Country: ITALY
Web site: https://ilrattobavoso.altervista.org/
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What is your artistic journey?
Oh...a long and very short story...I believe that everyone is born to be as their heart every night, every moment suggests them to be.And sometimes, often, very often, this call becomes more and more insistent, more and more deafening that it is impossible not to hear and follow. My real life began many years ago, way back in 1995, since then I have never stopped drawing, painting, photographing... cutting, sewing, gluing, experimenting....I have only drawn in black and white for 14 years....and then always and a lot of drawing, I couldn't do anything else, I don't know how to do anything else, I don't want to do anything else....it's my autistic-artistic and only way of being in the world
What is your personal story and creative process ?
As I said before, I started drawing and painting professionally in 1995. Since then I have been painting and drawing every day. I started drawing on many zines and magazines around the world, especially on zines from the ex-Yugoslavia, there was a very lively movement in those places, so many beautiful zines and magazines, so much creativity, so many very good artists with whom I have worked and collaborated during all these years. And then in the USA, Italy, Greece, Spain.... I drew frenetically and joyfully... I also did a lot of mail art.... collaborated with artists, labels, publishers, galleries. I have always had a special love for Black Indian Ink, I adore it and I adore its thousand shades.... For my first 14 years I drew only in black and white. I then moved on to color and collage almost out of urgent necessity, naturally, by chance. Collage is an extraordinary way to get to know yourself and always open new doors,... I like to experiment with anyway, I'm naturally curious. I believe that art is inherent to our feelings, to our thoughts, and follows the flow of our life, incessantly.
In one sentence what is unique about your art?
She's elusive, unpredictable, cathartic, crazy, very crazy like me, right...?!
What is your favorite piece?
I love all my artworks, all of them, absolutely all of them....they are my thoughts, my dreams, my nightmares, how could I choose? It's absurd...
What inspires you?
All my beloved books, fashion, lots of fashion, underground comics, laughter, noises, people in the streets, lots of b-movies.... Joel Peter Witkin, Sarah Vaughan, Diamanda Galas, Genesis P. Orridge, Miles Davis, Patty Waters, Joni Mitchell, Can, Nick Drake, Lonnie Holley... my cats, the winter sea, my mountains.... Osho, Aurobindo and Mère, Tarots, lots of outsider artists, Art Brut
What future projects or artistic goals are you working towards?
I've started a new Tarot deck...I'm working on the story of my next comic-book---and organizing material for two upcoming exhibitions
How do you deal with criticism toward your work?
Criticism, obviously intelligent criticism, is a great way to rethink your work, it helps me grow professionally, to see and focus on details that I had missed... I like everything that makes me think. Criticism helps me to know and to know myself better.
Advice for aspiring artists?
Always be yourself, and always have fun. Art is catharsis and joy.
