Wifredo Lam
“My art is an act of decolonisation.” Wifredo Lam was born in 1902 in Sagua La Grande, Cuba. Son of a Chinese father and a mother of Afro-Spanish descent, Wilfredo (who would change the spelling of his name to Wifredo in 1924) developed a strong inclination towards drawing from an early age. This led him […]
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… My sculpture is not indexical. Instead of reproducing an actual object, it alludes to its technical drawing, to the conception of its shape and dimensions. Iran do Espírito Santo was born in […]
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 […]