Birth: June 21, 1978
Daily life is both the subject and environment of the work I am making..
For me, it would be very difficult to express an opinion about our times without humor. I don't think you could do that..
Basically, art should remain something that is complex, that has many layers, so there's always a possibility to reconsider things and have a differe….
In the traditional Ikebana things always have to be asymmetrical, because in this they look more natural and balanced..
I like to make sculpture because it makes my life social. When I make drawings, I work alone. When I work with sculpture I have someone I can work wi….
Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?.
I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy..
Art has to maintain as large a space for interpretation as possible, and to protect itself from being too narrow..
I know that Instagram belongs to Facebook, so I cannot really stand on a political pedestal and say, "I'm against Facebook!" But I haven't wanted to ….
I want to experiment with new techniques and become a "traditional baroque artist.".
When I think about the reference to baroque, I'm most interested in how art was integrated into domestic life. That's why I like fresco, because fres….
In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often stronger to spread an opini….
I think art must be the place where you are protected from the logic of the outside world..
A lot of my work deals with this emotion of discouragement or fear, and this emotion cannot be approached without humor because then things become in….
For me, it's really important that the experience of art is always something that is able to provoke strong emotion, an emotion that you feel in your….
In fact, the underlying principle of the baroque is the idea of transformation, of movement, and animals becoming man, and man becoming animals, and ….
I felt like if I was on Facebook, I would probably spend my days looking at people's profiles, seeing what they do, and feeling bad about not working….
The political cartoon, in a way, is one of the highest forms of expression about our times. I don't believe in dramatic statements when it comes to p….
I'm interested in making works for museums in a way that make the space feel domestic, and I'm always thinking about how this work will be part of so….
Baroque sculpture and interior design has a quality of creating an environment that seems organic because it's full of curves and details, like a for….
I'm spending a lot of time in the Palazzo and in the museums. I'm printing [pictures that I take] and making a binder with a mix of internet research….