Malamegi Lab 15 Online Smart Exhibition Catalogue

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ONLINE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE 2020

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24 Artworks from 24 Artists

May – June 2020

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Malamegi Lab is the creative laboratory of Malamegi company. Through Malamegi Lab it actively supports art and artists.

“MALAMEGI LAB 15 ART CONTEST” aims to be a selection of high-quality artworks with a contemporary visual impact. The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artist, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art.

This aim will be pursued by taking advantage of the opportunities that the contest o ers: ON LIN E EXHIBITION The global situation of Corona virus COVID-19, doesn’t permit to us to organize, for this edition, the physical nal exhibition in the host art gallery.

In collaboration with Biafarin Inc. the 24 selected artworks will exhibit online on a selection of 15 online art galleries.

A great opportunity to show and sell the selected artworks to many thousand of collectors, art professionals and art lovers around the world.art space of IMAGOARS. COLLABORATION AGREEMEN T PRIZE Malamegi is ra ing the creation of a new collection of works by the selection of one artist among the 24 nalists of the contest.

ACQUISITION PRIZE Malamegi Lab will acquire one among 24 nal artworks. This artwork will become part of the Malamegi Lab’s private collection.

CASH PRIZE At the end of the collective exhibition, to an artist among the 24 selected will be awarded a cash prize. The prize is a contribution to the development of art and artist’s aesthetic research.

MON OGRAPHIC CATALOGUE PRIZE A monographic book will be dedicated to one of the nalists.

Artists

Alessandra Sarritzu Anna Franczuk Annette Goodfriend Beatrice Bobst Benjamin Receveur Chiara Calore Chun-Shan Chien David Solomita Fabrizio Stenti Federica Zianni Giulio Locatelli John Murdock Louis Biron Lucia Simone Martin Beck Maxime Mucret Parul Naresh Raphael Reichert Ryoji Morimoto Sebastiano Sallemi So a Fresia Sogon Kim Unu Sohn Zhang Weixuan

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Corrispondenze Photography, Cyanotype on Canvas W:80 H:28 cm 2019 Alessa ndra Sa rrit zu

Corrispondenze born the desire to relate images retrieved through old family lms to VHS and the natural element. These, selected and isolated, appear as redundant traces of a particular place, the harsh Sardinian lands, in an intimate view of the elements of those natural landscapes in which I grew up. It’s a project linked to my childhood and to the concept of memory, belonging, identity, bonding, fragmentation and time. By re ecting on my origins, I manipulate this personal archive and develop trans gured images, which represent a part of my life experience that becomes visible and can be read as a kind of self-portrait. This archive is to be understood both as a place where one...

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Don't see, don't hear, don't speak Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:60 H:90 cm 2020 Anna Fra nc zuk

I created this piece while the time of quarantine during COVID 19 pandemy as the result of fear that grew after watching, hearing or reading the news. At some point I came to the conclusion all I needed was just peace and quiet and didn’t want to see, to hear or to speak anything. Probably such feelings occur to everyone in some di cult moments.

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Squid Fingers Sculpture on Silicone Rubber W:30 H:127 D:60 cm 2017 Annet t e Goodfriend

“Squid Fingers” evolved as the conceptualization of scienti c inquiry. It is reaching, searching, exploring, with expanded reach to grasp at new knowledge.

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Corona Augustus Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:50 H:60 cm 2020 B ea t ric e B obst

During these troublesome times, I’ve used the medium of painting as a way to exorcise negativity.

Inspired by nature, I considered the case of the Semper Augustus, a renowned kind of tulip during the seventeenth century in the Netherlands. Its bulb, infected by the Potyvirus, in full blooming showed beautiful colored streaks on the petals.

The negative but not totally destructive essence of the virus had eventually enhanced the tulip, renovating it into a unique variety.

Will this be our future? Will we manage to improve ourselves once the pandemic is over?

Encouraged by nature, will we be able to comply with the times and be conscious of the importance of collaboration?<...

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Lonely man Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:92 H:186 cm 2018 B enja min Rec eveur

Red. Bright red like the walls of my childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room.

Time is xed for an instant.

An instant look at past reality.

