Are these modern art paintings? Are these pop art works? Are these acrylic pictorial paintings? No, they are just photos of details of big torn publicity posters on an outdoor advertisings billboard. For me, the street is a real free art gallery, where we can perceive wonderful pieces of art. The pictures above are part… Read More THE STREET IS A FREE ART GALLERY: TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS, SLIDESHOW #1
GUEST WRITER: MARYSIA ZIPSER – FOUNDER OF ACT GROUP A visual arts creation by Roberto Alborghetti developed from his “Lacer/actions” project, which concerns realistic images (macro photography not manipulated) of decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban and industrial tokens and materials. Roberto says, “While touring Bartons garage in Chilwell, Nottingham (in October 2014)… Read More THE GHOST BUS IS BACK IN THE LAND OF ROBIN HOOD!
Even a simple metal plate, seen on a street in the city center, can reveal and hide really surprising shapes and colors, like the images published above, for my research project “Lacer / actions”. In this photo-gallery some of the photographic images that concern some scratches produced and created by time, which gave birth, over the… Read More ABSTRACT MAPS FROM A METAL PLATE: CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPHY #3
Even a simple metal plate, seen on a street in the city center, can reveal and hide really surprising shapes and colors, like the images published above, for my research project “Lacer / actions”. In this photo-gallery some of the photographic images that concern some scratches produced and created by time, which gave birth, over the… Read More ABSTRACT MAPS FROM A METAL PLATE: CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPHY #2
The city walls, in this case Milan, always reserve great surprises for my research project “Lacer / actions”. In this photo-gallery some of the photographic images that concern some scratches produced and created by wear and time. The wall had a blue base. And so the blue has given birth, over the course of months… Read More SCRATCHES AND GRAFFITI ON BLUE: NOTHING BUT PHOTOGRAPHY #2
The city walls, in this case Milan, always reserve great surprises for my research project “Lacer / actions”. In this photo-gallery some of the photographic images that concern some scratches produced and created by wear and time. The wall had a blue base. And so the blue has given birth, over the course of months… Read More SCRATCHES AND GRAFFITI ON BLUE: NOTHING BUT PHOTOGRAPHY #1
Here are three images from my “Lacer/actions” project-research. They were taken exactly 10 years ago, but I think they retain all their amazing energy. Obviously, these images are not paintings, but photographs. They refer to billboards, which I saw by chance along the roads. Yes, these are not collages built and created deliberately with my hands,… Read More THREE IMAGES FOUND IN THE ARCHIVE: THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TEN YEARS AGO
Time and rust have the fascinating power to change things without the contribution and conditioning of the human being’s hand. The work and the creative action that rust can do are truly surprising. Like in this series of images (watch the video). We can glimpse scenes that remind us of dry leaves, fronds of trees… Read More NEW VIDEO: RUST AS RED FLOWERS OF UNDECIPHERABLE PLANTS (MACRO PHOTOS)
Abstract and macro images of a waste container in Bitonto (Apulia, Italy). I took them for my “LaceR/Actions” project-research about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban and industrial matters. Yes, a waste container as an art installation! In the link below, you can read the beautiful article wrote by Fernirosso about… Read More WHAT WE CAN DISCOVER ON A WASTE CONTAINER (THE HIDDEN WORLD VIDEO)
This is the video trailer of the new edition of LAMIAGENDA, available from Spring 2019 and published in Italy by I Quindici. It presents one of the artworks I created for my “Lacer/actions” project. Its title “Burn my heart…”, size 94cms x 51 cms (on wood). This work is a collage created with more than… Read More MY ARTWORK IS THE COVER OF “LAMIAGENDA 2020” (THE MOST SOLD SCHOOL DIARY IN ITALY)
A very special “Valentine’s Day” version of “Soon”, video created in collaboration with jazz singer and composer Jeanie Barton. Her wonderful voice goes with my abstract photos from “Lacer/actions” project and research. Pictures and great vocals. The macro-photos of cracks and scratches on poles were taken along the streets in Beeston-Nottingham on March 2017. The… Read More “SOON” VIDEO: VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL VERSION…COLORS, FLOWERS AND BEES…
Time and rust have the fascinating power to change things without the contribution and conditioning of the human being’s hand. The work and the creative action that rust can do are truly surprising. They can compose and model endless scenes in which our eyes can see and perceive horizons without limits. Like in this series… Read More TIME AND DECOMPOSITION: THE PHOTO-SHOW OF THE RUST
Time and rust have the fascinating power to change things without the contribution and conditioning of the human being’s hand. The work and the creative action that rust can do are truly surprising. They can compose and model endless scenes in which our eyes can see and perceive horizons without limits. Like in this series… Read More THE SPECTACULAR EFFECTS OF RUST / PICTURE #1
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 