Reach Up to the Universe, Dotted Pumpkin, 2010 Yayoi Kusama, born in Matsumoto, Japan, is now 82. Her art can be considered as contemporary art brut expression; she calls it obsessive art. People who struggles with mental illness like hallucinations…
Unusual morning spent walking around Piazza Mincio. Here’s placed the Coppedé quarter, built by the architect Gino Coppedé in 1913-1926. The great but dark arcade in Tagliamento street is the main entrance: a big ironwork chandelier is hanging from the…
Roma e i Preraffaelliti Se si eccettua la chiesa di San Paolo entro le mura decorata su disegni di Edward Burne-Jones, Roma non è certo la città ideale per vedere opere preraffaellite. C’è però un contatto profondo tra Roma e…
Jewels are placed on industrial metal shelves in green, penicillin green, among half human and half gold plated mannequin heads. Upon them are settled sort of crystallized insects: bees, wasps, mosquitoes, flies. This is the Delfina Delettrez fall winter 2011/12 collection, presented…
Inachis io in Buddleja davidii, D. Hirst 2009-2010 “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” Lao Tzu Butterfly is a symbol of Vanitas, of ephemeral beauty. Ephemeral comes from greek επί “in/on” and ημέρα “daytime” that is…
Emilio Pucci: fussy Charles Anastase: innocent Nina Ricci: gloomy Alberta Ferretti: Formal Givenchy: embroidered
