Claudio
Zirotti
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If I were to think of when I began to
paint and who influenced my way of expressing what I think,
I would probably not find just one answer. What has been
always curious to me is the simplicity of the moment, what
I'm reading, what's around me, small daily problems.
During my formation, the person that most made me recognize
the sense of artistic expression was Umberto Casotti, a
Roman painter and my professor at Artistic high school,
in Rome. From him I learned the humility to "learn",
or rather, to know how to listen and like a sponge spontaneously
reconstruct in my mind what the world around me offers.
With him I became aware of Art Brut as a means of expression.
During my 6 year stay in Brazil, I had the opportunity to
discover a new way to look at life. I had the great fortune
to become associated with the Siron Franco group, a famous
Brazilian painter and political activist. What Siron painted
was different, spontaneous and had a great psycological
strength. Even today I am still passionate about his work.
I must logically add to this experience, publicity. I have
worked in this field since 1975 and this has created in
me the need of constant versatility in whatever I paint.
If I have to express a concept, it doesn't matter if I change
the painting technique because for me what's important is
the subject and that which I want to represent. Marketing
is the tool, the rest will come.
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When I feel I have finished a theme, I no longer have
the neccesity to continue in that direction, and prefer
to present myself with a new challenge.and see where
it will end up. Every work is a new experience technically
and expressively and this stimulates me.
I don't think of an exhibition impulsively, I always
think of a theme that I read or passed through mind,
only when I paint am I impulsive otherwise the technical
would win over the creativity. Everything is valid when
the artistic background exists.
I am now involved
in two completely different themes: the first deals
with femininity, and the second with Hackers and their
social revolution against the power of the multinational
corporations.
Born in Modena, Italy
in 1952, Claudio Zirotti currently lives in Valencia,
Spain. His works are held in private collections in
Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), São Paulo (Brasil),
Atlanta (USA), Castellón (España), Valencia
(España), Rome (Italy), Istambul (Turkia)
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FEMININITY
The exhibition I am preparing about femininity "AL
FEMMINILE" has to do with the relationship that
every person has with their deepest feminine side.
All of has a sensitive and erotic feminine part that
is always present in our relationships. I don't want
to talk about the sexual relationship, nor the simple
difference between man and woman, I only want to express
those icons that attract our most hidden desires.
It is the masculine vision of an ancestral sensitivity.
Suggestive and hidden veils, thoughts, and forms guide
the immagination and create relationships and moods.
THE HACKERS
I titled this exhibition GLOBAL KOS ( a famous Hacker
group ).
The American author, Steven Levy, in his book Hackers
formulated the beginnings of Hacker ethics.
1. Access to the computer and knowledge which serves
to understand the events of the world must be unlimited
and omnicomprehensive. The principles of collaboration
must be valid everywhere.
2. The information must be free.
3. Decentralization must be promoted.
4. A hacker should be judged by what he does, not
by criteria of age, diploma, race, or position.
In a certain sense, they represent the revolution
of the new millenium in favor of freedom of expression.
This is a theme that I have always been passionate
about because in this age of communication, leaders
are lacking and the Hackers are the only ones ( like
new paladins of freedom ) that are fighting against
world globalization. They are the new Robin Hoods
and their jargon has created a new political dictionary.
Like big cities try to dominate the smaller urban
centers, creating mega structures, destroying values
and freedoms, the Hackers fight against the big capitals,
not for political or ethnic reasons but simply to
democratize the information that is power.
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