HAPPY HOLIDAYS (AND FOLLOW HIS ADVICE...)

Happy Godzilla, on his way to save the world before the approaching festivities, shows off on the very wintery pack in Taiwan* and wishes everyone 
"HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"

Please, follow Godzilla's advice
HAVE FUN!

*today it was 28°C in Taichung...

https://www.facebook.com/paolorui.it/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/paolorui.it/?ref=hl

ARTS DOT 2 GRAND OPENING - December 26, 2015 - Taichung, Taiwan

On December 26 the Grand Opening of the Arts Dot Design Showroom at the old beer factory in Taichung, Taiwan, which has been transformed in a meeting point for the industry and the creative world. 17 artists and plenty of good ideas: 大腸王、李俊陽、汪承恩、林書楷、洪易、柯燕茹、柳依蘭、厚工育匠、張和民、眼蟲計劃、陳泰樺、黃柏維、黑雞先生、連建興、劉哲榮、鄭敦厚 and Paolo Rui.(路跑樂).

BASKETBALL AND THE CITY on FACEBOOK

My painting 'Basketball and the city' is these days' cover to the Tight Shoes community page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TIGHT-SHOES-782216221897325/timeline/

Original painting: Il basket e la cittá – Basketball and the city - 籃球和城市 (2012)

Size 100x70cm Acrylic on canvas

Uncle says that if one likes wearing comfy shoes, he would like to live in a comfortable city, too. 他的叔叔說，如果一個人的鞋讓他覺得很舒適，那麼他居住的城市也會讓他感到舒適。

MONKEY BUSINESS EXHIBITION - 1!

Just one day left to the grand opening of my new exhibition in Taichung, Taiwan!
潘孟堯＆路跑樂Paolo Rui雙個展 - Pan Meng-Yao & Paolo Rui double solo exhibition at 打開盒子藝術博覽Open Box Art Stage - opening on Saturday 5 September 2015 16:00-19:00 - The exhibition will be opened until 26.09.2015.

9月份展訊
潘孟堯＆路跑樂Paolo Rui雙個展
展覽：潘孟堯油畫展
猴戲Monkey Business(Paolo Rui個展）
展期： 2015 / 9 / 5 ~ 9 / 26
茶會： 2015 / 9 / 5 (六), 16:00-19:00
策展單位：打開盒子藝術博覽
展覽空間：席閣美術園道設計中心
台中市西區五權西三街107號1F-2F
No.107, Wuquan W. 3rd St., West Dist., Taichung City 403, Taiwan （ROC） 時間：下午1~9點 (週一休館)
電話：04-23728107
https://www.facebook.com/dellingart
http://openboxart.wix.com/gallery

20th INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE RED ORIOLE

Hey, I didn't know it, but today it's the 20th International Day of the Red Oriole!

This is a quite quick sketch to celebrate the event.

MONKEY BUSINESS - NEW EXHIBITION

A "double solo" exhibition of engravings and paintings with Master Meng-Yao 'Manolo' Pan 潘孟堯 at 打 開 盒 子 藝 術 博 覽 Open Box Art Stage
Opening: Saturday September 5, 2015 16:00-19:00 until September 26
 

403 台中市西區五權西三街107號

No.107, Wuquan W. 3rd St., West Dist., Taichung City 403, Taiwan （ROC）

Tel｜+886-4-23267676  Fax｜+886-4-23266565

 

https://www.facebook.com/dellingart

http://openboxart.wix.com/gallery

 

 

 

HOME? Exhibition - The last days

In this exhibition are displayed paintings and also numbered prints from engravings including this one: Lighter than air (2015)
Engraving and art print on Fabriano paper 90x35cm (35.43x13.78")
Number of prints: 12
 


The exhibition closes on Monday, then we all move on to the next one.
有藝術 Let's Art Gallery
TEL：886-49-2919535 | 地址：埔里鎮南安路689號
https://www.facebook.com/letsart.puli?fref=ts
http://letsartpuli.wix.com/lets-art-gallery

HOME? Exhibition

Another invitation to my current exhibition 'HOME?'
Original painting: Adaptation (3)
Acrylic and oil on canvas 40x40cm (15.75x15.75")

有藝術 Let's Art Gallery
TEL：886-49-2919535 | 地址：埔里鎮南安路689號
https://www.facebook.com/letsart.puli?fref=ts
http://letsartpuli.wix.com/lets-art-gallery

NEW EXHIBITION - HOME? - Puli, TAIWAN

HOME...?
The real or the imaginary; the one where I was born and the one I'm looking for, oh...where is it?
My new exhibition opened on Saturday July 18, 2015 at Let's Art Gallery - Puli', Taiwan and stays on until August 31.
An exhibition of paintings and artistic prints that, through ironic and poetic metaphores, tries to find some of the interpretations of the word 'Home' from many points of view.

家是什麼?
是真正的家還是只是虛幻的想像? 是我的出生地還是我所追尋的處所.
噢…它在哪呢?
此畫展藝術家透過反諷和帶有詩意的暗喻畫法, 試著從許多不同的角度觀點來找出家的詮釋…

有藝術 Let's Art Gallery
TEL：886-49-2919535 | 地址：埔里鎮南安路689號
https://www.facebook.com/letsart.puli?fref=ts
http://letsartpuli.wix.com/lets-art-gallery

CARTOGRAFIE DELL'IMMAGINARIO

On June 5, 2015 took place in Viterbo the opening of the exhibition 'CARTOGRAFIE DELL'IMMAGINARIO' (Imaginary cartographies), an event cured by master illustrator Marcella Brancaforte.


