Artists Diana Biscaioli, Silvia Broccatelli, Alessia Forconi, Oriana Impei, Mirna Manni, Matthias Omahen, Franco Paternostro, Geremia Renzi, Stefano Sabetta, Filippo Tincolini, Raffaella Tommasi, Antonio Tropiano, Raffaele Vitto, Consuelo Zatta.
With the patronage of
Chargé D’affaires Min. Plen. of Egyptian Embassy Sig. Nagui Ghaba
Emeritus Prof. Francesco Gallo Mazzeo (Critical contribution)
Prof.ssa Oriana Impei (Coordination)
Rosario Sprovieri (Tecnical assistance)
Martina Isernia
Cover Graphic designerDesertification, floods, melting glaciers, global warming, pollution and water scarcity are all climate change phenomenas that threaten our Planet.
This exhibition gives a glimpse of the critical condition of Planet Earth, presenting artworks inspired by the Egyptian and Roman civilizations, who were once a united empire, today need to come together and join their efforts for the future of the Planet. On the occasion of the "United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27" artists were called to express, through their work of art, their vision on Earth. Some created artwork with recycled material and environmentalfriendly sculptures, while other pieces represented animals and plants prone to extinction, showcasing the fascinating, yet fragile biodiversity of our Planet.
The art pieces were exhibited “en plein air”, in the gardens of the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Rome, in dialogue with nature, while questioning with a sense of urgency the impact of climate change on various aspects of our lives, suggesting new means of communication between art and environment.
Some of the art objects are inspired by the Roman culture, wether in the choice of material, or through their concept, while some pieces reflect the Egyptian cultural heritage embodied and found all over the eternal city. With this interdisciplinary approach, the pieces exhibit different strategies in addressing the climate crisis, from direct confrontation to thought-provoking poetic approach.
Salma EtloukhyStare, abitare, luogare, misurare, conoscere, sublimare; vuol dire città, di piazze, viali, incontri, amori nascite e morti, feste, teatri di vita, pensieri, sogni segni del tempo, poesie e templi, oro, speranza.
Andare, lasciare, scorgere, sublimare; universo che appare e scompare, fluire d’immagini, suoni, vite, complice temporale, d’acqua, lava, assorbe, le insegne, che come clessidre, sfilano sabbia, abbattono, ogni, ricordo.
Pietra che suda, travaglio, di testa, di mano; così nasce Babilonia, Piramidi e Sfinge, Roma, segni e sogni, giardini e ritratti, coppe divine, salti di gioia, tesori.
Cubo è terra, metriche forme è l’acqua, spuma fluente, ghiaccio che bolle, aria respira, diventa cielo e nuvole e pioggia, piena su piena, grandine, oasi. Eterea.
Francesco Gallo Mazzeo
Papyrus, cianotipia on canvas, 2022
God Hapi (the breath of the river), felt wool, 2022 Papyrus 2, natural ecoprint on canvas, 2022
Silvia Broccatelli Arido (the desert rose) terracotta, 2022
Alessia Forconi Ophelia
white Carrara marble, 2021
Oriana Impei Androsphinx nature royal coreno marble, 2022
Installation of sculptures
Matthias Omahen Vasca PapiroRoman travertine and marble, 2022
waxed paper transformed in form pigmented and resinated, 2022
Geremia Renzi Flow towards titanium, 2022
Stefano Sabetta Elysium marble of Carrara, 2022
Raffaella Tommasi
Stones on the banks of the Nile Aerated concrete sculptures covered with marble & gold tesserae, 2022
Antonio Tropiano
"Already and still untitled" White maple and iron oxide, 2022
Consuelo Zatta Collateral effects
Diana Biscaioli is an art therapist and fiber artist from Rome. She studied arts at " I liceo Artistico" and "Science of communications" at University "La Sapienza". After that she went to Parson School of Design ( NYC) and joined a master in art therapy. In 2010 she met the art of felt which led her to choose textile arts as artistic medium. In the last twelve years she has been teaching and experimenting fiber arts with the art therapy technique leading various laboratories with groups of all ages.
Silvia Broccatelli born in Marino in 1997. Given her strong passion for sculpture and art in general, she pursued an artistic path by enrolling at the Paolo Mercuri Art School, and continued her artistic studies in the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in the sculptural field. Among her exhibitons: HANAMI; Orto Botanico Museum Roma, HANAMI; Online Book Project 2020, STREET ART; Officine Nove, Roma 2016.
