Tag: Lake Como

PLACES / PESCARENICO (LECCO, LAKE COMO): THE FISHING VILLAGE TOLD BY MANZONI IN HIS MASTERPIECE “I PROMESSI SPOSI” (THE BETROTHED)

© Roberto Alborghetti  Pescarenico is a small village in the city of Lecco, on the East side of wonderful Lake Como. It is magnificently described by Alessandro Manzoni at the beginning of Chapter IV of his masterpiece, “I Promessi Sposi / The Betrothed”: “Pescarenico is a small area, on the left bank of the Adda,… Read More PLACES / PESCARENICO (LECCO, LAKE COMO): THE FISHING VILLAGE TOLD BY MANZONI IN HIS MASTERPIECE “I PROMESSI SPOSI” (THE BETROTHED)

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“COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: THE OFFICIAL FLYER OF MY NEXT SOLO SHOW ON LAKE COMO (ITALY)

The Official Flyer of my next solo exhibition – “Colors Of An Apocalypse″ – taking place in an amazing Romanesque temple, on Lake Como, Italy. My show is exceptionally scheduled for 3 days, on July 3-4-5, 2015, in the beautiful Lenno town, in the historical center –  50 meters from the lake shore – where… Read More “COLORS OF AN APOCALYPSE”: THE OFFICIAL FLYER OF MY NEXT SOLO SHOW ON LAKE COMO (ITALY)

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“AND THE SKY BROKE DOWN IN TEARS”: ABSTRACT IMAGES ABOUT CRACKS AND SCRATCHES ON A DISFIGURED TRAFFIC SIGN

© Roberto Alborghetti – LaceR/Actions, 2014 * You certainly know that 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 come from a disfigured traffic sign I saw some weeks  ago in the beautiful… Read More “AND THE SKY BROKE DOWN IN TEARS”: ABSTRACT IMAGES ABOUT CRACKS AND SCRATCHES ON A DISFIGURED TRAFFIC SIGN

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BLACK AND WHITE STONE STRIPES ON A RARE MEDIEVAL MONUMENT ON LAKE COMO SHORES (GRAVEDONA, ITALY)

  © Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * Gravedona is a nice town on Lake Como (Italy). A really stunning medieval monument rises along the banks, a few meters from lake waters. It’s a rare church, Santa Maria del Tiglio, Saint Mary of the Lime-tree (in fact, behind the monument, close to the lake shore, you may… Read More BLACK AND WHITE STONE STRIPES ON A RARE MEDIEVAL MONUMENT ON LAKE COMO SHORES (GRAVEDONA, ITALY)

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STREET ART OR JUST PART OF THE STREET? SCENES FROM A (DISFIGURED?) WALL…

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Art of the street or only part of the street? Is street art illegal? Is street art vandalism? Yes, these are the usual questions when we see some writings on public (or private) spaces… Here, in the pics, some details from the dock situated in Lenno, on Lake Como shore (Italy). Free art… Read More STREET ART OR JUST PART OF THE STREET? SCENES FROM A (DISFIGURED?) WALL…

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THE MAGICAL WOOD SCULPTURES CREATED BY PIERO MARCHESINI… SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM MITHOLOGY, NATURE AND FAIRY TALES

* Photos: Roberto Alborghetti     * In recent weeks I had the pleasure of visiting an exhibition at the medieval Baptistery in Lenno on Lake Como. Piero Marchesini – a distinguished gentleman and artist – exhibited his beautiful art pieces. Marchesini carves wood, carrying out really lovely works. He lives in Lipomo, Como City, and sculpture… Read More THE MAGICAL WOOD SCULPTURES CREATED BY PIERO MARCHESINI… SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM MITHOLOGY, NATURE AND FAIRY TALES

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“WAVES OF COLORS” FROM DECOMPOSED PAPER ON OUTDOOR ADVERTISINGS

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – LACER/ACTIONS, Realistic and not Manipulated Images of Torn and Decomposed Publicity Posters and Urban Signs  * These pictures come from a decomposed publicity poster I saw on outdoor advertisings in Lecco, a beautiful town on Lake Como (Italy). The incredible actions and re-actions made by time, weather and environmental conditions (rain, light, smog, humidity…)… Read More “WAVES OF COLORS” FROM DECOMPOSED PAPER ON OUTDOOR ADVERTISINGS

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THE COLORS AND THE MYSTERY: A BOOK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC CREATED BY RUPNIK IN LENNO (LAKE COMO)

An extension of 50 square meters. Almost 20 thousand colored stones and glasses tiles. These numbers summarized an extraordinary artwork: the mosaic that Slovenian artist Marko Rupnik has created on the walls of the chapel of Suore Adoratrici at the Spirituality Center in Lenno ( Lake Como, Italy).  Now a beautiful book ( “Adorationis Mysterium”)… Read More THE COLORS AND THE MYSTERY: A BOOK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC CREATED BY RUPNIK IN LENNO (LAKE COMO)

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“I’LL HEAL BY MYSELF”: ON LAKE COMO THE PRESENTATION OF THE NEW EDITED BOOK BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – THE EXTRAORDINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CESARE FUMAGALLI

The first national presentation of the book “Io mi guarirò” – “I’ll heal by myself / Cesare Fumagalli Autobiography“- edited by Roberto Alborghetti and published by Marna-Velar, will take place in Lenno (Lake Como, Italy) in the evocative and wonderful Piazza February 11. The meeting will be held on Wednesday August 22, 2012 (starting at… Read More “I’LL HEAL BY MYSELF”: ON LAKE COMO THE PRESENTATION OF THE NEW EDITED BOOK BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI – THE EXTRAORDINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CESARE FUMAGALLI

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VILLA CARLOTTA, WHERE ART AND NATURE MASTERPIECES LIVE TOGETHER IN A PLACE OF RARE BEAUTY

© Photos by SR.M. LUISA ALBORGHETTI Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo (Lake Como, Italy) is really a place of rare beauty, where masterpieces of nature and art live together in perfect harmony in over 70.000 square meters of gardens and museum. The beautiful Villa was built at the end of 17th Century in a natural basin… Read More VILLA CARLOTTA, WHERE ART AND NATURE MASTERPIECES LIVE TOGETHER IN A PLACE OF RARE BEAUTY

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