Beyond the way

Sforza Castle - Milan

Gazzada - Varese

Gazzada - Varese

you can play your game.

Images by Renato Ornaghi

Artist: Bernardo Bellotto

Photo Synthesis

by Claudio Bollentini

a color life.

Concept Art "from" Valbossa NOVA: "Il Quadro Elettrico"

The Our Lady of Grace "at the Ortica". A very particular church.

In Milan, in the Ortica district, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace "at the Nettle" (Madonna delle Grazie all'Ortica), also known as Church of Saints Faustino and Jovita or Sanctuary of San Faustino "all'Ortica", is a real hidden treasure of art and history of Milan that very few even know.

Located in the eastern outskirts of Milan, originally the church, one of the oldest in the east, it appeared largely be out of town.

The origin of the church is to be tied to the destruction of Milan in 1162 by Federico Barbarossa. Following it, the inhabitants of the quarters Porta Nuova and Porta Eastern were exiled in the surrounding villages Lambrate and Cavriano.

It is said that the their hopes of returning to the city became prayer and, in 1182, they asked for the intercession of Our Lady by dedicating her a simple graffiti.

Indeed, the following year, with the Peace of Constance, Federico Barbarossa recognized the municipal autonomy of Milan and the right of the inhabitants to return in town. So, the inhabitants decided to thank the Virgin Mary by painting over the graffiti a fresco called "Our Lady of Grace".

In 1182, the sanctuary was founded, originally dedicated to the Saint Faustino of Cavriano. 

The sanctuary seems to have been consecrated for the first time in 1370. The building that is currently visible is the result of a reshuffle of 1519, with a new rededication by Monsignor Francesco Landino, Bishop of Lodi, on behalf of the Cardinal Ippolito of Este, Archbishop of Milan. 

In the same period, the sacristy was added with a voult covered by a fresco of Leonardo school.

The church has known centuries of decay and, possibly connected to a farmhouse, it was used, during the twentieth century, as a warehouse.

Externally, the building is very simple and almost without decorations, while the interiors are richly decorated with frescoes of the sixteenth century. Very curious frescoes in the nave, where prevail pastel shades of blue, green and, in particular, of pink. They differ from most of the frescoes in the more famous churches in Milan and, if anything, they present some stylistic similarities with some of those present in the Duomo of Monza.

original article, photo and others from: milanofotografo.it

From Varese, the "Caravaggio way". On the road to the world...

"Art is a public good and it should be accessible and free to all. This is the most important thing for me." A. Ravo Mattoni

Inspired by a painting by Caravaggio, The "Cattura di Cristo", the new murals, made with spray cans by Andrea Ravo, visible bricks on one of the pillars at the roundabout in Viale Belforte - Varese (Lombardy), on the way to a famous hypermarket.

Andrea Ravo Mattoni, born in Varese in 1981, comes from a family of artists, if the father Carlo was an artist of conceptual art and behavioral, illustrator and graphic designer, the uncle Alberto under the pseudonym Matal was Lillibeth creator of the character, while the grandfather Giovanni Italo was among the creators of Liebig cards and Lavazza.

Mattoni, after starting in 1995 to paint with spray cans, founded Crew HBM with Vine, then she collaborated with Seacreative, Refreshink, Bags and Kraser and joined the painting course at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera.

In 2003 he founded in Milan the factory "The BAG", a collective of artists with the seat in the Bovisa district, in 2008, after being detached from the collective, he began working as the assistant of Manuela Gandini curator at Artandgallery gallery and in 2010 teamed up with art gallery Silbernagl Undergallery based in Daverio (Vabossa - Varese) and Milan and with the Square23 gallery in Turin.

The murals is part of the Urban Canvas project that in recent years has given the opportunity to artists of international renown of Varese to leave a drawing in their city, as well as having involved writers from all over Europe, thanks to the Association WgArt, Sea Creative, Luigi Vin Semeraro, Etnik, Kraser, Urbansolid and many others.

And now...also in Sicily

In San Salvatore di Fitalia - Messina (Sicily): "Cena di Emmaus"

and previously:

In Milan Malpensa (Lombardy): "Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto"

In Olbia (Sardinia): "Il ritrovamento della vera croce" (Master of Ozzieri)

Info by Paola Montonati from labissa.com - Adelia Brigo from varesenews.it

Photo from: streetartnews.net

Caravaggio concept by Valbossa NOVA: Lui non può capire - Con tutto il cuore

Street art from Varese: Come together...into the Varese subway

Good Morning INSUBRIA prompt: Street Art around

The Universal Judgment...is it still alive?

