amazing setting of St. John Baptistery (XI Century). In the clip: some pictures of the event; Soundtrack: God of The Drow by Audiomachine * Immagini dalla… Read More “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: 10 YEARS AGO MY SOLO EXHIBITION IN THE ROMANESQUE BAPTISTERY ON COMO LAKE

ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF SCRATCHES ON A THEATRE CHAIR (IMAGE #40)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF SCRATCHES ON A THEATRE CHAIR (IMAGE #40)

SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#5)

© Roberto Alborghetti There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on the billboards, along the streets of our cities. The torn paper of the advertisements, consumed by time and bad weather, can reveal interesting glimpses and elements, such as those… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#5)

CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #8

© Roberto Alborghetti –  Close-up photography; it is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine creata o modificata digitalmente. This image may look like a painting depicting a sky that has shattered under the blows of the global warming. Or it could also be the reproduction of… Read More CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #8

THESE WORKS “BECOME METAPHORS OF HUMAN FRAGILITY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF REGENERATION”

GUEST WRITER: PATRIZIA POGGI, Art expert and Ambassador of Saperi e Sapori d’Italia Roberto Alborghetti captures with photography the details of torn advertising posters, cracks on walls, or signs of wear on means of transport, transforming them into collages, prints on canvas or installations. These fragments, destined for oblivion, become metaphors of human fragility, resilience… Read More THESE WORKS “BECOME METAPHORS OF HUMAN FRAGILITY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF REGENERATION”

FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #5

© 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 #5

VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / THE FRESCOES BY MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI IN CAPPELLA PAOLINA

© Roberto Alborghetti I had a very special gift: the possibility to visit some of the beautiful rooms in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. I been also in the enchanting Cappella Paolina (the Pauline Chapel) to admire the incredible fresco paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti : The Crucifixion of St. Peter (c.… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / THE FRESCOES BY MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI IN CAPPELLA PAOLINA

CRACKS, GRAFFITI AND RUST / VIDEOCLIP BY LICEO “ROCCI” (PASSO CORESE, FARA SABINA, ITALY)

In recent years I have been visiting many schools around Italy to coordinate the project “Ciak si girano video!” supported by ministerial funds and the European Union to combat school dropout and promote educational innovation. It is promoted by Funtasy Editrice in collaboration with the Scholastic Institutes. Recently the initiative also involved the students of… Read More CRACKS, GRAFFITI AND RUST / VIDEOCLIP BY LICEO “ROCCI” (PASSO CORESE, FARA SABINA, ITALY)