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.

POSTCARDS - Minimum, secret art - IED 29.10.2014

A collective exhibition where IED students and artists have been invited to create illustrated postcards that will be sold at a fixed price of 50€ to raise money for scholarships for deserving young talents. The sale will take place on October 29 2014.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=963341723681961&set=vb.136683536347788&type=2&theater

The ALMIGHTY MULTIOPTICAL ENTITY

The Almighty Multioptical Entity doesn't do anything other than watching and spying, but it's actual absence doesn't prevent it to rule by fear; so beware and behave, otherwise...

This image is included in the exhibition 'Rione Cassero... in Comics!', organised by the famous comics and cartoon artist Moreno Chiacchiera and displayed at Palazzo Gentili Spinola in Foligno 1-30 September 2014.

This exhibition included works by well-known comics artists and illustrators including:
Stefano Andreucci, Mister Bad, Roberto Baldazzini, Silvia Baroncelli, Roberto Battestini, Luciano Bernasconi (Lube), Francesco Biagini, Fausto Bianchi, Bruno Bozzetto, Manuel Bracchi, Sudario Brando, Daniele Caporali, Sergio Cavallerin, Moreno Chiacchiera, Lido Contemori, Paolo D’Altan, Maurizio Di Vincenzo, Laura Farina, Costanza Favero, Claudia Favilli, Claudio Ferracci, David Ferracci, Cosimo Ferri, Francesco Gaggia, Luciano Gatto, Massimo Giacon, Francesca Greco, Mauro Laurenti, Arturo Lozzi, Mauro Magni, Mauro Marchesi, Corrado Mastantuono, Gaetano Menna, Monica Menozzi, Nicoletta Pagano, Giuseppe Palombo, Giuliano Parodi, Angelo Maria Ricci, Michele Rubini, Paolo Rui, Marco Santucci, Eloisa Scichilone, Stephanie Seymour, Donald Soffritti, Giorgio Sommacal, Aurora Stano, Daniele Statella, Laura Stroppi, Franco Tempesta, Marco Tonus, Antonio Sualzo Vincenti.

Thank you Moreno for the invitation!
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/325989110912104/?source=1

2014 - Acrylic and oil on wood and digital collage.

GRIMM PRESS a retrospective

Invitation to my new exhibition at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung.
Opening on 13.09.2014 until 13.11.2014
A retrospective on my work carried out for Grimm Press Publishing Company
13-14.09.2014 and 20-21.09.2014 at 2-5pm workshop for kids: "Have fun with drawing: create and be happy!", "玩畫圖 想創意 最快樂" (Characters with character)

http://www.ntmofa.gov.tw/chinese/Activity_1.aspx?SN=4260
http://www.ntmofa.gov.tw/chinese/showinfomation1_1.aspx?SN=4274
http://www.grimmpress.com.tw/
https://www.facebook.com/paolorui.it?hc_location=timeline

HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL! - 中秋節快樂!

Moonbird -月亮鳥 (2014)

In the middle of the year

when everybody rests

It suddenly appears

like yesteryear and next.

We look upward in wonder

rejoice for its bright shine

as long as it stays yonder

we know it's yours and mine.

Whatever we may do,

wherever we might be

the good luck that it brings

is everyone's gift.

Bird: Chinese Moonbird中國的月亮鳥 

Original painting: Moonbird -月亮鳥
2014 - Acrylic, golden enamel and oil on canvas - 27x22cm (10.6x8.7")