Alessia Forconi is a sculptor born in Rome in 1975. She trained between the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and that of Carrara, participating in numerous exhibitions and competitions, obtaining various awards. She creates monumental works in Italy and abroad. She was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sanremo for years. In 2002 she founded with other artists M'arte laboratory, a meeting place to exchange experiences, about design and artistic research.
Oriana Impei Born in Rome in 1966, sculptor and professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, she creates her works in stone, in particular in Roman Travertine. He has made sculptures in various public and private places. She has participated in many art shows and sculpture symposiums, winning prizes in various national and international competitions.
Under the patronage of
Mirna Manni Her sculptures want to reveal, give substance to invisible worlds and stimulate reflections. At the center of her research are man and nature, as a metaphor for exploring issues and critical issues of the contemporary world. Among her exhibitions: Dentro l'imbrunire, Il Granaio, Deruta; Bacc V, Aldobrandini Stables, Frascati; Èthos Keramikos 22, Doebbing Palace Museum, Sutri; Contemporary Visions, Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome; Encounters in Sutri, Palazzo Doebbing Museum, Sutri; Mediterraneo Keramikos 20 a, Duca di Martina Museum, Naples; Tutto è santo, S. Maria della Salute, Viterbo; Contemporary ceramic sculpture in Italy, GNAM Rome.
Matthias Omahen Born in Ljubljana SLO in 1955, Graphic designer and sculptor. He creates his sculptural works in stone in Roman Travertine inspired by ancient Roman monuments, revisited in a metaphysical way. His graphic works are made in etching.
Franco Paternostro born in Cosenza where he lives and works. From a young age he showed a great interest in art, starting his first studies on the concept of form, experimenting with the peculiarities that it assumes in artistic execution. After having devoted himself for a long time to a more refined and meticulous art, the goldsmith's art, he continues his study in the visual arts and directs his attention to the meticulous experimentation of matter and materials. The art of Franco Paternostro arises on several levels of interpretation: from the informal to the conceptual, from rigorism to metamorphism.
Geremia Renzi born in Monte Romano (Vt) in 1955. From 1978 to 2020 professor of Techniques of Foundry at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera. He has countless exhibitions and awards; he is currently engaged in a concept of Itinerant Art. From this was born the Accademia Nomade and the Horse Van Contemporary Art Gallery, a traveling gallery. He is currently the founding president of the Associazione Artistico culturale "Forme" di Milano.
Stefano Sabetta Born in Rome, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts specializing in the sculptural design. His artistic career is full of different activities: exhibitions, events, and creation of public and private monumental works in marble, granite, travertine, iron and bronze in Italy and abroad. His sculptures are inspired by shapes of nature, sublimating the poetry of creation in marble material with particular attention to the formal tradition of Italian classic art. His works are present in more than 20 countries in the world.
Under the patronage of
Filippo Tincolini completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara in sculpture. He organizes the SIEMA and SINSP (International Sculpture Symposium) in Menorca, creating a park of monumental sculptures in the biosphere reserve of the island. In 2004, he founded the Contemporary Art Lab, TorArt, an artistic laboratory of a high level, unique in the world, able to provide artists with a complete service of programs that use the most innovative digital techniques: 3D prototyping of sculpture, creating copies of reality made by anthropomorphic robots.
Raffaella Tommasi After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1990 she began working on mosaic art, from 1995 her first recycled mosaics, using waste material, because she was fascinated by the recovery of different materials and by the philosophy of giving new life to everything that is no longer used, transforming a traditional technique, such as mosaic, into a current application. Since 1999 she collaborated in teaching mosaic in the Casa di Reclusione di Rebibbia & centri diurni.
Antonio Tropiano Born in Calabria in 1976. He completed his studies between Bologna & Florence in the field of medieval and Renaissance philology. He collaborates with a well-known publishing house as an essayist in the field of art history and humanistic letters. He develops a personal stylistic code, capable of making a synthesis between the metaphorical inspiration of a literary matrix and the figurative rendering of a phenomenology of human action. Among his exhibitions: Estense Castle in Ferrara, Spazio Mondadori in Venice, Milano Art Galley Pavilion in Venice, Palazzo San Bernardino in Rossano (CS), the Pro Biennale of Venice.
Raffaele Vitto was born in Canosa di Puglia (1993). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sculpture in 2020 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari. His work is characterized by the recovery of rural elements belonging to his own experience, linked to the research dedicated to the object in relation to the environmental space.
Consuelo Zatta Born in Treviso in 1973. She graduated from Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in the sculpture section. She have had various experiences in the field of children's publishing, making various volumes for publishing houses. She currently lives and works in Massa.
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