Rabarama
Rabarama | |
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 Rabarama in 2006 | |
| Born | Paola Epifani |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Arts High School, Treviso Academy of Fine Arts, Venice |
| Known for | Performance, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture |
| Notable work | monumental sculptures, sculptures, performances, paintings |
| Movement | contemporary art |
| Website | www |
Rabarama, pseudonym of Paola Epifani, (born August 22, 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist.[1]
Artistic practice
[edit]Rabarama creates sculptures and paintings of men, women and hybrid creatures, often in eccentric poses.[2][3] The skins of her subjects are always decorated with patterns, symbols, letters, glyphs and other kind of figures, in a great variety of forms.[4]
Public art and internet art
[edit]Rabarama monumental sculptures have been exhibited in many public spaces[5]
- Paris, Place de la Sorbonne, Rue Soufflot, Place du Pantheon
- Reggio Calabria, seaside
- Shanghai, People's Plaza
- Miami, Mizner Park
- Florence, Piazza Pitti- Giardino di Boboli-Giardino delle Scuderie Reali- Complesso Le Pagliere
- Cannes, La croisette
Hi-tech and new media
[edit]In 2011 the world's first 360° video mapping on a sculpture was realized on a Rabarama's work called "Bozzolo" and exhibited live in Florence, Italy.[6][7]
Gallery
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Abbandono -
Crisalide -
Do-si -
Hsien -
In-cinta -
In-croci -
Lacerazione
Bibliography
[edit]- "Rabarama" (by V. Baradel, L. M. Barbero, G. Granzotto, L. Pagnucco Salvemini; Italy. Electa, 2000)
- "Rabarama. Colori e Forme" (by G. Granzotto, L. M. Barbero; Italy, Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, 2000)
- "Rabarama. Sculture Monumentali" (by D. Magnetti, L. M. Barbero; Italy, Palazzo Bricherasio, 2001)
- "Trans–formation" (by V. Baradel, L. M. Barbero; France, Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2001)
- "Beijing International" (by V. Sanfo; China, National Art Museum of China, 2003)
- "Sculpture Exhibition of Rabarama" (by F. Dian, X. Xiao Feng; China, He Xiangning museum, 2004)
- "Rabarama ANTICOnforme" (by L.Beatrice, George Bolge; Italy, Vecchiato ed., 2011)
References
[edit]- ^ Agnellini, Maurizio. Arte contemporanea italiana: pittori e scultori 1946-1996 : opere e mercato 1996-1997. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1996, p.203.
- ^ Baradel, Virginia (and others). Rabarama. Electa, Elemond associated editors, 2000, p.10 [1]
- ^ Granzotto, Giovanni (and others). Rabarama: colori e forme. Verso l'Arte edizioni, 2000, p.15
- ^ Calvesi, Maurizio. Rabarama: Im-patto. Il Cigno edizioni Roma, 2003, p.7.
- ^ Beatrice, Luca. Rabarama. Silvana Editoriale, 2010, p.111
- ^ Paperblog
- ^ Video document
External links
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Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Italian sculptors
- 20th-century Italian women artists
- 21st-century Italian sculptors
- 21st-century Italian women artists
- Painters from Rome
- Italian contemporary artists
- Italian multimedia artists
- Italian women painters
- Pseudonymous artists
- Postmodern artists
- Italian women sculptors
- 20th-century women sculptors
- 21st-century women sculptors