Italian Illustrator: Fabio Celoni

I was a solitary young teenager when the Italian Disney comic publication "Topolino" came out with a story that totally blew me away. It was called "Torna a casa Paperino", we are in 1994 and on the 25th of January (2 days after  my birthday) Alice in chains released the beautiful "Jar of Flies".

What really struck me was how the illustrations were simply amazing and although the publication is mainly aimed at a kid audience, the story was almost  an oniric-like experience.

There's an undeniable dark element to these drawings which in the harmless Disney universe was unheard-of.
The name of the artist: Fabio Celoni

 "Torna a casa Paperino"

He has clearly a different style approach than your typical Disney illustrator and although the combination between these two opposite worlds might seem hazardous to say the least it turned up to be a winning bet.
Fabio Celon is now one of the most appreciated illustrator in Italy and his work published by several different publications.

Thy skull

I have to admit it....I like skulls.

I like to stroll among ancient grave stones and to look at the ornaments of old churches.

so there you go, here's one of my latest finds.

It was in a dark corner and I simply walked past it till somebody opened a door. The light came in and it suddenly was there. Vaguely shy.

We talked for a bit and asked him if I could take a photo of him. He told me to go on but he was not able to sign the model release form.

I hope this won't go legal one day!!

The art of composition

Mastering the art of composition is probably the most challenging aspect of an artist's path, but also the most rewarding.  This is something nobody can teach you because it is a very subjective topic, because your work has to turn into the reflection of your soul and its multi-faced complexity.

No need to telly you that in the long run what will set you apart from the myriads of photographers that you see around is the ability to develop your own vision and style.

It doesn't mean you will be appreciated and become famous but at least you will be unique....and you art will satisfy your need to express yourself.

Although composition is something that you will learn with time, experience and experiments there are anyway some basic concepts that can help you understand why some works of art in history have been more appreciated than others. Learning these very rules for an artist is quite important, it will be then  up to you whether to apply these rules or not, but most important one day you will do it in a non-conscious way.

There are many books and articles on the internet that explains the rules of composition and it is all good and nice. In my opinion the best way to learn is to look and understand the work of the old masters of painting.

Charles Baudelaire: The journey and the awareness of failure (ENG/FRA)

Charles Baudelaire: The journey and the awareness of failure

Please find below the original text in french by Miss Rossana Pintus.

The journey is for Baudelaire first of all an escape from this world, from reality; to him it is a mean to break out of the reality he lives in. In other words, it is a sort of a poetic act.

Through his poetry Baudelaire tries to reach the Ideal and through the journey he will try to dull this reality he is trapped inside.

The three key poems of « Les fleurs du mal » are: “L’invitation au voyage “; - “ Un voyage à Cytère “; - inspired to Baudelaire by a piece of Nerval and which the movement of the whole reminds us of Rimbaud’s “Bateau Ivre” – and “le voyage”

It’s the longest poem on “Les fleurs du mal” « (36 strophes) and the final one: it closes the collection and gives us the key to Baudelaire’s experience.

These are very noteworthy poems on “Les fleurs du mal”, where Baudelaire surveys the sad realization of the failure of the journey - failure that is generalized on his other poems - and where at the end he will find himself face to face with his miserable condition.

In the poem “le voyage” he has experienced everything: it’s time to make an analysis of his existence and of his adventure. Not only of his adventure as a man, but of his adventure as a poet, because the two things in Baudelaire coincide.

Border Cities & New Identities | Romania 2013

I've recently taken part in a group exhibition: Border Cities & New Identities  in Suceava (Romania), at The Water Plant “Uzina de Apa”, from July 26, to August 02 2013.

Here below you will find the link to the website with the feedback release and some photos of the event:

Border Cities & New Identities | Romania 2013