Rita Bolla
Mamba & Me, Days Off, 2010. Oil on canvas, 30 in by 40 in.
As someone who essentially grew up in the Hungarian countryside, living in a major American city sets me an irresolvable conflict: my love of nature’s minimalism versus the sensorial delight of big city life. My works of art represent this constant struggle for balance, the attempt to find “flow,” those mindful moments that thread through life’s parade of shifting attitudes, perspectives and expressions, where all this extraneous noise becomes one, a whisper of fulfillment. To capture this my work provides a series of candid, close-up, intimate observations, a still life in the speeding lane. I invite my viewers to experience “flow”, to realize the moment in which they live, in all its dimensions. Like a Buddhist mantra, a gospel song or a yoga class, my work offers a moment of silence, peace and mindfulness.
Elisa Laraia Laraia focuses her research on identity-transferringexperiences of private life into public. Her work “Private Conversation” has pervaded urban spaces with large photo frames and urban screens. Since 2009 Elisa has directed LAP Laboratorio permanente di Arte Pubblica and Public Art Award that transformed the Basilicata region into a showcase for contemporary artists, with the collaboration of Spencer Tunick. She studied in Bologna, Paris and London. Selected exhibitions, private galleries and museums: 54th Venice Biennale, XIV Quadrennial of Rome, Biennial of Young Mediterranean Artists, Sarajevo, GAM of Bologna. laboratoriodiartepubblica.it
Private Conversation. Orfeo hotel Contemporary Art Project © 2004 | 2013. Urban Space LAP | Public Art Award. 67