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Carmelo Nicosia, Nudi - Nudes

Interesting Italian contemporary art photographer Carmelo Nicosia’s works are on show in Milan, Italy, at the moment.
Should you wish to have a taste of what you can expect to see, you should visit the Fotografia Italiana site here.
The dates, location, and times of the Carmelo Nicosia exhibition are below:
When the exhibition is on:

Today until Saturday [...]



The Contemporary Art of Italian Photography

"Painting with light" is a term which has been used to describe photography, and certainly, the work of some photographers is art. As with other mediums, photography requires observation and interpretation to achieve images which provoke thought and discussion. Such images can become possessions as prized as the work of noted painters or [...]



Luigi Galligani

Pistoia born Italian sculptor, to whom I spoke today, Luigi Galligani, produces art based on, in the words of the artist himself, ‘Mediterranean myths’. You may agree that his work could be said to be refreshingly original and modern interpretations of figures having their origins in Roman and Greek antiquity.
Working mainly in terracotta [...]



Good News for Italian Contemporary Sculpture

Artprice recently published an article - Contemporary sculpture in excellent shape - on the strength of the contemporary sculpture market, particularly with regard to ‘installation’ type works.
This is good news for Italian sculptors who work in this sector. Indeed, one Italian sculptor, Maurizio Cattelan , is just behind the top three sculptors in [...]



Simone Racheli

Simone Racheli is Florence born Italian artist who trained primarily as a sculptor at Florence’s Fine Arts Academy.
Having adopted the theme of ‘hyper-realism’, Racheli’s recent works feature ‘fleshless’ sculptures. His subjects, though, are not objects which normally have flesh. Indeed, he portrays a more mundane but quite diverse rage of objects, such as washbasins [...]



Art Meets Business

‘Struggling artist’ is a phrase which will be well know to plenty of those attempting to peruse a career as an artist, and many still need to maintain day jobs to help deal with those mundane things such as paying off mortgages, bringing up children, and feeding themselves and their families.
However, many artists come up [...]



Gaetano Fiore - Forthcoming Exhibition July/August 2008

At the Musée Arts et Histoire, on the Cote D’Azure, in France, examples of the work of Gaetano Fiore will be on display from 21 July until 2 August 2008.
With their seemingly bright bold colours, Fiore’s works combine geometric designs with the gentle curves and forms of the principle elements of trees. From [...]



Gaetano Fiore

Gaetano Fiore’s distinctive minimalist style which involves combining abstract and natural forms facilitates the creation of images which are striking in both their simplicity and their employment of a mix of geometric and fluid shapes. His images are also characterised by the use of what at first glance appear to be striking combinations of [...]



artprice and encouraging artistic endeavour

For those who are not aware, artprice is one of the largest art databases on the Internet.

Indeed, artprice has two databases:



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