Tano festa biography of barack
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In conversation with Paolo Manazza
Paolo Manazza is an artist, writer and entrepreneur in culture. To his credit several important exhibitions and projects: he has exhibited in personal and group exhibitions in Milan, Rome, Florence, Naples, Venice, Brescia, Sestri Levante, Arzachena, Vigevano, Arcore, Beausoleil (France), Lugano (Switzerland), Monaco (Montecarlo), Taichung (Taiwan), Miami and Palm Beach (USA), Eumsong (South Korea) and Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt). At the National Gallery of Chisinau (Moldova) he participated in the exhibition “Beyond the Form” with other Italian artists (Luca Coser, Tano Festa, Pietro Finelli and Mimmo Rotella). For some years he taught at the Brera Academy in Milan “Editing of Art” and “Theory and practice of the Multimedia Art Market” and in post-graduate specialization Masters. In September 2005 he received from the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi the honor of “Official of Merit of
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Take an art pill #1. Discover “The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection”.
1. Tano Festa. Senza titolo (elefante) (anni '80). The little elephant painted in acrylic on canvas belongs to the phase where, since the 1980s, the artist has been painting scenes between the surreal and the abstract, with large fields of sharp colors and black figures like shadows. Tano Festa is the first and most ingenious inventor of a långnovell Pop Art who in the 1960s took cues from the USA, combining them with memories of great Italian art.
2. Alberto Burri. Cretto B (1971). “Cretto” means cracked clay surface. It constitutes one of the major works of the Italian pioneer of “Informal Art”. The world-acclaimed Umbrian master has given life to a series of interventions on poor materials since the post-war period such as: torn and patched jute bags, burnt wood and plastic sheeting, torn metal sheets, the “cretti”.
3. Carla Accardi. Gioco rosso (2007). This work of art fryst vatten exemplary of
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The Torrent of Art
by Marian Watson Virga | Feb 22, 2014
What do Antonio Presti, patron of the arts and creator of the Fiumara d’Arte sculpture park, and Rosario Crocetta, President of the Sicilian Regional Government, have in common? Quite a lot actually. Apart from the fact they are friends and their love of the arts, they both enjoy defying Cosa Nostra.
Rosario Crocetta, has been doing it since his days as mayor of the town of Gela on the south coast of Sicily, when he defined himself as an anti-mafia mayor. Antonio Presti, instead, decided to invest in culture and beauty for nothing in return, which immediately put paid to any kickbacks or collusion with the local ‘capi’. This was considered subversive in Sicily, 30 years ago, when he wanted to donate his sculpture park to local municipalities.
With a degree in engineering and a safe career in his father’s construction company, Antonio found himself running the company at a young age after his father’s sudden death. He so