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Porcorosso arazzato Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:200 H:200 cm 2019 Chia ra Ca lore AW127494320

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The Leaf of Lotus Painting, Mixed Media on Cardboard W:47 H:47 cm 2018 Chun-Sha n Chien

The detail captured in the design of the leaf of Lotus -The radiant stems is evidence of growing, which can be continuously found in nature. From the centre point and then spread out to the edge. Naturally, it provides support to the surface of the leaf with a good balance. In artistic philosophy, the natural object is the guide to the life wisdom to humans. Do things with your heart; the most vigorous strength comes from the heart.

“Your heart can see what truly matter, but eyes cannot “ (The Little Prince) Tec hnique I like the idea of mixing around with the oil-based medium and water-based medium. We all know that water-based medium can not cover the oil-based medium....

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Demise Photography on Metal W:121.90 H:121.90 cm 2020 D a vid Solomit a

The artwork titled “Demise” is part of my newest work and was created in January 2020. This is an image that was created from paper, plastic and light with colored gels. This was then photographed and is NOT manipulated by Photoshop. The concentration here was more about color elds and less about volume. Also the muted tones evoke a warmer more somber place for the viewer to inhabit.

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n.5 Mixed Media, Collage, Pencil Drawing on Paper W:62 H:92 cm 2019 Fa brizio St ent i

The n. 5, is a re interpretation from of a real Buenos Aires door photographed in 2014. It represents the di cult communication in a eeting and di cult love story between a young and tall Italian / Argentine girl, still immersed in her severity and di culty due to the inexperience of the years, and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bigger manâ&#x20AC;? (me) in the sense of life experiences, therefore more available and open mind to the doubts and uncertainties that existence preserves.

Technic details.

The work is composed with a wooden structure, as surface and news papers, all materials were found on the street.

There is no painture added, color belong to papers wich are carefully selected and glued withou...

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Arti cial Cocoon Sculpture on Polyurethane Foam, Tubes W:130 H:130 D:140 cm 2020 Federic a Zia nni

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Stalagma Sculpture on Wire 2019 Giulio Loc a t elli

Questions, analysis and research of hypothetical relationships between systems of the natural world; in this way born Stalagma.

The most hidden aspects of the project are all those mechanisms that regulate the formation and dissolution of the material; where the artist observes the interactions of these two macro-worlds that come together and collide together in a system dictated by laws that determine their survival.

Thin lines, wire and bright colors create a visual dynamism that makes a dialogue between two parts of the sculpture, looking for a harmonious relationship. Giulio Locatelli through an almost scienti c look, extrapolates and synthesizes the forms of na...

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Crying Shame Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:122 H:122 cm 2019 J ohn Murdoc k

Gendered acrimony.

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1.5 L Sculpture, Carving, Chiselling, Moulding, Patina, Thermoforming, White Patina on Bronze W:8.10 H:32.20 cm 2020 Louis B iron

Man has a deep fascination with Nature, a subject of inspiration, worship, and scienti c obsession. Both have a complex and intertwined relationship, a mythical subject crystallized by Orphic and Promethean attitudes. In the current context of global environmental crisis, it is necessary to rethink the way we interact with Nature. Art is a way of bringing us together in the living, it materializes a disinterested dialogue and allows us to convey an aesthetic perception, denying utilitarianism in favor of wonder, thus bringing us on the path of contemplation. However, in a world of cities and megalopolises where Nature is rarely accessible other than through the representation that we have o...

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Portrait Study Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:80 H:80 cm 2020 Luc ia Simone

Get lost with space.

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Armed Painting, Mixed Media on Paper W:76.20 H:111.80 cm 2019 Ma rt in B ec k

Capturing the immediacy of the modelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence maintains a connection to reality at a time when media intrusion is overwhelming.

In this way, working from life is about the artist preserving an episode of human interaction. In presenting themselves to the world, the model collaborates in this process. The collaboration between model and artist now occurs at a troubling and turbulent time when fact, if not truth itself, is under siege.

By working from life, the model and artist reveal the truth of a speci c action, time and place, that cannot be faked. The nished work is a direct artifact of past activity. Rather than think of these as pictures of people, for me, these are authentic ...

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Red Night Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:114 H:146 cm 2018 Ma x ime Muc ret

It is a canvas made on the theme of the night that I particularly like because of great wealth.

I would like to develop this theme on the concept / title “ROOTS OF THE NIGHT” by exposing each color to the lter of the night to paint a vision of what we do not see in daylight.

