Art

A nice and lovely world

Botticelli-The Birth of Venus with baci, esselunga, barilla, PSP and easyjet - Tomoko Nagao

Botticelli-The Birth of Venus with baci, esselunga, barilla, PSP and easyjet - Tomoko Nagao

 

Have you ever dreamed of making every aspect of the world we live nicer and more loving? Have you ever wanted to live in a world made ​​of soft, fluffy things that make you scream with tenderness? A tender world: from the best known brands, such as Barilla pasta or Easyjet flights, to the most harmless puppets such as Hello Kitty or MyMelody.

Tomoko Nagao’s world is like this, a world where everything, absolutely everything, is tender and sweet. Kawaizations is the name of the exhibition by Japanese artist Tomoko Nagao, where the term to kawaiz means “to make nice and loving.” The young Japanese artist, through art and digital vectors, transforms the icons of the Western world, the consumer brands and works of art, putting in place an operation of riappropriation of reality. read more & leave a comment

A cargo ship loaded with… eroticism

foto di Angela Regina

foto di Angela Regina

“EroticaMente” is the name of an exhibition starting from Bari and traveling to Europe before landing back to Bari in 2013, enriched by the contributions from the artists who will climb on board. The exhibition, which opened on May 5, will be shown in Bari at the Art Gallery Under the Road until May 19, 2012, then it will move to Rome, Milan, Turin, Parma, Pazin (Croatia) and Germany. read more & leave a comment

Helmut Newton at the Grand Palais in Paris

Helmut Newton An exhibition not to miss, the largest retrospective ever devoted to the master photographer Helmut Newton. In Paris, at the Grand Palais, will be showcased more than two hundred photographs of the great photographer who died in 2004. read more & leave a comment

To get reality you have to go through fiction

On May the 4th, in Rome, Agnese Trocchi inaugurates her personal exhibition at the gallery “The House of Love and Dissent” in via Leonina 85 (Monti). “Reality Fiction, to get reality you have to go through fiction,” reads the invitation. read more & leave a comment

Eroticism and sensuality in Rome

EroticamenteEroticism as a vehicle of creativity, sensuality as an aesthetic experience to live throught the works of 28 artists that, in exhibition in Rome, reflect on the nature of eroticism. read more & leave a comment

The prison of Pastrengo

Le segrete di pastrengoIn Milan it could happen to get locked for two days in the prison of Pastrengo.

A prison cell is that dark and wet room where all the naughtiest perversions could become true. On April 20 and 21, in Milan, the erotic visions of 11 artists will be shown in via Pastrengo 12 from 6 pm. read more & leave a comment

The brief life of Francesca Woodman

Francesca WoodmanOn March, 16 the exhibition of Francesca Woodman will open at the Guggenheim Museum of New York. Until June the 13th you can see a tribute to the brief life of the artist, dead (suicidal) at only 22.

Francesca Woodman, born in a family of artists, dedicated herself to photography, exploring the relations between space and the female body. Through photography, she investigated the female subject in its nudity, within a naked and distant space. read more & leave a comment

I love you but I can explain

ti amo ma posso spiegartiHow many of you are afraid of the magic words “I love you”? Once upon a time love was a beautiful thing to seal with a kiss, now is a commitment and a responsibility that no one wants to take.

Sex and flirting are ok, but love is not! Love is too much of a commitment… it’s just not right for these fast and individualist times. It’s better a lonely life full of occasional pleasure encounters than a responsability as big as love. On February the 21st at 5pm Guido Catalano will read some of his poetry about the theme. read more & leave a comment

Eroticism and sex in the digital market

watch me work

Watch Me Work" di Liad Hussein Kantorowicz e Kate Erhardt.

In Berlin, as part of the Transmediale, international festival of electronic cultures at its 14th year, on 4 february the theme will be eroticism and market. “Commercializing Eros” is the title of a debate held by the Italian Gaia Novati about eroticism and sexuality in the digital era. There will be space for the strategies used on social networks, as well as for the viral diffusion of the queer aptitude. read more & leave a comment

Seattle Erotic Art Festival: send your work

Mark Daughhetee - Safe Sex - Seattle Erotic Art Exhibition 2011

Mark Daughhetee - Safe Sex - Seattle Erotic Art Exhibition 2011

Are you an artist? Do you write, draw, or film? Are you a performer? If among your works there are erotic ones, then you can’t miss the opportunity of partecipating in the Seattle Erotic Art Festival. The Seattle Erotic Art Festiva, at its 10 year of life, is an annual event produced by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture. Located in Seattle in the Fremont Studies from 16 to 24 June 2012, through the celebration of arts promotes the freedom of expression and supports the creative communities. read more & leave a comment