Circle of hell in a group of souls expiating guilt: sinners actors walking in circles, clinging to each other, naked, lenses; prisoners of their marcantonii inspired from the air, their Juliets young and beautiful, of fatty attendants, of Macbeth by the outstretched hands of prisoners agreements, tics, collective neurosis, no longer able to leave the scene.

Beasts of the scene (Bestie di scena) is a point of arrival for Emma Dante at the Piccolo Theater in Milan, but also in his artistic career: for a theater woman that shapes up to hold the living body of someone who is on the stage, was an inevitable event, we full of expectations, a hell of acting work.

It is a project that tells the inability to act, the action failed and the deep unease to appear naked in front of an audience. The actor is the one who rushes to the scene driven by superhuman strength; crossed the border reborn, it breaks the membrane of the lungs and breathes as if breathing for the first time. But as soon crosses the public's eyes, ashamed, do not resist, would like to get away and have no way out, the output is prohibited, coming from fifth fire signals, it is impossible to hide. The actor is obliged to remain. Trembling, vulnerable, in front of us. She investigates her nakedness, essence, his bestial nature, the stage that pollute and whose fence can not get out. In the bare stage, surrounded by a backdrop and six scenes, a group of souls walking in a circle, clinging to each other in a silent patrol.

More about the Universal Judgment for the Lombard art

On the hills south of Varese, wrapped in green, it stands the church of Santa Maria Annunciata, near the village of Brunello. Easily visible to those passing on the nearby road nearby, the small church has had a magnificent view of Mount Rosa.

Erected between 1200 and 1300, Santa Maria Annunciata, with the nearby convent, was part of the order of the humiliated, a religious congregation dedicated to diverse and thriving textile and financial assets, which made him very rich and unfortunately corrupted.

Inside the church there are some frescoes of the fifteenth century, of which the most important and also the largest, representing Universal Judgment, a subject that seems to be the only currently existing in Lombardy. The author does not know much, but in the documents is suspect as the Brunello master.

A curious note is that the frescoes were discovered only in 1935 by the local parish priest, under a rich layer of lime whitewashing, and perhaps this treatment was used to disinfect the walls, in order to finally defeat the plague that struck the Varesotto in 1576.

photo from: fmboschetto.it

original info: piccoloteatro.org - P. Montonati from labissa.com

new title&concept edition in creative license by Good Morning INSUBRIA

In the ORIGIN Land...Santa Maria della Valle

Go into the PALACE. Varese.

In ancient times the appearance of Varese included the village, with the civil and religious center, and six "Castellanze" connected to it. The village was divided into seven "castellanze": Giubiano, Bosto, Casbeno, Biumo Inferiore and Superiore, Cartabbia and Bizzozero. The "Castellanze"were extra-urban centers, almost all built on hills, as possessed autonomous churches, mills, old farmhouses and inns, however, they were not independent from the village and from the point of civil and religious views and formed with it one body and indivisible: that is, "Varese and its Castellanze".

Once these groups of houses were separated from the center but over the years, they have been incorporated to the urban fabric of city.

Varese became capital of the province in the 1927, the municipal area was enlarged and came also included the "castellanze". The city center underwent a radical metamorphosis: Piazza Porcari and part of the late-medieval center were "gutted" to make way for modern Piazza Monte Grappa, where we find palaces Littorio style as the Palace of the Chamber of Commerce and other private buildings. The square is located a few meters from Porta Campagna and the Palazzo Estense, seat of the Town Hall.

From Palazzo Estense this itinerary for Old Town. It is a short "trip" within the city center, with the visit of main monuments and gardens. The Estense Palace was built between 1766 and 1771 by Giuseppe Bianchi, as an extension the existing Orrigoni Palace and was the residence of Francesco III of Este in the period of his Signoria.

Thanks to Estense Palace and numerous villas all with splendid eighteenth-century Italian gardens, Varese was called the little Versailles of Milan. Among the Varesini parks, the garden of Palazzo Estense is of great beauty: the garden in Italian style, with French-inspired elements, it is characterized by a large "parterre", a great "Bath" and paths bordered by hornbeams rise to the top of the hill, from where you it enjoys a splendid view. 

