Those who love fairy tales cannot fail to also love the works of Benjamin Lacombe, who is known to be an illustrator of children’s books but has also tackled the great classics.
There is a bit of Tim Burton, a pinch of magic and a lot of wonder in his works. Here is what you need to know about him.
The works of Benjamin Lacombe
Fabrizio Plessi, Acqua che sale #T116, 2021, programma digitale e sonoro, cm 163×163.
In the panorama of Italian video art, Fabrizio Plessi’s works are considered the most important because he is a pioneer, one of the first experimenters of digital matter in Italy, so much so as to be defined as ‘the aborigine of digital’.
Fabrizio Plessi is an artist who has been able to combine nature and artifice, art and technology, giving life to poetic creations of great evocative impact, where natural elements such as water, fire, lightning, and earth are the absolute protagonists, in an unstoppable flow of images.
works by Fabrizio Plessi
Who was actually Raphael’s young woman (La Muta) and why did the artist correct the work several times?
This portrait has sparked scholarly speculation, prompted investigations in the archives and fuelled many stories, but still has not unravelled its mysteries.
We know almost nothing about the true identity of Raphael’s young woman, but in this post I tell you about the events that have made this work even more fascinating and reveal where you can see it today.
Raphael’s Young Woman
Richard Avedon, Self-portrait, Provo, Utah, August 20, 1980 © The Richard Avedon Foundation
Richard Avedon’s portraits and photos are among the most innovative images of the 20th century.
Not only did Avedon revolutionise the way models were photographed, transforming them from static subjects to leading actresses of the set, showing their human side as well, but his striking celebrity portraits, in black and white and often in large format, were the first shots capable of revealing the innermost psychological side of the person portrayed.
For this reason, Richard Avedon is one of the undisputed masters of 20th century photography, who has taken photos that have made history and have that capacity, that only masterpieces have, to inspire in the observer the desire to create a story around that image, trying to build the plot of the events that happened before and after that shot.
The photographs of Richard Avedon
Davide Cantoni, Coral Bleaching Australia (2017), pastelli colorati, cm 122 x 184
Considered an artist of great interest for his innovative technique and the intensity of the stories he tells and reinterprets through his work, Davide Cantoni has recently devoted himself to the development of two interesting cycles of works: Les Etrangers and the works on the consequences of global warming (2 degrees).
Created using the famous technique of burning paper with a magnifying glass, Davide Cantoni’s works are inspired by images published in the New York Times and are designed to come into direct visual contact with the famous sculptures on display at the MANN Museum in Naples.
A kind of dialogue but also a clash between giants and common men, indelible history and passing news, great deeds that are forever imprinted in the collective memory and episodes that briefly intrigue but are soon forgotten.
The works of Davide Cantoni
