Our Next Event
Wednesday June 21, 2023 8PM CET / 2PM EST / 11AM PST
“Shifting Balance “between sacred and profane”
with artist Nicole Colombo, curator Rossella Farinotti, Leonardo Caldonazzo Arvedi, Owner and founder of II Triangolo Art Gallery, and Mauro Mattei founder of MMAT (Mauro Mattei Art Trust), and with Marta Orsola Sironi founder of BeAdvisory.
The Art Talks are delighted to welcome you all to another inspiring Art Talk to celebrate the beginning of the summer with Artist Nicole Colombo who will guide us through her exhibition “Shifting Balance “between sacred and profane” curated by Rossella Farinotti, and special intervention of Leonardo Caldonazzo Arvedi , owner and founder of II Triangolo Art Gallery , Mauro Mattei founder of MMAT (Mauro Mattei Art Trust), and with Marta Orsola Sironi founder of BeAdvisory.
“In the border zone between discomfort and comfort, between power dynamics and the power of fragility, between love and lust, pain and vulnerability, libido and repulsion, body and narrative, the artist opens up spaces of freedom and resistance.”
Nicole Colombo will guide through her recent exhibition in Cremona. Shifting Balance ”is Nicole Colombo’s attempt to dismantle any idea of dichotomy that is established in our relationship with the world, inviting the viewers to question themself and embrace the duality of existence. In the border zone between discomfort and comfort, between power dynamics and the power of fragility,between love and lust, pain and vulnerability, libido and repulsion, body and narrative, the artist opens up spaces of freedom and resistance.”
Nicole Colombo extrapolates the use of space, the artworks’ staging and the capability to sharply define an original vocabulary through the use of materials. Her domestic and large-scale sculptures and installations create a tension in the space and in the observer as they possess a sortof living energy, while the chosen materials and their combination result to be at the same time libidinal and repulsive
Leather, aluminum, synthetic hairs, chains, plexiglass, latex and hooks give birth to an impeccable and highly aestheticized vision in order to attract the viewers and introduce them to a wider range of possibilities as a lens to approach reality…
But … What is your reality ?
Nicole Colombo (b.1991, Italy). Far from a sort of educated “italian approach”, the artist is imposing an aesthetic that is much closer to that of the two Berlin-based artists Monica Bonvicini and Anne Imhof - both solid starting points of her research and imaginary. From them, Nicole Colombo extrapolates the use of space, the artworks’ staging and the capability to sharply define an original vocabulary through the use of materials.
Nicole Colombo’s domestic and large-scale sculptures and installations create a tension in the space and in the observer as they possess a sort of living energy, while the chosen materials and their combination result to be at the same time libidinal and repulsive. An anthropological approach stands at the core of her research: the artist observes the dichotomies that often characterize the western societies and the difficulty of the human being to accept their co-existence. Leveraging our common imaginary, her attempt gives back to the observer artworks that represent the duality of things, creating abstract characters that portrait each of us.
Leather, aluminum, synthetic hairs, chains, plexiglass, latex and hooks give birth to an impeccable and highly aestheticized vision in order to attract the viewers and introduce them to a wider range of possibilities as a lens to approach reality.
In the border zone between discomfort and comfort, between power dynamics and the power of fragility, between love and lust, pain and vulnerability, libido and repulsion, body and narrative, the artist opens up spaces of freedom and resistance.
Rossella Farinotti is a contemporary and film art critic, curator and journalist. He writes for magazines and industry magazines such as 'Flash Art Italia', 'Zero', 'Mymovies', 'Exibart'. He is executive director of the Gio' Pomodoro archive (Milan) since 2016; curatorial consultant for Sergio Rossi “The Magic Kingdom” and of the Citadel of the Archives of the Municipality of Milan for public art projects, such as the realisation of the permanent work “La città che sale” by Vedovamazzei. Professor of the three-year course Promotion for Art and Culture and of the Masters in Art Market and Marketing in the Arts at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; professor of History of Cinema at the NABA in Milan; in 2013 he publishes the Painting that lived twice, on the relationship between art and cinema. From 2014 to 2019 he lived between Milan and Chicago.
Leonardo Caldonazzo Arvedi (Cremona, 2000)
Owner and founder of II Triangolo Art Gallery
Il Triangolo is a contemporary art gallery based in Cremona, Italy. The gallery was first opened more than fifty years ago and in 2018 Leonardo re-opened it at the age 18. He spent the last few years focusing mostly on discovering emerging artists to give them a chance to grow in his gallery space. Il Triangolo now works with artists from different generations and backgrounds. He graduated from Università Bocconi in Milan and is currently a Master in Management student at ESCP in Paris.
