MEET VISUAL ARTIST He believes that art should mostly talk about life, desires, subconscious, dreams, deep secrets and pain of those born on the margin of society. Faces are often not recognizable because everyone is metaphorically the same, regardless of the city or country, as well as their age, ethnicity and geographical origin. His work carries two goals: to give an overview of the issues of contemporary society and to create a new vision of the world that can help taking a step forward tomorrow. He deals within the realm of the visceral— what can be felt through our mind’s eye, through memory, through deep emotional upheaval. Naturally intrigued by his dark, moody themes, 28
GIANLUCA LATTUADA
Opening straight into the meat of it, we begin with Gianluca’s artist’s statement. The recurring themes in Lattuada’s work are the energy of bodies, eroticism, violence and the transience of life (as per the “memento mori” philosophy). The body therefore becomes the perfect tool to represent all of this in a universal way, to remind us that we are all human flesh, without any distinction.
we had to get to know the artist. “Since I was a child, I have always drawn and written. I think that eventually we all feel the need to express ourselves. However, sometimes something magical happens, and someone who you do not know and who may live on the other side of the world, begins to identify with what you have produced. The work takes on its own life and generates emotions (positive or negative) in others. And that's when something can be considered art. This happened for the first time with the publication of my first book "Cleopatra Kills Herself"—a collection of poems and micro stories about youth in troubled areas, and later with my drawings and paintings that have the advantage. Like all visual arts, of speaking a universal language, without the need for translations or reworking. This was the greatest obstacle I was able to overcome over the years: moving from an artistic language like writing that has great barriers (language and reading time) to painting that is accessible anywhere and at any time (also thanks to the potential of social media).” Expression in various forms has always come
