john stezaker

On sunday I went to the Whitechapel Gallery to see the exhibition from british artist John Stezaker.
I liked so much,
i didn't know him before but I was mesmerized by
his surrealistic manipulation of icon and landscapes images.

From the exhibition catalogue:

"British artist John Stezaker is fascinated by the lure of images. Taking classic movie stills, vintage postcards and book illustrations, Stezaker makes collages to give old images a new meaning. By adjusting, inverting and slicing separate pictures together to create unique new works of art, Stezaker explores the subversive force of found images.

This first major exhibition of John Stezaker offers a chance to see work by an artist whose subject is the power in the act of looking itself. With over 90 works from the 1970s to today, the artist reveals the subversive force of images, reflecting on how visual language can create new meaning."

icons of my imagination

I have an obsession with sacred art,
icons of saints, gods and mythology.

I know that every church/cathedral/abbey I visit abroad always seems boring,
this is probably what it happens when you are born and raised in Italy, I supposed.
But churches in the North of Europe have great stained glasses, which I love so much.
I love the bright colour and the light reflections on the floors,
and those ways to capture a scene with a timeless stillness,
fixing a moment of emotional or narrative climax,
these images become like a pop image that you might find on a poster,
or a snapshot of a music video.

this image has been taken at Victoria&Albert musuem, though.
Which is a magic and HUGE place to visit. Loved it.

Sunday we went to the Barbican to see the Japanese Fashion Exhibition.

I've never been at Barbican before, and I fell in love with this huge art space,

it's so big and so interesting, I felt relaxed and stimulated to discover new things.

By the Way I never liked japanese fashion designer, but I really enjoyed the exhibition

and I found touching the poetry and point of view of the work and life of Yojhi Jamamoto,

designer who I knew before but never deepen his work and language.

london art fair

last week we went to the London Art Fair, Where more than 1000 galleries from London exhibit the best of the artists they rappresent.

It's a fair for the ones who want to buy art.

We went just because we are curious (no money for art)

and these are the pieces I liked the most:

Lisa Swerling

Charlotte Cory "Brighton Rabbits"

Jayoon Choi (my favorite perhaps)

David Begbie "unud I"

Nathan Ford

Jonathan Huxley "Figurescape"

Lynn Chadwick "Sitting Couple"

Veronica Bailey "Perfect Target"

Gary Anderson "Princess and the Pea"

Gavin Nolan

Gavin Tremlett

Rob and Nick Carter "Volcano"

Grayson Perry "The Walthamstow Tapestry"

upper Street, Islington

B.B.

we're so proud of B.B.
our domestic owl.
We found her at Brick Lane's Market.
Now she watch over our kitchen

collages

amazing collages in old street
I admire the skills with which they mixed textures,
patterns and colours between them
making everything consonant
or maybe it's not and I like it for that.

murals pt.1

magnificent mural in brick lane
love the technique

here you are!

how i love him

make me laugh so loud

il museo del novecento

MARINO MARINI

Montagna con Tappezzeria E. BAY

Ambiente Stroboscopico n.4 D. BORIANI

Scultura d'Ombra C. PARMIGGIANI

Le Colleggiali A. MARTINI

Bambina x Balcone G. BALLA

quando arrivi all'ultimo piano
il sole c'è,
ma solo la metà alta del duomo è ancora bianca.

pensi Milano ti amo.

perchè sei bella, lo sai
se nessuno ti fa mai i complimenti
è perchè hanno paura di come reagiresti

cloud is my name

oggi non c'è una nuvola. davvero.