Mauro Mattei Art Trust is the art trust created to manage Mauro Mattei’s contemporary art collection. The collection took the form of an Art Trust following the idea of its founder, Mauro Mattei, partner at BeAdvisors, an independent advisory firm based in London and Milan and founder of the crowdfunding platform BeArt, who has over twenty years’ experience in the tax, trusts and wealth management fields.
Art Trust
Identifying the best strategy for the conservation and enhancement of an art collection is certainly one of every collector’s recurring thoughts. Art Trusts are one of the best tools for an efficient wealth planning and for the generational transfer of artistic assets; they are able to provide a unitary and organized management of the collection, protect their assets from external aggressions and, at the same time, satisfy collector's wishes in the field of patronage and philanthropy.
Past Events
“I Can Do That Too!” Says the AI
With: Tobias Gutmann, Artist; Marta Kwiatkowski, Head of Social Engagement at La Mobilière; Anikó Koltai, COO of NOA (Network of Arts) and Pauline Foessel, Co-Director Underdogs Gallery
Wednesday April 26th, 2023
8PM CET / 2PM EST / 11AM PST
If you cannot join via the Join Live button, please paste the following link into your browser: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86722316498
Tobias Gutmann
"My artistic practice focuses on creating and investigating encounters - between people, cultures and environments, but also between what we perceive externally and what we feel internally. ", Gutmann says.
With his Face-o-mat performance, Tobias Gutmann has been traveling the world for 10 years, and has already met and portrayed over 5000 people. In doing so, he strives to capture an abstract interpretation of the face, and capture "the sound of a person."
Since 2019, Gutmann has been developing in collaboration with Dazlus, Sai Bot, an art-creating artificial intelligence that draws portraits that transmit the Face-o-mat THEN, and process ten years of experience of the artist. With the Face-o-mat performance, Sai Bot and Tobias Gutmann jointly explore a new kind of creative encounter, that between humans and machines.
Anikó Koltai is COO of NOA (Network of Arts), the international art agency for contemporary art. With many years of experience in both large and small businesses, she brings skills in management and strategic planning to NOA. She takes responsibility in essential areas of the agency. She works purposefully and strategically towards perfecting NOA's business model and delivering on the promise to promote contemporary artists’ careers. Anikó is an artist herself and thus has a deep understanding of the work of contemporary artists. As a Hungarian-Swiss citizen, she completed a bachelor's degree in economics in Hungary and holds a BA in Fine -Arts from Switzerland.
Maria Linares-Freire
“The Map Woman”
Monday March 6th, 2023
8PM CET / 7PM GMT / 2PM EST / 11AM PST
The Map Women is an exhibition inspired by a poem written by Carol Ann Duffy, the first female Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. We will be presenting a selection of works from artists from WOM Collective exploring female identity , how the universe has influenced our imagination and the way we interact with the world. Curated by Maria Linares Freire and Damitta.
Live painting with Damitta, Elno and Lily Curiouser and Live music with Kiffa on the 8th March, International Women's Day.
WOM COLLECTIVE LAUNCHES A SERIES OF EMPOWERING EVENTS BY FEMALE STREET ARTISTS IN LONDON
A Celebration of the Art that Inspires us for International Women’s Day
In celebration of International Women’s Day, WOM Collective, a platform dedicated to nurturing and championing female street
artists, presents a series of artistic projects. This year’s iteration of their annual WOM INSPIRED programme includes exhibition of
artworks by collective members, a mural gallery including works by over 30 artists and a paint jam open to all female artists.
From Monday 6th March until Wednesday 8th March, ‘WOM INSPIRED23’ presents The Map Women, an exhibition curated by WOM
members, Maria Linares Freire & Damitta. Staged in the heart of West Kensington, the exhibition is inspired by a poem of the same
name, written by Carol Ann Duffy, the first female Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. The exhibition centres a selection of
artworks, exploring female identity and how universal forces influence artistic imagination.
Mural ART Exhibition / Penge Rooftop Gallery (The Blenheim Centre, High St, SE20 8RW).
On Saturday 11th March and Saturday 18th March, 11am until 4pm, ‘WOM INSPIRED23’ opens the doors to Penge Rooftop Gallery.