The garden was built in conjunction with the building under the direction of Giuseppe Bianchi and the Duke of Este, but ended a few years later. For meet the needs of the Duke, a part of the Park was set up in "roccolo" for bird, while another area was dedicated to vegetable gardens. Building, and the park is accessed through the main door of honor.

The most interesting facade the building is the one facing towards the garden: it forms measured, typical of the style "Barocchetto Lombardo", with cornices in white contrasting with pink plaster. 

The pediment is placed a sundial surmounted by the Este eagle.

The exterior facade, however, is simple and straightforward, with neo-classical influences. Worthy of note are the three portals of entry, placed at equal distance one from the other. The Hall of Honor (or Salone Estense), is rich of valuable elements, the frescoes illusionistic are of Borsellini; the big central medallion was painted by Giovan Battista Ronchelli of Cabiaglio. 

Here the Duke Francesco III of Este was usually organize lavish receptions. Today it houses the municipal council.

original info by: varesecittagiardino.it

photo by: varesemia.com

Sumirago Social Art

event

Celebrating the Italian excellences: 3rd Intenational EX LIBRIS meeting "Bodio Lomnago 2016"

What about EX LIBRIS

For those not clear what a "ex libris", we can briefly say that it is a custom label with a not necessarily artistic design and engraved with the name and surname of the owner of a collection of books. From large gifts libraries, university or monastic, to small personal collection of books on history, literature and gastronomy, all of which can be labeled with a bookplate that applied on the inside cover of each book to certify their property and memories... to those who have had to borrow, to make it!

The invention of printing in the second half of the sixteenth century until the late nineteenth century, the bookplate was essentially heraldic and the exclusive domain of the noble classes; the twentieth century and the expansion of culture to wider layers of the population, the bookplates have become hallmark of medical libraries, enlightened lawyers and traders who that giving talented artists the commission of their production, they have given way to their spread, turning them into true works of art.

Another aspect of the ex libris is the world of collecting virus that fascinates hundreds of amateurs all over the world. In each country they were born associations of artists, collectors and bibliophiles who write, meet, talk, and when the world was still divided by borders and walls, the bookplate transcended all barriers and uniting people, becoming an instrument of exchange cultural and opportunity for friendship between peoples.

Meeting program 2016

Friday 22nd April 2016: ART IN THE EX LIBRIS

6.00 p.m., at Visconti Castle in Somma Lombardo

The Italian Ex Libris Association organizes an exhibition on the memory of Gianni Mantero, in the 30th anniversary of his death, with an homage to his collection, art and activity in development of ex libris. In 1965 Mantero founded B.N.E.L. (Bianco e Nero Ex Libris), an Association whose purpose was the development of the ex libris as a collectible way of art. In 1968, he was also among the founders of the F.I.S.A.E.

8.30 p.m., at Equirelais in Bodio Lomnago

“Dinnerart”. Opening of the exhibition “RussItaly” with ex libris of the artists Maria Maddalena Tuccelli and Vladimir Vereshchagin. The exhibition will be open for the whole meeting. Buffet dinner organized by Marco Chef.

Saturday 23rd April 2016: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

9.30 a.m., at Villa Valerio in Casciago

Opening of the 3rd ex libris meeting. Time for exchanges till 5.00 p.m., with buffet lunch at 1.00 p.m.

6.00 p.m., in “Sala Grande” at Villa Puricelli in Bodio Lomnago

Awarding ceremony of the winners of the 8th Ex Libris International Competition “Library of Bodio Lomnago”, on the topic “Happy birthday, Italy” and opening of the exhibition. In the park of the Villa, there will be an exhibition of “Ferrari” cars and “Vespa” motorbikes, two symbols of Italian industry and technology.

9.00 p.m., at Hotel Vecchia Riva in Varese

Gala dinner and awarding ceremony for the winners of the “Paola Celin” prize, awarded according to the votes expressed by the participants to the meeting. During all the meeting, and also some days earlier and some days later, Bodio Lomnago will be the “Ex libris village”, with many exhibitions on different topics, that will be exhibited in the main places of the village. All the participants will receive a map with the indications of the exhibitions, in order to let them make a free visit during the spare time.

