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Giancarlo, a superior being who is able to delicately lift coffee fumes or boldly lift ladies’ skirts, to the point of unleashing terrible waves on the oceans or scary hurricanes. Giancarlo Wind is undoubtedly able to occupy the highest social spheres.<br>
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 70x50 cm — Wind
Giancarlo, a superior being who is able to delicately lift coffee fumes or boldly lift ladies’ skirts, to the point of unleashing terrible waves on the oceans or scary hurricanes. Giancarlo Wind is undoubtedly able to occupy the highest social spheres.
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 70x50 cm

I have seen people announce fundamental things with losing tones. I have seen people tell about nullities that trigged ovations. Whether it is a rally with crowds or confidences in the ear, the essential is to use the right words. Well said.<br>
2020 Charcoal, watercolours, acrylics, chalks 30x40 cm. — The seller of words
I have seen people announce fundamental things with losing tones. I have seen people tell about nullities that trigged ovations. Whether it is a rally with crowds or confidences in the ear, the essential is to use the right words. Well said.
2020 Charcoal, watercolours, acrylics, chalks 30x40 cm.

What consumed him was their myopia. The sign was there to see, but everyone was looking the other way. He was not looking for people’s ascension, but only for them to realize that the signal was there within everyone’s reach. It was enough to take a look up.<br>
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 130x70 cm — The sorry Christ
What consumed him was their myopia. The sign was there to see, but everyone was looking the other way. He was not looking for people’s ascension, but only for them to realize that the signal was there within everyone’s reach. It was enough to take a look up.
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 130x70 cm

He did not have a great bearing. Even in style and tone it gave away. He said very usual things, but it was how he said that it raised the level.<br>
2020 Ink, watercolours, pencils, acrylics, choaks 76x57 cm. — If I want to
He did not have a great bearing. Even in style and tone it gave away. He said very usual things, but it was how he said that it raised the level.
2020 Ink, watercolours, pencils, acrylics, choaks 76x57 cm.

Ideas flee from those who do not deserve them.
Punctually the ideas pass from you; they touch you. Sometimes they speak to you. But if you don’t catch the moment, maybe surrounded by the presumption of being everything, they walk away thinking they are not wanted or simply thinking they do not deserve them. There remains a vague sense of nakedness.<br>
2020 Watercolours, acrylics, oil, pencils 73x51 cm — The ideas
Ideas flee from those who do not deserve them. Punctually the ideas pass from you; they touch you. Sometimes they speak to you. But if you don’t catch the moment, maybe surrounded by the presumption of being everything, they walk away thinking they are not wanted or simply thinking they do not deserve them. There remains a vague sense of nakedness.
2020 Watercolours, acrylics, oil, pencils 73x51 cm

Disorienting manager. Skilled in the surprise effect he always surprises you with an illogical ending. He became famous by thrilling observers with creations that never ended with a coherent epilogue. Everyone expected an obvious conclusion, but Otto continually surprised by reopening the work. Brilliant. Not interested in giraffes.<br>
2020 Acrylics, watercolours, pencils 55x75 cm — OTTO K. (Kassak)
Disorienting manager. Skilled in the surprise effect he always surprises you with an illogical ending. He became famous by thrilling observers with creations that never ended with a coherent epilogue. Everyone expected an obvious conclusion, but Otto continually surprised by reopening the work. Brilliant. Not interested in giraffes.
2020 Acrylics, watercolours, pencils 55x75 cm

Those in career, all with the frenzy of conquest that obscures minds and ignites passions.
The fixed thinking is to make scorched earth, but the risk of burning is high. Their worst enemy? The clash with each other: it produces sparks. They are beatable with ideas.<br>
2020 Watercolour, pencils, acrylics, chalks 50x73 cm. — Hot heads
Those in career, all with the frenzy of conquest that obscures minds and ignites passions. The fixed thinking is to make scorched earth, but the risk of burning is high. Their worst enemy? The clash with each other: it produces sparks. They are beatable with ideas.
2020 Watercolour, pencils, acrylics, chalks 50x73 cm.

