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Open dialogues: interview with La Chigi

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023thefemalecurators

by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

La Chigi, a multi-material artist born in Bassano Del Grappa, defines herself as “a creator of small worlds”. Her works focus on the individual struggling with existence, and with the relationships one develops during this time frame. The installations she created highlight the concept of utopian, dystopian, ordinary or extraordinary “history”. She took part in several collective and personal exhibitions, creating, among other things, participatory art projects. Currently she lives and works in Trento. Read more →

Open dialogues: interview with Veronica Bassani

May 14, 2023May 16, 2023thefemalecurators

by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Veronica Bassani was born in Faenza and trained between her hometown Bologna, Milan, Rome and Ravenna. She is the artistic director of “Sorelle festival”, president of the cultural association “Fatti d’Arte” and curator. She deals with theatre, art and cultural events in Faenza, Bologna and Milan. Read more →

Open dialogues: interview with Chen Li

January 21, 2023April 16, 2024thefemalecurators

by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Artist, calligrapher and graphic designer, Chen Li has made word as the fulcrum of her artistic research. Letters, signs and colors give shape to a complex imagination in which poetry, reflection and creativity meet. In a society where image seems to have greater importance than content and handwriting replaced by digital, Chen Li protects its visual essence and extraordinary beauty through her works.

Open dialogues: interview with Barbara Pavan

October 9, 2022April 16, 2024thefemalecurators

by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

*The Soft Revolution, a cura di Barbara Pavan – Museo del Tessile di Busto Arsizio*

Born in Monza and raised in Biella among looms and yarns, Barbara Pavan is a curator and art critic specialized in fiber art. The passion for the yarn has led her to design and curate exhibitions, art projects, catalogs and thematic blogs, thus becoming a reference point for textile expressive forms.

Greg Sand//The photography of absence

January 21, 2021January 5, 2025thefemalecurators

by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Can photography have such a figurative ability to tell the temporality of existence? Greg Sand, an American artist/photographer who uses found photographs with the aim to explore concepts like memory, absence, loss and death, seems to feel the need to answer to this question. In fact, in his works these themes emerge through a manipulation of images that gives back an almost surreal connection between the existing figure depicted in the photo and the consequent inescapable vacuum to which it is destined. Read more →