Why not?
by Valentina Biondini, art and literature amateur
Nori (Eleonora) de’ Nobili is a painter and poet originatig of Marche, who spent half of her life in a mental hospital. Nori, the eldest of four children, was born in Pesaro in 1902 in a very wealthy family with whom she used to spend her childhood summers at the beautiful house known as “Villa Centofinestre” in Ripe, a small town in the province of Ancona. Read more
by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator
Roberta Bertazzini, is a visual artist with a predilection for installation-based works, she creates multi-material pieces which articulate in space and lend themselves to multiple interpretations. Fundamental is the relationship between structure and concept, expression and form. Aspects that, in most cases, dialogue with the user. So that, the viewer acquires a prominent role within the creative process, while remaining anonymous. Read more
by Romina Ciulli and Carole Dazzi
The portrait, and the self-portrait, are the forms with which the artist Elisa Zadi investigates the bond between man and nature. A research that ranges from painting to installation, from performance to poetry, and that through an intimate and introspective path focuses on issues related to femininity, identity, and knowledge. In her works the human figure stands out in all its frank and refined frontality, giving life to a narrative that is not only pictorial, but above all anthropological and existential. Thus emerges a spontaneous and suggestive creative act, often represented through the fragmented idea of polyptychs, where the images seem to make use of a symbolic connotation to reflect on the complexity and fleetingness of everyday reality and human relationships. Read more
by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator
Cristina Barbieri is a visual artist born in Reggio Emilia, city where she graduated as a Master of Arts in the”Goldsmithing-Metals” section, and where she obtained a specialization in Marble Sculpture. Starting from 2022 she began to be interested in bioart and biodiversity. This passion led her to undertake an investigation towards mycology, which today is a central issue of her research and artistic poetic.
by Valentina Biondini, art and literature amateur
What is the definition of irony for a calamity visionary as I have been defined? Dying? Or worse, disappearing mysteriously in one of the military campaigns conducted during what was, in fact, one of the bloodiest calamities in human history, the Second World War? But let’s go in order. My name is Franz Sedlacek and, rightly or wrongly, I was one of the main Austrian artists active between the two world wars.