April 17, 2025 by Ca2Solution
The first money I earned in my life (at thirteen) was related to the commission for a wedding gift of a reproduction of the Madonna and Child by Filippo Lippi.
After an initial figurative period in which I frequented the studio of the engraver Carlo Alberto Petrucci (president of the Calcografia Nazionale and a great friend of Morandi), I had the fortune of meeting two great masters of the second Futurism, Enzo Benedetto and Antonio Marasco. The first, in addition to being a very good painter, was also the director of the magazine Futurism Today, an editorial office that I frequented for several years.
I feel connected to two great futurists, Umberto Boccioni e Giacomo Balla, who I consider my ideal teachers.
I simply don't live it. I rely on others.
It certainly makes the dissemination of art easier and more accessible to a large audience, but we need to see how it is transmitted and above all it must not be manipulated.
An example: the painting Sunflowers Van Gogh's work was manipulated, projected on the floor and walls, so that people could enter it "virtually" to enjoy a experience immersive and also made some Selfie. It may be a fun show, but the painting hanging on the wall gives you an emotion, a magic, makes you think; something that a simple show cannot do.
Yes definitely, I have received several feedbacks from various places.
Just one piece of advice for those who love painting and love to paint. I always say "everyone uses a red and a yellow, but a red and a yellow in the hands of an artist become painting, become beauty, become emotion, become magic - you see Sunflowers by Van Gogh”, therefore painting requires good technique, long times, a lot of sacrifice and a lot of love, contrary to some paintings made today where colours are added to a computer-generated image.