Iran do Espírito Santo
My process of making sculptures involves a return to the design project, that is, a re-idealization of certain objects, which are mostly anonymous. It’s an essentially different operation from using a found object, a readymade, or making a cast of an object. My sculpture is not indexical. Instead of reproducing an actual object, it alludes […]
Alberto Savinio
Clarifying a mystery is indelicate to the mystery itself. Alberto de Chirico, known as Savinio, was born in Athens in 1891 to Italian parents, the younger brother of surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico. Following his father’s death, after a short stay in Italy, he moved to Munich with his mother and brother in 1906. In […]
Carla Accardi
I believe in the gift of instinct that finds expression in the magical sense of the work. Carla Accardi was born in Trapani on 9th October 1924. Accardi studied art in high school, and later went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, where she met Antonio Sanfilippo. In 1946 she moved to […]
Oliviero Toscani
Oliviero Toscani is internationally known as the creative force behind the most famous brands in the world, creator of images that have changed the history of communication. His institutional and corporate campaigns have brought subjects of social responsibility into the mainstream. Toscani was one of the founding professors of the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, he […]
Marinella Senatore
My research is entirely focused on the empowerment of individuals, which I believe happens exponentially in the collective sphere. Marinella Senatore (Cava de’ Tirreni, 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist trained in music, fine arts, and cinema. Her practice is characterized by a strong collective and participatory dimension both as methodology and content; her work combines […]