Sunday 24th April 2016: THE CLASSIC AND THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

9.30 a.m., at Villa Valerio in Casciago

Second day of the meeting. Time for exchanges till 4.00 p.m. with buffet lunch at 1.00 p.m.

5.00 p.m., at the Chiostro of Voltorre

Opening of the exhibition “The birth of Europe”, organized by Xotaris Art Forum, from Archanes – Crete.

8.30 p.m., at Equirelais in Bodio Lomnago

Goodbye dinner and opening of the exhibition “Made in Varese”, with some local artists.

original info on: www.exlibrisaie.it

photo from: www.artslife.com

The father of Milan's literature: Carlo Maria Maggi, the "Meneghino".

In the long and bitter controversy between the supporters of the Lombard language, which is recognized unofficially with the Recommendation n.928 of 7 October 1981 of the Council of Europe, we remember the figure of Carlo Maria Maggi. The highpoint personality, he held among others the roles of the Secretary of the Milanese Senate, curator of the borders, a professor of Latin and greek in palatine, superintendent at the University of Pavia schools, a member of the Arcadia and the Academy of Bran with which also he clashed strongly.

He was the first author who, in Milan of the eighteenth century, wrote his works in Milan local language, considered the father of the Lombard literature by authors like Giuseppe Parini and Carlo Porta. It 'was among the first writers to give Lombard Milanese Koine a real aura of Baroque Italian alternate language of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which led to the publication of the first language vocabularies of Milan at the end of the century and then, under Napoleon and in the Restoration period, the poetry of the first Parini and Carlo Porta. These consecrated the "Milanese" literature in language, first at national and then European level, giving rise to the great poets in local languages ​​Italian nineteenth century.

Maggi was born in Milan May 3, 1630 by John the Baptist, noble, of an ancient family of Milanese bourgeoisie, who traded in clothes and fabrics and Angela Riva, at a time when the plague was ravaging much of Lombardy. The Maggi family, to escape the contagion, took refuge in a villa in Lesmo, in Brianza sealing property. Teenager, Charles began to study in the Jesuit College of Brera, at 17 followed his father's wish and he joined the law faculty of the University of Bologna, then in 1649 a degree in civil and canon (degree in civil and canon law).

After a long series of trips, including Rome, Florence, Naples and Venice, 14 September 1656 he married Anna Maria Monticelli, who gave him eleven children. He lived with his family in a villa at 10 via Olmetto, where he led a quiet and peaceful life, away from Milan just for the holidays in family estates in Lesmo and Abbiategrasso.

At the same time grows the importance of Maggi in politics, in 1677 he was elected by the Senate and the government "to attend the de 'medicinal tax". No less important and extensive was his production in the field of letters, leaving more than one thousand five hundred works, including the Italian, the most part, and the Milanese. The poems in Milanese consist of rhymes and comedies. The rhymes were published only after the author's death, date back to the last decade of his life and consist mostly used poems, or epistles in verse, directed to his daughter, for celebrations of weddings and baptisms, or describing moments of bourgeois life. Some of his plays are sharp satire to the society of his contemporary.

The five comedies, plus the five autonomous interludes, also date from the last years of his life, but were performed on several occasions with Maggi still alive. They are: The least evil, The Birbanza Baron, The Meneghino tips, False Philosopher and the Competition de 'Meneghini, plus the self interludes: the interlude of hypochondria, the Intermezzo for a tragedy, l' Intermezzo Dame on the amusements of the Carnival, Beltramina fashionably dressed, the Intermezzo of Ambition.

Maggi from 1690 returned to the theater, with the sacred work The Teopiste and The Return of Asoto, that sacred representation of the prodigal son, and the translation of the classics.

Through Maggi, we owe the definitive introduction of the Meneghino diminutive form of Dominic (in local language of Milan, Domenegh and Menegh), he works the "Birbanza Baron". Meneghino, was originally a hairdresser (Meneghin Pecenna) attractive and sought after by women who, in their own home, they were pampered and to tell him the "novelty" more or less discrete about girlfriends. 

Maggi does Meneghino to impersonate a character who represents the "Milanese" type, by its nature, frank and honest, sensitive and generous worker, and "cont el coeur in man" (Milan local language), full of wisdom and good sense, strong in adversity, in opposition to the corrupt and decadent nobility, the emerging middle class, greedy and amoral. Transforming over time the figure of "Meneghino" from simple mask as a symbol of the real "Milanese". 

