© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF WHITE PAPER SCRUB FROM A FLYER ON A BLACK WALL / FOTO DI RESIDUI DI CARTA BIANCA DA UN FLYER SU UNA PARETE NERA 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF WHITE PAPER SCRUB FROM A FLYER ON A BLACK WALL (IMAGE #23)
© Roberto Alborghetti What you see in this photo series are not collages built and created deliberately with my hands, joining and sticking waste paper piece by piece, but photos of real and random torn publicity posters I saw on an outdoor billboard in Santo Spirito, Bari (Apulia, Italy). They are the result of various and… Read More LANDSCAPE BROKEN BY WIND / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #8
© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF A PIECE OF CONCRETE ON A LONDON SIDEWALK / FOTO DI UN PEZZO DI CEMENTO SU UN MARCIAPIEDE DI LONDRA 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A PIECE OF CONCRETE ON A LONDON SIDEWALK (IMAGE #22)
Thanks a lot to all of you for stopping by my WordPress site http://www.robertoalborghetti.com The statistics counter, a few weeks ago, marked the milestone of 450,000! It is a wonderful result. These are beautiful numbers for which I thank you infinitely. Numbers are never “numbers”. They always represent experiences, moments, ideas, realities and, above all, people.… Read More LIKE 450,000 KILOMETERS TRAVELED WITH YOU! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY MY WORD PRESS SITE!
© Roberto Alborghetti Two years ago, along the coast of Taormina-Giardini Naxos (Sicily, Italy) I noticed two motorboats in bad conditions, as if they were waiting for a cure, a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and… Read More STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #5
© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF ADHESIVE TAPE RESIDUES ON AN ADVERTISING DISPLAY / FOTO DI RESIDUI DI NASTRO ADESIVO SU UN ESPOSITORE PUBBLICITARIO 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF ADHESIVE TAPE RESIDUES ON AN ADVERTISING DISPLAY (IMAGE #21)
Precisely in these days – 16,17 and 18 July 2010 – my macro photographs of “Lacer/actionsi” Project were displayed in the futuristic setting of Oriocenter, one of the largest and most visited shopping centers in Italy. The artworks (they were photographs, not paintings as almost everyone thought!) were placed against the background of the Milan-Bergamo… Read More THAT EXHIBITION IN JULY 2010: AND PEOPLE REALIZED THAT DECAY CAN BECOME ART
FUNDIARIO: THE COVER OF THE NEW EDITION (BELOW THE EXTENDED VERSION); COLLAGE BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Here is “Shattered Words”! It’s a collage (sizes: 57×43 cms) I created for my Lacer/actions project using hundreds of pieces of waste paper of advertising posters. The image was chosen for the new FUNDIARIO, “the strongest Italian school diary that… Read More “BROKEN WORDS”: THE COVER OF THE NEW “FUNDIARIO” FOR SCHOOLS (COLLAGE MADE OF WASTE PAPER OF DECOMPOSED POSTERS)
The English magazine Breeze, in the new issue, dedicates a full page to the special evening for the 10 years of my project “The Ghost Bus” which took place in the monumental Beeston Parish Church Nottingham (UK). Breeze Magazine – Keeping Businesses Local talks about the great interest with which the public welcomed the proposal… Read More ON “BREEZE” MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ON THE EVENT OF “THE GHOST BUS” IN BEESTON NOTTINGHAM (UK)
“You are currently standing in one of the most congested areas in London”. These words are written in block letters on a sheet glued to the wall, along Euston Road, in London. I look up and see that they accompany and explain a large colorful mural. I observe, read and discover that I am faced… Read More LONDON, EUSTON ROAD: THIS IS THE MURAL WITH SPECIAL POLLUTION-SUCKING POWER
The Ghost Bus Show 2024: Pictures from an event. In this short video – online from today also on YouTube – some moments, comments and reactions to the magical evening in Beeston, Nottingham, at the beautiful St.John the Bapstist Church, to celebrate 10 years of the “Ghost Bus” Project, an extraordinary visual experience in the… Read More THE GHOST BUS SHOW 2024: PICTURES AND WORDS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT (THE SHORT VIDEO)
And the “colour revolution” of the JCidel Collection also lit up the Special Night for the Ghost Bus, in the solemn setting of St. John the Baptist Beeston Parish Church Nottingham. In fact, I proposed, as a preview, a video clip anticipating some new features scheduled for December 2024 in the United States for ART… Read More UK: THE “NIGHT OF THE GHOST BUS” LIT UP BY THE MACRO-COLORS OF THE JCIDEL COLLECTION
Nottingham Contemporary is an innovative museum space. It is located in the city center, a few steps from the major monuments. And it was a pleasure to visit it – during “The Ghost Bus” events in which I was involved – at the invitation of Dr. Solman Nouman (Head of Finance & Operations) who guided… Read More NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY: A PLACE TO THINK ABOUT THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF ART (AND THE WORLD)
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