CANOVA. His Many Lives
An invite and a reflection: Antonio Canova’s tireless dedication for the arts deserves to be remembered and celebrated in original ways, capable of awakening and spreading a new interest in his central role for Neoclassicism.
The continuous Metamorphosis of Pietro Mancuso
At first glance, it looks like a game. The sense of lightness of this work, S.T., 2013, come from the use of a lively palette, to represent a subject unconditioned by empirical reality. But deeper meanings can be found through a more attentive and patient analysis. Feminine figures linger with ease thanks to mechanical artifices. The …
Yayoi Kusama: a Reflection of Our Inner Persona
“I had several notebooks full of hallucinations. Recording them helped to ease the shock and fear of the episodes. That is the origin of my pictures.” – Yayoi Kusama, 2002 Famous for her polka dots, Infinity paintings and Infinity Rooms, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is one of the most influential characters in the …
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the art of involving
In the history of art there are few artists who, as well as sharing common projects of life, have started a fruitful creative partnership; among the examples, such as Stieglitz-O’Keeffe, Abramovich-Ulay or Rivera-Kahlo, two spouses above all have placed the artistic projects conceived and created together at the center of their relationship: Christo and Jeanne-Claude. …
KISS ME, KISS ME, COVER MY BODY WITH LOVE !
oh, to get a glimpse of what heaven is! oh, to be able to touch love! oh, to close your eyes and feel all the colors of the world in a single kiss! Do you know the feeling of that moment when you perceive life and everything around you just feels right? When every single …
Morse Aesthetics
There is a kind of tiny, unexpected discoveries that happen at late night and stay in our minds for days: maybe you know the feeling too. So, some weeks ago, while surfing the web, I stumbled upon the curious character of Samuel Morse. Morse made history for his studies in the field of chemistry and electricity, …
How we should move in the world: William Forsythe’s Duo
Duo is a 12-minutes dance choreography where William Forsythe inquires the logics of harmony held in the pas de deux. The artist questions the canon of this emblematic dance step with the suggestion of its very antithesis. In particular this piece is played by a couple of dancers of same sex, moving on the scene …
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