The following artists were invited to re-elaborate old postcards an I couldn't miss the opportunity to represent my city which this year opens to the world hosting the EXPO:
Aka B, Nicoz Balboa, Marco Bassi, Paolo Bazzani, Andrea Bennati Martina Bonina, Julia Binfield, Giorgio Bramante Donini, Marcella Brancaforte, Emanuela Bussolati, Francesco Calcagnini, Mara Cerri,Valeria Colonnella, Lucia Conversi,
Giovanni Colaneri, Alberto Corradi, Mariachiara Di Giorgio, Magda Guidi, Simone Iocco, Ettore Festa, Giovanni Kranti, Raffaella Ligi, Isabella Mara, Anna Martinucci, Anna Nina Masini, Beppe Mora, Virginia Mori, Riccardo Muzzi, Andrea Noceti, Giulia Orecchia, Fernanda Pessolano, Rita Petruccioli, Alfonso Prota, Simone Rea, Alex Raso, Irene Rinaldi, Daniele Ricco, Paolo Rui, Alessandra Scandella, Emanuele Serra, Václav Šlajch, Simona Tonna, Studiovagante, Alessandro Tartaglia, Andrea Venanzi, Fabio Visintin.

Here are some news from the press:
http://topipittori.blogspot.it/2015/06/nella-luce-di-un-luogo.html
http://www.frizzifrizzi.it/2015/06/18/cartografie-dellimmaginario-recap-della-mostra/

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICKY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICKY!!!
I found this remarkable piece of mural on an old factory's wall here in Miaoli'. What an incredible coincidence, isn't it?

IMAGINARY CARTOGRAPHIES - CARTOGRAFIE DELL'IMMAGINARIO EXHIBITION

Opening
June 5th at 6:00pm
Padiglione Chiarini Carletti, Strada Cupa, 5, La Quercia, Viterbo
The exhibition will be open to the public 5-21 June, Thursdays to Sundays 5:00-8:00pm

The art exhibition is curated by Marco Trulli and Marcella Brancaforte

Artists
Pasquale Altieri, Patrizio Anastasi, Lucilla Candeloro, Canedicoda, Daniele Catalli, Luca Coclite, Alessandra De Cristofaro, Massimo De Giovanni, Tothi Folisi, James P. Graham, Federico Lupo, Maddalena Mauri, Alex Raso, Irene Rinaldi, Francesca Zoboli

Archive of imaginary landscapes - collective project of artists' postcards: Aka B, Nicoz Balboa, Paolo Bazzani, Andrea Bennati, Marco Bassi, Martina Bonina, Giorgio Bramante Donini, Marcella Brancaforte, Emanuela Bussolati, Francesco Calcagnini, Lucia Conversi, Giovanni Colaneri, Alberto Corradi, Mariachiara Di Giorgio, Magda Guidi, Ettore Festa, Giovanni Kranti, Raffaella Ligi, Isabella Mara, Anna Martinucci, Anna Nina Masini, Beppe Mora, Virginia Mori, Riccardo Muzzi, Andrea Noceti, Giulia Orecchia, Fernanda Pessolano, Rita Petruccioli, Alfonso Prota, Simone Rea, Daniele Ricco, Paolo Rui, Alessandra Scandella, Emanuele Serra, Václav Šlajch, Simona Tonna, Studiovagante, Andrea Venanzi.

Info: culturavt@arci.it
librimmaginari.blogspot.com
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1143530192331181/

IED - CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATION FINALS' DAY 20.2.2015

Yesterday it was finals day at my Conceptual Illustration class at IED-Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan. Thanks to all who attended: Stefano, Carolina, Mattia B., Mattia D., Roberto, Ruben, Martina, Alice, Elisa, Chiara, Emanuel, Veronica and Camilla. It's been a real pleasure everyone! 
The end of the journey; relief, of course, but also a bit of sadness (as usual).

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR - 新年快樂!

(To watch the animation click on the above image or the link below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbZVTUIeNhU

新年快樂!
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

My new short animation to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the goat.
Thanks to Antonello Brogna for the funny music and to Antonio Cova combobros.net for the sound effects and video editing.

FACEBOOK ARTCHALLENGE 2015 - DAY 2

The Artists Sefano Misesti and Yungyen Tsui who are also my friends have politely invited me to the Facebbok #ArtChallenge 2015. 
Thank you Stefano! Thank you Yungyen!
Each artist has to publish three images a day for five days, suggesting also a new artist each day. My first suggestion was the famous Italian illustrator Costanza Favero; for Day 2 I have invited Walter Gropius!

For Day 2 I have chosen a few images from my 2013-2014 exhibitions. Characters in those paintings have surreptitiously come together in today's Facebook banner.

FACEBOOK ART CHALLENGE 2015 - Day 1

The Artists Sefano Misesti and Yungyen Tsui who are also my friends have politely invited me to the Facebbok #ArtChallenge 2015. Each artist has to publish three images a day for five days, suggesting also a new artist each day. My first suggestion is the famous Italian illustrator Costanza Favero: it's your turn now!

For Day 1 I have chosen a few images from my 2010-2011 exhibition 'Milano in Bilico', 'Milan on the Wobble', an ironic, surreal and poetic collection of stories on the City of Milan.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A new short animation to get into the mood for the new year with the hope this one be better than last and worse than next.