VORTICISM*:LOCKDOWN – ONLINE SHOW FROM MAY 13, 2020 – COLORS FOR DAYS WE WILL NOT FORGET (*) “Vorticism” is the avant-garde movement which was influenced by the tensions of the early twentieth century, with desires and expectations of renewal. Vorticism, in depicting vortex shapes, wants to express the concept of energy and strength by inserting movement… Read More VORTICISM:LOCKDOWN – THE TRAILER
New video: Sixty seconds to remember the Italian Day of Liberation (April 25) from nazi-fascism and as tribute of hope to Italy in the days of covid-19 . My abstract and visual works – they’re macro photos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters on outdoor billboards – for a chromo and musical experience remembering April… Read More WHITE, RED, GREEN: FOR ITALY (PER L’ITALIA, 25 APRILE 2020
Video Première on next April 24… Sixty seconds to remember the Italian Day of Liberation from nazi-fascism and as tribute of hope to Italy in the days of covid-19 . My abstract and visual works – they’re macro photos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters on outdoor billboards – for a chromo and musical experience… Read More COMING SOON: DE-STRUCTERED COLORS OF ITALIAN FLAG (FOR ITALY)
Guest Writer: Stefano Alberti “And I saw a new sky and a new earth.” This is a “short film” of 13 minutes. A singular journey through some passages (in Italian) from the Apocalypse of John, re-read and commented in the light of the images of the “Lacer / actions” project, the colors of the street… Read More “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: THE SHORT FILM (MACRO PHOTOS OF DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS)
A mask and a pair of gloves do not take away the freedom to dream, see and imagine a world of colors and art. Perhaps these days of total lockdown are an invitation to rethink our lifestyles and also to better observe the world around us. In the photo: my showroom with pictures for my… Read More A MASK DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM DREAMING OF A COLORFUL WORLD
* This videoclip presents a series of pictures about “a journey through special painterly colors and materials” and the wonderful experience involving children with disabilities and carriers of the Syndrome of Autism Spectrum. It’s nice to remember it, when we celebrate the World Autism Awereness Day 2020 (April 2). Patrizia Sapri led with passion and… Read More WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY 2020: AN EXPERIENCE OF COLORS AND EMOTIONS
These are not modern art paintings or pop art works. They are just macro and abstract photos of details of a disfigured wastebin, in Milan… The pictures are part of my “LaceR/Actions” project-research, which now has reached 120.000 photos taken across the world. “LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project concerning researches about decomposed and torn publicity… Read More SIGNS OF OUR TIMES / MACRO PHOTOS OF A DISFIGURED WASTEBIN
© Roberto Alborghetti Cities reveal themselves also through random images of ripped and decomposed publicity posters and natural decompositions we may see along the streets. In this gallery I gathered some macro photos I took in Amsterdam, the so called “Venice of Northern Europe”. Rugs, papers, glue, dust, spray colors residuals and other materials mixed… Read More RUGS, DUST, GLUE AND PAPER: MYSTERIOUS CODES ON THE CITY WALLS
© Roberto Alborghetti These pictures aren’t paintings (oils, acrylics, watercolors or digital works), but just natural, random and not manipulated images of the amazing imperfection of the real world we see around us. They are photos: I took them in Rome on walls, advertising billboards, gates, wastebins… Free abstract and informal art along the… Read More THE AMAZING IMPERFECTION OF THE WORLD AROUND US: 12 ABSTRACT PHOTOS FROM ROME
“LaceR/Actions” is a multidisciplinary project about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed posters and urban/street signs. Transferred on canvases, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles (as pure silk), re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the images of torn and decomposed posters give new life to paper lacerations and matter decomposition, as you may see in… Read More THE SURPRISING RANDOMNESS OF TORN AND DECOMPOSED ADVERTISING POSTERS
The relaxing and mysterious music created by Flute Ninja (笛忍者) – composer, artist and musician – meets my “Lacer/Actions” works in a videoclip titled “Falling Snow”. The clip presents an original Flute Ninja (笛忍者) composition accompanied by an image series from my photo collection of torn and decomposed publicity posters. The 21 works have white… Read More LIKE A GARDEN IN WINTER…: FLUTE NINJA (笛忍者) + 21 MACRO PHOTOS
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 