The pointer

The more she climbed, the clearer she saw. Those signs towards the top class were the same ones that bound her. She got rid of it and it was beautiful. She was beautiful.<br>
2019 Watercolours, oil 50x70 cm — Free
The more she climbed, the clearer she saw. Those signs towards the top class were the same ones that bound her. She got rid of it and it was beautiful. She was beautiful.
2019 Watercolours, oil 50x70 cm

By dint of associating with giraffes, she had learned to navigate high places. It was time to run.<br>
2020 Watercolours, acrylics, charcoal, oil 70x50 cm — Martina
By dint of associating with giraffes, she had learned to navigate high places. It was time to run.
2020 Watercolours, acrylics, charcoal, oil 70x50 cm

Said by one who manage to climb the social ladder, beating all kinds of opponents. It’s essential not to care about those who have been left on the ground.<br>
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 50x70 cm — On horseback
Said by one who manage to climb the social ladder, beating all kinds of opponents. It’s essential not to care about those who have been left on the ground.
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 50x70 cm

Specialized in plush steps, you don’t hear him coming. He walks on tiptoe: “Can I come in?” he whispers. As you go out, you will find him in your place. If you see him, you’re done.<br>
2020 Watercolour, pencils, acrylics, chalks 54x74 cm. — The entratore
Specialized in plush steps, you don’t hear him coming. He walks on tiptoe: “Can I come in?” he whispers. As you go out, you will find him in your place. If you see him, you’re done.
2020 Watercolour, pencils, acrylics, chalks 54x74 cm.

Italo wanted a career as a surveyor. They forced him into the family delicatessen, but the fixed idea of making ends meet never abandoned him.<br>
2020 Acrylics, watercolours, charcoal, chalks 100x150 cm — Italo
Italo wanted a career as a surveyor. They forced him into the family delicatessen, but the fixed idea of making ends meet never abandoned him.
2020 Acrylics, watercolours, charcoal, chalks 100x150 cm

Mario’s climb was tough. But he thought he was special, he wanted deference without appeal. He wore a presumptuous grimace together with the usual overcoat. The derailment of the chin helped him: a natural progeny gave the expression spontaneous aggression. He went against the wind and the heated character seemed ideal for burning the stages. He thought he got it right and relaxed for a moment. And he burned.<br>
2020 Charcoal, juta, watercolours, pencils, acrylics 72x50 cm. — Mario
Mario’s climb was tough. But he thought he was special, he wanted deference without appeal. He wore a presumptuous grimace together with the usual overcoat. The derailment of the chin helped him: a natural progeny gave the expression spontaneous aggression. He went against the wind and the heated character seemed ideal for burning the stages. He thought he got it right and relaxed for a moment. And he burned.
2020 Charcoal, juta, watercolours, pencils, acrylics 72x50 cm.

With guts, not forgetting her goal. She fell in love and was lost.<br>
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 60x45 cm — The saucepans
With guts, not forgetting her goal. She fell in love and was lost.
2019 Watercolours, acrylics 60x45 cm

Evil came from below. And his technique to fight it was the smile.<br>
2019 Charcoal, pencil, acrylics 36x48 cm — The priest
Evil came from below. And his technique to fight it was the smile.
2019 Charcoal, pencil, acrylics 36x48 cm

If I deprived him of the disquieting gesture of the hand, the noisy autarchy of the subject would be affected by losses of the trombone effect, where this voice covers the one of others.<br>
2016
Watercolour, acrylics 80 x 50 cm — The Trumpet
If I deprived him of the disquieting gesture of the hand, the noisy autarchy of the subject would be affected by losses of the trombone effect, where this voice covers the one of others.
2016 Watercolour, acrylics 80 x 50 cm

It is understandable that an elegant cigarette, once reduced to a butt, gets angry. And so it happens to all, more or less honest cigarettes. The loss of class manifests itself immediately by drawing extraordinary criminal turns. Seeing is believing.<br>
2017
Watercolour, acrylics 80 x 50 cm — The she-butt
It is understandable that an elegant cigarette, once reduced to a butt, gets angry. And so it happens to all, more or less honest cigarettes. The loss of class manifests itself immediately by drawing extraordinary criminal turns. Seeing is believing.
2017 Watercolour, acrylics 80 x 50 cm

Passing by everyone to get to the head had cost him a lot. He turned to look at them and eat the satisfaction of victory. They were gone.<br>
2018
Charcoal, watercolour, acrylics, chalks 50 x 70 cm — Naked to the goal
Passing by everyone to get to the head had cost him a lot. He turned to look at them and eat the satisfaction of victory. They were gone.
2018 Charcoal, watercolour, acrylics, chalks 50 x 70 cm

The charcoal sign was born flat on canvas. The folds of the metal dramatize the sign, even if rather than a shutter I would call it a window onto the world. How many Barzettis have we met in our life? Endless.
And sometimes it’s not even a window, but rather a mirror.<br>
2017
Charcoal, watercolour, acrylics on canvas 70 x 130 cm — Mr. Barzetti
The charcoal sign was born flat on canvas. The folds of the metal dramatize the sign, even if rather than a shutter I would call it a window onto the world. How many Barzettis have we met in our life? Endless. And sometimes it’s not even a window, but rather a mirror.
2017 Charcoal, watercolour, acrylics on canvas 70 x 130 cm

