The Pape Prophecies… divinazioni artistiche azzeccate
Tutti possono permettersi di comperare arte: ad ArtVerona in fiera bastano due monete per avere una delle profezie dell’artista Laurina Paperina, nel mio caso spietatamente azzeccata: “Ti ci vuole un miracolo” 🙂
Laurina Paperina, The Pape Prophecies, 2015, casetta in legno dipinta, distributore di palline, palline con sorpresa, disegno incorniciato, gatto di plastica, laser, cm 250 x 85 x 72, Courtesy Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento
LAURINA PAPERINA
Laurina Paperina (1980, born in Rovereto, Italy) is an Italian artist who lives between Italy and Duckland, a small town in the Universe.
She studied at the Institute of Art in Rovereto and the Academy of Fine Arts in Verona, Italy.
She paints, draws, creates installations and video animations.
Working predominantly with the imaginary of contemporary heroes, Her works reference contemporary pop culture and the 1980s and ‘90s eras of her childhood. Paperina has over the past years created artworks especially about on the Art World that present a ironic commentary in response to current events.
Laurina Paperina has show her work internationally, including solo and group exhibitions in galleries, Art Foundation, Museums and public spaces (The Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA / Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany / Triennale di Milano, Italy / Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, Italy / MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, Italy / CCA Kunsthalle, Majorca, Spain / Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain / Museo Pecci, Milano, Italy / Kunsthaus Essen, Germany / The Royal Standard – Liverpool Biennal, UK / Janco Dada Museum, Haifa, Israel / École supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Nimes, France / J. M. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan (WI), Usa / Madre Museum, Napoli, Italy / The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, USA / FRAC Languedoc Roussilon, Montpellier, France / Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, USA / Kunst Merano Arte, Italy / Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy / Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, Italy / Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Italy).
Her work has been featured in exhibitions in Italy, Usa, Germany, France, United kingdom, China, Belgium, South Africa, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Israel, Ireland and Mexico.
Publications include: Art in America, New Times Miami, SF Gate, SF WEEKLY, San Francisco Chronicles, Global Times, XL Repubblica, FAUX Q, Totally Dublin, Le Parisien, Le Figaro, Monopol, DPI publishing, Arte al Limite, Exibart on paper, Work Art In Progress, Kult, Espoarte and Arte Mondadori.