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THE LIVING AND ACTIVE ART OF PATRIZIA BENEDETTA FRATUS
| by Barbara Pavan | With Indre and the Medee project—her two most recent interventions—Patrizia Benedetta Fratus (Palosco, 1960) reaffirms her commitment to participatory art, exploring and seeking new individual, social, and political relational dynamics as alternatives to those experimented with so far. An artivist active for years on both the national and international scene, Fratus has always been convinced that art represents a tool for transformation and evolution, both on an individual and collective level, with significant social and political implications. She favors the use of discarded materials to create works and interventions that actively engage those who contribute to their realization, making them an integral and living part…
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GISELLA CHAUDRY
| by Barbara Pavan | Gisella Chaudry was born in Palermo in 1989 and has been living in Turin for several years. Growing up in a family shaped by the fusion of two cultures—her Pakistani father’s and her Sicilian mother’s—nurtured in her a profound sensitivity toward themes of identity and social disparity, which are central to her artistic research. Her practice is an inquiry into the human condition, an attempt to reconnect with the primordial roots of existence through a visual language that explores the relationship between the individual and the cosmos. The artist employs diverse techniques, including combustion, embroidery, and installation—tools through which she constructs narratives suspended between reality…
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AI KIJIMA: THE ART OF TEXTILE COLLAGE BETWEEN CULTURES AND NARRATIVES
| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Ai Kijima, a Japanese artist from Tokyo, has transformed her passion for textiles into unique and captivating works of art. Trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Kijima currently lives and works between Istanbul and Brooklyn, where she continues to explore and merge her multicultural experiences into textile collages that tell stories of cultures and identities. A Passion for Fabric and Visual Storytelling Ai Kijima’s works are the result of a creative process involving a wide range of heterogeneous materials, from vintage kimonos to children’s bed linens, second-hand clothes, and traditional fabrics. Her work is a collage of stories and meanings,…
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JULIA COUZENS: FROM PAINTING TO SCULPTURE, THE EVOLUTION OF A VISIONARY ARTIST
| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Art is an ever-evolving journey, a boundless quest through forms, materials and meanings. This is the case of a visionary artist whose career began in the world of painting and then unexpectedly and fascinatingly landed in sculpture, using textiles as her main medium. Julia Couzens, born and raised in Auburn, California, received her MFA in 1990 from UC Davis. She currently lives and works between Merritt Island on the Sacramento River and Los Angeles. http://www.juliacouzens.com/ ART AS A FLUID AND INDEFINABLE PROCESS This artist’s practice is distinguished by a plastic, “contaminated” and fluid approach that defies convention. “I don’t need to call something ‘painting’…
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FARIBA BOROUFAR
| by Barbara Pavan | Fariba Boroufar, an artist whose works bridge the gap between tradition and modernity, uses the ancient art of weaving to explore and reinterpret the rich cultural and architectural history of Iran. Her artistic journey reflects a deep engagement with both the tangible and intangible aspects of her heritage, imbuing her textile works with a profound sense of cultural memory while addressing contemporary issues such as architectural degradation and the loss of identity. For Boroufar, being an artist means more than just the creation of objects; it is about offering new perspectives on reality. “Innovation means a new look into reality,” she explains. “The artist acts…