It’s our strong will to emerge. Spooky, overbearing, good too. Like many animals, we exhibit glorious signs of beauty and strength, great masks to cover our nakedness.
Waiting for the right opportunities like a mantis.<br>
2016
Oil, watercolour, acrylics on canvas 80 x 40 cm — The hat
It’s our strong will to emerge. Spooky, overbearing, good too. Like many animals, we exhibit glorious signs of beauty and strength, great masks to cover our nakedness. Waiting for the right opportunities like a mantis.
2016 Oil, watercolour, acrylics on canvas 80 x 40 cm

Exhibiting themselves, building signs they wear when ready, demolishing business logics. Someone occasionally emerges, but we don’t know where, when and how much. Many get lost in their signals to the point of losing themselves. However, it would be a problem if they wouldn’t exist: no creativity, no happiness.<br>
2016
Pen, pencil 20 x 30 cm — Creative people
Exhibiting themselves, building signs they wear when ready, demolishing business logics. Someone occasionally emerges, but we don’t know where, when and how much. Many get lost in their signals to the point of losing themselves. However, it would be a problem if they wouldn’t exist: no creativity, no happiness.
2016 Pen, pencil 20 x 30 cm

You can grow up also by taking advantage of friendship. Until... boom.<br>
2018
Watercolour, acrylics on schoeller 70 x 50 cm — Friendship
You can grow up also by taking advantage of friendship. Until... boom.
2018 Watercolour, acrylics on schoeller 70 x 50 cm

Who is at the top dictates the wont, willy-nilly. For example, man’s dress code: the slim suit is advisable, even though short and slim trousers recall the close-fistedness of a tailor from Liguria. The no-tie is possible, but only with striking results. Unreachable the pullover, utterly risky for everyone: it would raise more problems than a climb, up to devastating falls.<br>
2017
Watercolour, acrylics 70 x 40 cm — The brand
Who is at the top dictates the wont, willy-nilly. For example, man’s dress code: the slim suit is advisable, even though short and slim trousers recall the close-fistedness of a tailor from Liguria. The no-tie is possible, but only with striking results. Unreachable the pullover, utterly risky for everyone: it would raise more problems than a climb, up to devastating falls.
2017 Watercolour, acrylics 70 x 40 cm

Nightmares after a heavy dinner. The bad thing is to dream of being, worse, becoming poor. Here the contortions to attempt image recoveries are transformed into losses of dignity.
Nakedness is total, every trace of signature disappears.<br>
2016
Watercolour, Indian ink 35 x 25 cm — Heavy dinner
Nightmares after a heavy dinner. The bad thing is to dream of being, worse, becoming poor. Here the contortions to attempt image recoveries are transformed into losses of dignity. Nakedness is total, every trace of signature disappears.
2016 Watercolour, Indian ink 35 x 25 cm

If you are born Giuseppe and end up Pino you can have a problem of reduced self-esteem. In the early sketches Pino was born with a hat and a bowtie together with the tourbillon mechanisms and the racing mufflers, in an attempt to keep him within the middle-class. Then the fragility became an important feature. And hat as well as bow tie disappeared in the sculpture.<br>
2016
Watercolour, acrylics, chalks 60 x 40 cm — Pino
If you are born Giuseppe and end up Pino you can have a problem of reduced self-esteem. In the early sketches Pino was born with a hat and a bowtie together with the tourbillon mechanisms and the racing mufflers, in an attempt to keep him within the middle-class. Then the fragility became an important feature. And hat as well as bow tie disappeared in the sculpture.
2016 Watercolour, acrylics, chalks 60 x 40 cm

They do not want to appear. They are the beings of the upper floors. They build empires with everything, in every way. Losing the sign is impossible for them: they are the sign.<br>
2017
Watercolour, acrylics, wax 35 x 50 cm — The umbrella seller
They do not want to appear. They are the beings of the upper floors. They build empires with everything, in every way. Losing the sign is impossible for them: they are the sign.
2017 Watercolour, acrylics, wax 35 x 50 cm

It was too small to build a hallmark and the world was too dangerous for her. She started dreaming and turned certain threats into amenity.<br>
2017
Watercolour, acrylics, wax 70 x 50 cm — The mosquito’s dream
It was too small to build a hallmark and the world was too dangerous for her. She started dreaming and turned certain threats into amenity.
2017 Watercolour, acrylics, wax 70 x 50 cm

She consumed people after they built the building. She was consumed over time.<br>
2018
Watercolour, acrylics, chalks 50 x 70 cm — Lady stone
She consumed people after they built the building. She was consumed over time.
2018 Watercolour, acrylics, chalks 50 x 70 cm

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