Something that had never happened before for no mask. The people of Bologna, do not call "Balanzone", those of Bergamo not called "gioppini" or "harlequins", the inhabitants of Turin are not called "gianduiotti" let alone those of Venice, are called "Pantalone", while Milan's inhabitants are known and recognized as "Meneghini". 

Maggi will not only be the author of the character he created, but he himself will become that character much to sign himself as "Meneghin".

originally written by Paola Montonati from: labissa.com

photo: Carlo Maria Maggi monument - Milan

The mystic rose. Symbology of the Sacro Monte of Varese (Lombardy).

(first part)

From an ancient parchment dating back to 922, it turns out that it was the church of Santa Maria, located in Monte Vellate, at a height of 880 meters above sea level, to name the Sacro Monte of Varese; although more ancient documents report that it was St. Ambrose in 389 to bring the first altar on top of the mountain as a thank you of victory over the Arians.

In 1196 the church underwent a Romanesque reconstruction and, throughout the medieval period, the fortified structures around the same church retained their military-defensive function in such a way as to represent one of the most important fortified areas of the County of Seprio.

In the same period develops the concept of the sacred mountain or holy mountain; concept for other already developed in several Semitic and Mediterranean religions (Mount Olympus, Mount Sinai, Mount Tabor). This concept also fits with the fact that the high ground is beginning to be viewed as ecstatic and allegorical way of asceticism of the spirit. In the first half of the fifteenth century, in fact, groups of hermits settled on the mountain to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. It was after this phenomenon was made the first hermitages (1452 - Blessed Caterina and Beata Giuliana).

The third rebuilding of the church was carried out in 1472 and was the work of the noble house of Sforza, who also commissioned the construction of the "Porta Sforza" (Photo 2) built in 1532 and is still present on site.

San Carlo Borromeo (1538-1584) gave new impetus to the religious fervor renewing the ancient tradition of Marian pilgrimages. It was thanks to such fervor that was conceived the Sacred Way and was, at the same time, thanks to the intuition of a noble Capuchin friar, Father Giambattista Aguggiari from Monza, which he thought to represent, in a didactic-symbolic key, the theological content of the doctrine Catholic on the Mysteries of the Rosary.

Officially the start of work is dated March 25, 1605, Annunciation Day. The end of this majestic work is reported in the last decade of the seventeenth century.

Later they have followed numerous restorations, while maintaining more or less intact the external structure of the chapels, have not always been able to preserve from decay the many places frescoes to ornament the same chapels. In fact, many of them have been irretrievably lost. [...]

original item and copyright by: http://www.ritosimbolico.it/rsi/

Mamma mia! The power of motherhood in "The Great Mother" Milan exhibition

Through the works of over a hundred international artists, "The Great Mother" examines the iconography and the representation of motherhood in twentieth-century, the avant-garde to the present day.

Venuses from the Paleolithic to post-feminism 'bad girls', through the age-old tradition of religious painting with its many scenes of motherhood, the history of art and culture have often place in its center the figure of the mother, the symbol of creativity and metaphor of the very definition of art.

Archetype and primordial image, mother and his family version "Mamma" are also stereotypes intimately linked to the image of Italy. It's a show about the power of women: starting from the representation of motherhood, exposure browsing a century of clashes and battles between emancipation and tradition, telling the transformations of sexuality, genres and the perception of the body and its desires.

With a display that covers an area of ​​about 2,000 square meters on the main floor of the Royal Palace, The Great Mother brings contemporary art to the heart of the program of Expo in the city, connecting the history of the most pressing issues of our time, mixing the contemporary with the story, juxtaposing works today and historical masterpieces, unknown gems and artifacts from the world of cinema and literature, and evoking a rich fabric of associations, memories and images.

The exhibition is sponsored by the City of Milan Culture, created and produced by Nicola Trussardi Foundation together with the Royal Palace for  "Expo in the city" 2015.

THE GREAT MOTHER

Royal Palace - Piazza Duomo 12, Milan

from August 26 to November 15, 2015

Written originally by: labissa.com

Photo and other article on: washingtontimes.com

Lino Russo abstracts Milan Expo architecture for SKYMETRIC series

Lino Russo forms the title of his photographic series ‘skymetric’ from two words: 

‘sky’ and ‘geometric’. 

