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…

THE CRACKS WEEK / IMAGE # 3: COLORS AND SHAPES ON A METAL SURFACE…

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 metal and plastic platings. So, I entered… Read More THE CRACKS WEEK / IMAGE # 3: COLORS AND SHAPES ON A METAL SURFACE…

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

NEW: THEY ARE “CRACKS”! (AND NOT PAINTINGS) / EXPLORING METAL AND PLASTIC SURFACES…

*** WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF “CRACKS”, WHERE MATTER IS BROKEN BUT NOT SPLIT… 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… Read More NEW: THEY ARE “CRACKS”! (AND NOT PAINTINGS) / EXPLORING METAL AND PLASTIC SURFACES…

SIGNS OF A CITY / SOME INDECIPHERABLE CODES FROM AMSTERDAM WALLS…#1

  I think Amsterdam city (The Netherlands) reveals itself also through random images of ripped and decomposed publicity poster we may see along the streets and canals. During my last  visit I gathered interesting and capturing images which are really part of colors, shapes and moods of the so called “Venice of Northern Europe”. Rugs,… Read More SIGNS OF A CITY / SOME INDECIPHERABLE CODES FROM AMSTERDAM WALLS…#1

THE HEALING POWER OF COLORS: DISABLED STUDENTS WORK ON ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI’S IMAGES

Guest writer: Patrizia Sapri Last October I had the chance to visit, at the XIII Century Aldobrandesca Fortress (Tuscany, Italy) the extraordinary “Colors Of An Apocalypse /The decomposed Publicity Posters” exhibition showing Roberto Alborghetti ‘s stunning “Lacer/actions” artworks. I was very impressed by the show. I usually work in special schools on the theme of… Read More THE HEALING POWER OF COLORS: DISABLED STUDENTS WORK ON ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI’S IMAGES

“TELL ME, WHAT’S THE COLOR OF THE AIR?” (F. DOSTOEVSKJ) / NEW LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS SERIES (PHOTOGALLERY # 3)

 * LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS  by Roberto Alborghetti  LacerR/Actions Project * Realistic and not manipulated Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters * PAPER SIZE: 45X32,5 IMAGE SIZE: VARIOUS * “These take us back to the prehistoric art at Lascaux while pushing us forward into a post apocalyptic landscape featuring ruins of our own global civilization.” Jonathan… Read More “TELL ME, WHAT’S THE COLOR OF THE AIR?” (F. DOSTOEVSKJ) / NEW LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS SERIES (PHOTOGALLERY # 3)

IMAGES & SCIENCE / THE PROCESSING OF VISUAL SIGNALS IN THE BRAIN: A RESEARCH BY KU LEUVEN AND HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

I work with images and colors for my “Lacer/actions” project (pics of torn and decomposed publicity posters on billboard spaces). And I read some interesting news at KU Leuven Focus Monthly (see link below for the complete article)…    * Once rhesus monkeys learn to associate a picture with a reward, the reward by itself becomes… Read More IMAGES & SCIENCE / THE PROCESSING OF VISUAL SIGNALS IN THE BRAIN: A RESEARCH BY KU LEUVEN AND HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

FLYING PARTICLES OR ROAMING METEORS? THEY ARE SIMPLY PAPER AND GLUE LEFT ON A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER…- LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #25

  “FLYING PARTICLES. OR ROAMING METEORS…” 2009 LaceR/Actions work by Roberto Alborghetti Realistic and not manipulated image * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvas, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages… Read More FLYING PARTICLES OR ROAMING METEORS? THEY ARE SIMPLY PAPER AND GLUE LEFT ON A TORN PUBLICITY POSTER…- LACER/ACTIONS POSTCARDS #25

JUMPIN’ INTO COLORS / NEW “LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS” SERIES (PHOTOGALLERY #1)

  © © ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS, Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters and Urban Signs *** LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS  by Roberto Alborghetti  LacerR/Actions Project * Realistic and not manipulated Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters * PAPER SIZE: 45X32,5 IMAGE SIZE: VARIOUS * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary project and research… Read More JUMPIN’ INTO COLORS / NEW “LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS” SERIES (PHOTOGALLERY #1)

“SUNSET BURNISHED HILLS… FALLEN SOLDIERS WEEP”: HAIGA # 3 BY ~MEREDITH AND ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI

Sweet child, pale with flu limply resting against cool plaster. Grandma’s Purple Quilt. * Sunset burnished hills. Lavender Dusk settles in. fallen soldiers weep. *_* sigh. * Yin/yang poster world grabbing blurs of yesterday. Flowing thought bleeds ink. * © Artwork Copyright Roberto Alborghetti © Poem Copyright~Meredith This is the third composition created by fellow… Read More “SUNSET BURNISHED HILLS… FALLEN SOLDIERS WEEP”: HAIGA # 3 BY ~MEREDITH AND ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI

SILK SCARVES DESIGN FROM TORN POSTERS: “THE NEXT BIG FASHION TREND”

AN EXCLUSIVE LIMITED-EDITION!  ***  Pure Silk Scarves / Limited-edition – Crêpe de Chine – A Three Images Series. Created by Roberto Alborghetti for “Lacer/actions” Project (Images of torn posters and urban “signs”) in collaboration with Bruno Boggia Disegni (Como, Italy) Sizes: width 63 cms, height 170 cms.   Silk scarf. # 1: “Shared Moods” Silk Scarf… Read More SILK SCARVES DESIGN FROM TORN POSTERS: “THE NEXT BIG FASHION TREND”

IT’S A VERY INDUSTRIAL PICTURE… SNOW, CLOUDS AND PEOPLE ALL SEEM TO DRIFT IN THE SAME DIRECTION

“DREAMS & LACER/ACTIONS”: THERAPEUTIC HAIGA # 2 BY ~MEREDITH AND ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Faded faces stroll      the walls of layered living.     Yesterday softens. * I saw granite snow      and touched the oneness.      Ancient stories freeze. * Umbrella walkers      dot the misty,morning streets.      Tissue clouds bring snow. * © Artwork Copyright… Read More IT’S A VERY INDUSTRIAL PICTURE… SNOW, CLOUDS AND PEOPLE ALL SEEM TO DRIFT IN THE SAME DIRECTION