“8 MIRRORS, 67 TRIANGLES” / COLLAGE MADE OF WASTE-PAPER FROM OUTDOOR ADVERTISINGS

*** “8 MIRRORS, 67 TRIANGLES” by Roberto Alborghetti LaceR/Actions Project COLLAGE OF WASTE PAPER PIECES FROM TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS             2013, CMS.30X40 (ON WOOD)  * This work is a collage created by Roberto Alborghetti with more than 140 small paper pieces collected along the streets as waste material from outdoor torn and decomposed… Read More “8 MIRRORS, 67 TRIANGLES” / COLLAGE MADE OF WASTE-PAPER FROM OUTDOOR ADVERTISINGS

(HE)ART PLACES / THE MYSTERIOUS LONGOBARD CRYPT (8TH CENTURY) ON MOUNT AMIATA IN TUSCANY

© Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * In Abbadia San Salvatore, on Mount Amiata – Siena country, Tuscany, Italy – there is a magical and capturing place. You find it on the ancient Benedectine abbey. It’s a Crypt where we breath the history and the beauty of one of the most fascinating Tuscany villages. According the documents,… Read More (HE)ART PLACES / THE MYSTERIOUS LONGOBARD CRYPT (8TH CENTURY) ON MOUNT AMIATA IN TUSCANY

“THE BIG PICTURE” IN DUBAI : DEMOLISHING BOUNDARIES AND FREEING ARTISTS “FROM ART POLITICS, GALLERIES’ PROFITABLE GUIDELINES AND FAME-DRIVEN MARKET”

“The Big Picture” contemporary art exhibition was hosted by the Gallery of Light at Dubai Community Theatre & Art Centre (DUCTAC) on the weekend of 6 – 8 June 2013. It explored multifaceted artistic creations, featuring paintings, photography, sculpture, digital art, performance art, installation as well as audiovisual arts. The Big Picture is an independent art exhibition that… Read More “THE BIG PICTURE” IN DUBAI : DEMOLISHING BOUNDARIES AND FREEING ARTISTS “FROM ART POLITICS, GALLERIES’ PROFITABLE GUIDELINES AND FAME-DRIVEN MARKET”

FUERTEVENTURA (CANARY ISLANDS) / THAT BLUE AND ABSTRACT SEA: MORE IMAGES FROM THE WASTE CONTAINER…

  * © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS * More random (and not manipulated) images from Fuerteventura, (Canary Islands, Spain). I usually capture and document my “Lacer/actions” – images of torn and decomposed posters or cracks – wherever I travel. However, something I found in Morro Jable town (a nice city of “Peninsula de  Jandia”, in… Read More FUERTEVENTURA (CANARY ISLANDS) / THAT BLUE AND ABSTRACT SEA: MORE IMAGES FROM THE WASTE CONTAINER…

FUERTEVENTURA (SPAIN) / SEASCAPE STORIES FROM CRACKS OF AN “ART INSTALLATION” (BUT IT’S A WASTE CONTAINER…)

  © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS * I’ve already written some posts about Fuerteventura, a beautiful and wild part of the Canary Islands where I found fascinating beaches, dunes, hills, towns and a blue, limpid sea… but for me there was another Fuerteventura: one I happened on through my art research. I usually capture and… Read More FUERTEVENTURA (SPAIN) / SEASCAPE STORIES FROM CRACKS OF AN “ART INSTALLATION” (BUT IT’S A WASTE CONTAINER…)

AUTISTIC KIDS RE-CREATE ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI’S WORKS FOLLOWING THE MESSAGE OF TEMPLE GRANDIN / A SHOW IN ITALY FROM JUNE 3

“AUTISTIC CHILDREN SEE WHAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN’T SEE” * GUEST WRITER: STEFANO ALBERTI * There’s a great expectation in Aprilia (near Rome, Italy) at the “Marconi” Primary School where on June 3 a unique and special exhibition will open displaying works created by autistic students.  We talked about this some weeks ago. Teacher Patrizia Sapri… Read More AUTISTIC KIDS RE-CREATE ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI’S WORKS FOLLOWING THE MESSAGE OF TEMPLE GRANDIN / A SHOW IN ITALY FROM JUNE 3

CRACKS – BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT / THE VIDEOCLIP

*** Cracks is part of  Roberto Alborghetti Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints, textiles or re-built on collages). Since 2009 he has been also workin’ on metal, plastic or stony surfaces, or metal and plastic platings, entering the wonderful world of Cracks…… Read More CRACKS – BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT / THE VIDEOCLIP

CRACKS (& LACERATIONS): THE “ACTIVE AESTHETICAL APPRECIATION” OF THE SO-CALLED “DISTURBING ELEMENTS” / IMAGE #7

THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 7th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles). Since 2009 I’ve been also workin’ on another matter. Not paper but metal, plastic or stony surfaces, or… Read More CRACKS (& LACERATIONS): THE “ACTIVE AESTHETICAL APPRECIATION” OF THE SO-CALLED “DISTURBING ELEMENTS” / IMAGE #7

MY CRACKS AS “WABI-SABI”, THE JAPANESE ART OF CELEBRATING CREVICES AND TIME MARKS…

    *** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 6th IMAGE *** Some friends of mine who work in arts told me that CRACKS – and all my LACER/ACTIONS researches about torn and decomposed publicity posters – are a sort of European example of “Wabi-sabi” which is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in… Read More MY CRACKS AS “WABI-SABI”, THE JAPANESE ART OF CELEBRATING CREVICES AND TIME MARKS…

IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION / “FIND THE BEAUTY IN YOUR CRACKS” – IMAGE #5

“Do yourself a favor, find the beauty in your cracks” Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith)  From his R.E.D. album *** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 5th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles).… Read More IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION / “FIND THE BEAUTY IN YOUR CRACKS” – IMAGE #5

THEY’RE ONLY ORDINARY TEXTURES IN A CRACKS MAGNIFICATION…

*** THE CRACKS WEEK: THE 4th IMAGE Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, about  the decomposition of torn publicity posters on outside advertisings (my realistic and not manipulated images are transferred on canvases, lithographic prints or textiles). Since 2009 I’ve been also workin’ on another matter. Not paper but metal and plastic surfaces, or… Read More THEY’RE ONLY ORDINARY TEXTURES IN A CRACKS MAGNIFICATION…

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF “CRACKS”, WHERE MATTER IS BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT… IMAGE # 2

*** THE “CRACKS WEEK”: 2nd PICTURE OF SEVEN Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project but it moves in another direction. Through Lacer/actions I have been investigating and exploring the incredible dimension of the decomposition of torn publicity posters we usually see on outside advertisings. My eyes and my cameras tried to reveal the colors and the… Read More WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF “CRACKS”, WHERE MATTER IS BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT… IMAGE # 2