The italian photographer has documented the architectural sites, structures and 
pavilions presented at expo milan 2015, emphasizing the decontextualization 
of places and spaces.

Looking upwards towards the sky, russo snaps each building’s rooftop, corners, 

windows and walls from fragmented vantage points and perspectives. 

The resulting compositions reveal simple shapes, repetitive patterns, angular lines 
and saturated colors as the primary interpreted elements. 

Original article from: desingboom.com

SKYMETRIC

The word skymetric is a construction composed by: sky and -metric (geometric).
The subject highlights the decontextualization of places and architectural spaces 
in order to alter the natural structure. These places have in common the fact to be 
all completely square, regular and schematic, so achieving geometric shots in a 
minimalist context, where the simplicity and cleanliness reign supreme. 
Another point in common is the sky, infact each shot shows with a light blue 
background that decisively contrasts the brilliant colors of the architectures. 
So this places will cease to exist, the vision that result, won’t be more accostable 
to the original, it will recognize only systematic and organized compositions 
and structures.

Photo and description by: domusweb.it

The story of the paper "Carta Varese"

Carta Varese

What's the "Carta Varese"?

Its production was born in Bassano del Grappa in the seventeeth century through "Casa Remondini", active from 1660 to 1860. Founder was Giovanni Antonio Remondini, which began to print books of devotion, of folk stories and images of saints. In the busiest period, the Company Remondinis counted more than a thousand workers, 18 presses and 24 presses copper for intaglio printing.

Between 1859 and 1860, they were separated and sold the various products in Bassano, Venice and Varese. In particular, the production of decorated paper covers the Molina paper mill of Malnate (Va), printing already famous and productive. 

In 1957 Giorgio Tassotti began his printer and, in collaboration with the Museum of Bassano del Grappa, it proposes not only the ancient prints, but also decorated papers. In '900 the famous confectioners Zamberletti use this card to pack the famous "Dolce Varese", wrapped in a sheet with the reason for the lily. Today is mainly used for the technique of cardboard and for covering boxes and drawers.

Written by: Laura Zuccarello from decoranticart.blogspot.it

Special thanks: labissa.com

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Magic in the Hungarian art: Maria Kopacz meets Santa Maria del Monte of Varese

In the August 19, 2015 at 17:30 will open the exhibition of Maria Kopacz to Camponovo, on the premises of Route Historical Museum located at the foot of the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte, Sacro Monte of Varese. This is the fourth initiative sponsored by the Caravati Cultural Center and included in the planning of events EXPO organized by the Hungarian Government in partnership with Carpathia, scorer of the Pavilion EXPO Hungary.

Scheduled at 17:30, Vernissage with the Authorities to be followed by a concert by the Hungarian master Banda Adam, violin soloist, who will play a valuable Stradivarius. The opening of the exhibition coincides with the celebrations for the anniversary of the Hungarian patron Stephen I of Hungary, or St. Stephen of Hungary, the first Hungarian king, he lived in the Year One thousand, founder of the Hungarian state and the Church, and venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and Orthodox. Personalities from the world of arts and culture internationally, will be guests of an elegant gala dinner, invitation only, which will complete the evening in the beautiful Ballroom of Camponovo; to receive guests, the special commissioner for the Hungarian EXPO Gesa Szocs.

Maria Kopacz is an artist of Hungarian Transylvanian origin, who since 1996 has lived and worked in Szentendre (Hungary), in the region of the river Tisza, a tributary of the Danube. He attended the College of Fine Arts in Kolozsvar, its debut was marked by production of graphic works, then the artist is devoted exclusively to paintings and color illustrations. In over thirty years activities carried out numerous exhibitions mainly in Eastern Europe and in Germany, where it has been reviewed in more important art publications. Before Santa Maria del Monte in Varese, the paintings of Maria Kopacz were exhibited in Beijing at the Museum of Fine Arts section of Hungarian Art.

Protagonists of the paintings of Mary Kopacz are angels, dolls, witches and circus characters: a population that lives in a fantastic dream world, a dream-like dimension that literature has often associated with the everyday life of people living in the Tisza region, only river that flows entirely in Hungary. Sometimes the paintings of Mary Kopacz extend over the edge and on the frames made in

handmade by the artist; sometimes they contain small stories handwritten by children: the artist is also an illustrator for children known internationally.

Original article from labissa.com
Location: Varese, Santa Maria del Monte