This urban art experience features over 30 new murals by female artists, transforming the unused car park with a spectacular
combination of different styles, each one celebrating something that inspires them. The urban gallery is curated by WOM founders
Lours & Elno, with the support of London Calling Blog.
A Paint/Graffiti Jam will take place in Allen Gardens ,off Brick Lane in Shoreditch on Sunday 5th March, 10am until 5pm, with an
open invitation for all female artists to join, regardless of experience. WOM Jam’s are a safe and inclusive environment, and
welcome for the first time and novice painters taking part!
Who will be speaking?
Maria Linares Freire
With my work I am on a journey through time and space looking for metaphysical answers to the secrets of the Universe. The relativity of time, rebirth, evolution, love, quantum entanglement, landscapes inspired by mythological stories, there is no limit to my imagination as there are no limits for numbers. My passion for geometry and nature has led me to my fascination with science, the symmetrical structures of the microcosms and macrocosms which has been capturing my attention for the last few years.
I was born in Andalucia, Spain, then I moved to London in 1998 where I developed my artistic career. Since 2015 I have been exhibiting in many iconic places of London, Rome, Milan, Athens and the most special, the Moon. Winner of 10 international awards including the Leonardo da Vinci International Prize, Dante Alighieri Award , Face of Peace Award and Artist of the Future among others.
Editor for the Arts for the Magazine Revue{R}evolution, a polymath review of poetry, mythology, metaphysics and art. Cultural Strategist for The Polymath Agency. Since February 2023 I have joined the futuristic Holo Art Collective, where art and science meets human and machine.
Damitta
I’m a fine artist and urban artist from Spain based in London since 2016.
I have been painting for more than 17 years using different mediums and techniques such as oils, acrylic, pencils...but my passion is street Art.
I fell in love with muralism around 15 years ago. The big dimensions and the fact that you are in the street makes me feel a strong connection with the
environment bringing art to people in a natural and spontaneous way.
Exploring women's identity and how nature enhances our beauty through light and shadows is the inspiration for my work. My designs bring a fine arts vision of the woman figure to the street art culture
My style is figurative with influences of art nouveau, impressionism combined with street art and illustration. Light and colours are essential in my paintings.
Light has the ability to provoke emotions and light levels can directly influence our mood. I want to raise those feelings through my art.
Elno, founder of WOM collective
Elena Gonzalez Nieto, also known as ELNO, is a Spanish visual artist based in London
since 2014. Covering a broad range of artistic styles & techniques, Street Artist, Illustrator / Painter and co-founder of the Wom Collective, a female street art collective that puts great emphasis on empowering Women & Connecting and inspiring communities through art. Curating various events, exhibitions & paint jams that all put great focus on sharing and inspiring the community.
Her style has evolved & developed from a multitude of background influences ranging from living experiences in European Cities such as Paris & Barcelona, working experiences within the theatre / Film industry to her interest in self development, spirituality and the natural world.
Well qualified within the creative industries, She has a Masters Degree in Costume Design attained from IED (Barcelona) and a degree in Fashion Design graduating from EASD in Valencia, finishing her degree with an award scholarship in Paris lasting 8 Months. During the last years, Elena has worked tirelessly to develop her skills as a street artists, and illustrator, finding core inspiration within the hustle and bustle of the London Streets, and in the general environment surrounding her. She is a firm believer in the power of art, what it can bring to a community, the impact of art within society and the life it can ignite within people.
Her work as a mural artist and painter has been supported and commissioned from various brands ranging from Las Iguanas Restaurant, G-Star Raw, Foot Locker, Acer, Formula E, Glastonbury Festival to CNN. ELNO has also had her illustration work featured in collaboration with multiple Spanish writers within Magazine publications, Novels, and children's Books.
LOURS, founder of WOM Collective
LOURS is a multifaceted urban, digital and studio artist with roots in graffiti muralism and theatrical performance.
She shares her inner world with the intention of making people smile and touching the
hearts of fellow human beings. Her illegal practice began over 20 years ago, and her creative work evolved into art direction, specialising in costume and stage design. Upon moving from Madrid to London, the vibrant British graffiti and street art scene deeply influenced LOURS as an artist, as she discovered new skills, techniques and people that refined her practice.
LOURS focused on the surreal-realist style of painting, and is inspired by her experiences, whether they are strongly felt emotions or the contrast of the sky. Subject matter maybe someone whom she appreciates or a reason for complaint. Painting is her method of communication with the world.