WoMA: Renata, you graduated in Law. What happened that you decided to switch from Law to Arts? I graduated in Law in 90s and then I commenced working for Marketing and Communication departments in different American multinational corporations. At some instant moment, I felt disgust … Continue readingNew beginnings – vis à vis Renata Fabbri
They thought that every artist was a Star and so they called themselves the Stars. In 1979, after a decade marked by the Cultural Revolution, a political initiative aimed at strengthening the absolute power of Mao Zedong, a group of young artists XingXing held their … Continue readingXingXing or Stars
In this second part of WoMA’s exclusive interview with Patrizia Sandretto, President of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, you may indeed deepen and further understand the role of Contemporary Art in today’s society, and how the work and commitment of key personalities like Patrizia Sandretto, have … Continue readingWords, voice and dialogue – vis à vis Patrizia Sandretto
Waqas Khan is a minimal artist from Pakistan. His characteristic artworks are “delirious” drawings: waves, circles, spirals in pink, black and white ink. He creates compositions from virtually microscopic gestures, drawings that start as tiny, grow as precise circles and expand to become wide fields of shimmering … Continue readingNets of Spirituality and Infinity – Waqas Khan
There are visions in the paintings of Cristiano Menchini that seem to allude to the lust of nature, to her personality at times capricious, other times impetuous, and that convey at last a foreboding sense of attraction. How do you capture that vision, that moment in time and space that now … Continue readingInner Visions – Cristiano Focacci Menchini
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo can be truly considered an art lover. Arts became her life, first when she started her own collection, now one of the richest in Italy, and then from 1995 with the opening of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation. Its mission is … Continue readingWhen Art Poses Us Questions – vis à vis Patrizia Sandretto