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Untitled 01 from Seedpod Drawings series Painting, Ink Wash, Pen on Paper W:35.56 H:24 cm 2019 Pa rul Na resh

I know who I am Unapologetic me I bloom when ready A tiny pod of seed refuses to be limited by boundaries of any sort—letting itself journey places, survive harsh conditions, carry life within to potentially sprout one day when it feels right—representing a well nurtured dream. It holds power to turn dullest landscape into a vivid and vibrant scenery. It knows resilience yet understands vulnerability when it sprouts. Irrespective of its size, shape or color, if winged, beaded or u y, each has a strategy for dispersal. It may blossom into a wild ower or a rose or a redwood tree. Such precious little form—seedpod!

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Windpower is petting with the atmosphere Video 2019 Ra pha el Reic hert

26:29 minutes, HD-video https://vimeo.com/380246337/4c9914c44d

This video montage is a reference to the column “Wind power is petting with the atmosphere” by Mely Kiyak from the german newspaper DIE ZEIT from the 27.11.19.

The work takes up Kiyak’s ironic request to bestow something poetic on wind turbines with the help of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”. The soundtrack is complemented by the individual words of the article, arranged in alphabetical order...

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What Should I Be? Sculpture, Acrylic Paint, Stitching on Driftwood, Fabric, Paper Clay, Thread, Wire W:20 H:35 D:20 cm 2020 Ryoji Morimot o

This work is inspired by the contrasting of purity and uniqueness that are valued in society. In the modern age people face to conform to both of these ideals, to simultaneously t in and stand out. Everyone is born pure; as they grow they develop their own beliefs and characteristics. However, people begin to feel that the persona they develop needs to be unique and original for them to be successful in society. But they are unsure of how they should be unique or di erent so just adopt characteristics at random to please others. Whilst maintaining this facade they are also expected to be obedient and exible in order to integrate into society.

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Untitled n. 018 from White Noise series Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:70 H:70 D:1.50 cm 2019 Seba st ia no Sa llemi

"White noises are compared by analogy to white light, as the latter, in fact, is the sum of all the colors of the iris, so a white noise is the sum of all possible frequencies; it is a sound capable of eliminating acoustic disturbances, allowing the listener to calm the mind and body". The work presented is part of the series of works entitled “White noises”, a series of aesthetic experiments provide an analysis of “poetic-visual” or “sound-painting”, conceived as the relationship between sound and color. The cultural perspective of the project is to elaborate a deep research on the sensory perceptions related to sound, light and color; the elements generate attention to detail on ...

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Deep in my mind Painting, Oil Color on Linen W:150 H:222 cm 2019 So a Fresia

With this painting the artist wanted to explore through imagination the inside of the mind, where the ‘healthy’ rational and the ‘pathological’ irrational coexist in every human being. The plunge has a twofold appeal: the autobiographical one and that to the “abysses” of the mind - a mystery still not fully understood today. The dive has a double reference: the autobiographical one and that to the “abysses” of the mind - a mystery still not fully understood today. The surreal scene takes place in a sort of box, a ruined building that recalls the physical and mental constructions behind which we barricade ourselves and which give us the illusion of being able to live by cutting out the surrou...

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Submarine Sculpture, Casting Sculpture Technique on Glass W:28 H:29 D:9 cm 2020 Sogon K im

The point that topographical and celestial features meet is where I feel a sense of awe. Geomorphology always inspires me. I imagine the terrain above the landscapes, below the landscapes and beyond the landscapes during the process of casting.

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Sculpture is a Function Sculpture on Stoneware W:70 H:52 D:8 cm 2019 Unu Sohn

Sculpture is a function’ consists of twenty-four discrete stoneware mugs. It is important that each modular unit is a functional cup because it re ects the blurry distinction of ne art vs. craft or design. This work re ects the current world’s so-called reality as merely a single permutation of possibilities.

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Silent Spatiality Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:120 H:120 cm 2019 Zha ng W eix ua n

The scene and the place do not have many synthesized. The atmospheres are silent and full of meanings. It is important for the artist to paint from life, to capture the sensations of the places. space as a person, even there are characteristics, but it is not visible, we must feel with our heart to enter.I want to present more works to develop this series. space not only in a scene known and also simple space. but I have to delete many details that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need. At the end. the e ect of the works is also gurative and abstract.

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