3. Autonomy
AUTONOMY is the third chapter of the comic We Want Everything based on the book of the same name by Nanni Ballerini. Beginning this chapter we briefly see the struggles and strikes all the previous days before that Thursday, 29 May (a day narrated in the previous chapter, THE STRUGGLE.)... More detail
Sebastian
This work is consisted of two paintings. The left one is based on the work St. Sebastian (1480) by Andrea Mantegna -while the other is based on the landscape of Gaza (in Palestine). In the first painting at the left the human figure of the saint is replaced with a mannequin. At the background... More detail
Altai -Colored
This is a series of colored illustrations for the book Altai by Wu Ming. These images were based on the sketches I had made several years before (and you can see them here, along with more details about the book). There are two versions of each image, the initial result of the coloring process... More detail
for a breath of freedom
The "for a breath of freedom" was initially written in the autumn of 2014, during hunger strike of N. Romanos and was completed about a year later (early October 2015). It is evident that the struggle of Romanos, alongside with the prisoners’ hunger strike in the spring of ‘15 played a key role in... More detail
The death of William George Allum
This comic was inspired by the poems of a greek poet Nikos Kavvadias, and especially the two poems called "William George Allum" and "Marabu". Unfortunately i haven't found any english translations of these two poems (you can find some other translations in this link). I will try and give a... More detail
Revolution Blues
This painting was designed at the same period with the Hunt and shares with it some same concepts and symbols... There is a huge reference to the works with mannequins of several mostly surrealist painters (and especially the ones of Nikos... More detail
Size
This is an animation where a young man is forced to work more and more by a gigantic figure until at one point he realizes there is something peculiar at the difference of their size. Festivals Size was chosen to be presented (amongst other digital works) at the Video Art Festival in... More detail
Rider's song
This comic is an interpretation of one of Federico Garcia Lorca's poems with the name Rider's song (or Horseman's song -Canción del jinete). The original poem is the following: Córdoba. Lejana y sola.Jaca negra, luna grande,aceitunas en mi alforja.Aunque sepa los caminos,yo nunca llegaré a... More detail
The Slave Ship
This work is a reproduction of the painting The Slave Ship, by J.W. Turner (1840) (you can read more about the original painting here). As I haven't seen this particular painting live, I relied on photos I found on the internet in order to complete this copy. Unfortunately there were many... More detail
Ano Syros
This is one of the landscapes I made using a pseudocubic technic. I was inspired by the view of the village Ano Syros in the island Syros of Cyclades (Greece), which is highly geometrical. Of course, this is no exact representation of the view. {gallery}paintings/landscapes/ano-syros{/gallery} More detail
The Hunt
Among the themes (or influences) behind this painting one could find chess, paintings with mannequins (like the works of G. De Chirico or N. Engonopoulos), the painting Garden of Earthly Delights (by Hieronymus Bosch), prisons, class struggle, demonstrations, graffiti and slogans on... More detail
Ellie and the monster
These are some illustrations i made for a child book (by George Gouzounis) that was published in Australia by the Greek Community. The outline of this short story goes like this: A young girl (Ellie) returns home one day from school and finds a small monster in her room. However she doesn't... More detail
Let us Describe
This short comic is based on the short poem Let us Describe by Gertrude Stein. This poem is one of the most descriptive ones (even though it ends with a more stein-ish manner). The poem's text is the following :   Let us describe how they went. It was a very windy night and the... More detail
Journey in the sky
This is a comic about young Leonardo da Vinci and his struggle to create a flying machine and fly. The story is based on an earlier short novel which was divided into two parts: one with an interior monologue (the thoughts of Leonardo) and one with a more “objective” narrative technique completing... More detail
Study Yellow Blue
A study playing with forms and four colors. This painting has a similar approach with the one called Study in Pink. Some dark outlines at the upper segment of the painting were not photographed correctly. I have included a picture in the gallery that shows the procedure i followed making this... More detail
Van Gogh Copies
Copies of paintings by Vincent van Gogh. The paintings are La méridienne, also known as La sieste, d'aprés Millet was painted from December 1889 - January 1890 (info http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1389660699/), Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889) (info... More detail
Umberto Eco
A caricature of the Italian writer Umberto Eco. In the gallery below you can see a realistic portrait (of him at a younger age), fast drafts, more finished sketches and the final colored image.    The final image was published in high resolution in my patreon... More detail
Italo Calvino
A caricature of the writer Italo Calvino. In the gallery below you can see a realistic portrait, fast drafts (I had a hard time reaching a satisfying result), more finished sketches and the final colored image.   The final image was published in high resolution in my patreon... More detail
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"My Lord,

you ask for my sketches as a friend

but you will use them

as a King"

from my new comic "Leonardo: The dream and the Nightmare" (temporary title)

  • 1. The North

    "The North" is the first chapter of the comic "We want everything" based on the book of the same name by Nani Ballestrini. The comic does not follow the book literally: Here the first chapter does not correspond to the book's homonymous chapter, but it is a summary of the chapters "South" and... More detail
    1. The North
  • 2. The Struggle

    The Struggle is the second chapter of the comic We Want Everything based on the book of the same name by Nanni Ballerini (you can see the first chapter, the North, here). In this chapter we watch the first days of the hero in FIAT, his fierce relationship with the hierarchy (foremen,... More detail
    2. The Struggle
  • 3. Autonomy

    AUTONOMY is the third chapter of the comic We Want Everything based on the book of the same name by Nanni Ballerini. Beginning this chapter we briefly see the struggles and strikes all the previous days before that Thursday, 29 May (a day narrated in the previous chapter, THE STRUGGLE.)... More detail
    3. Autonomy
  • 4. The Assembly

    THE ASSEMBLY is the forth chapter of the comic We want everything based on the book by Nani Ballestrini. In this chapter, we see the assembly (assemblea) of FIAT workers and ​​university students at the weekend and briefly the events before the big demonstration on July 3, 1969 (which will... More detail
    4. The Assembly
  • 5. Rebellion

    REBELLION is the fifth and final chapter (without PROLOGUE and EPILOGUE) of the comic We want everything based on the book of the same name by Nani Ballerini. This chapter, as in the book, tracks the events in Turin on July 3 of '69, in what became known as the Battle of Corso Traiano (la... More detail
    5. Rebellion
  • Epilogue

    A 7th page epilogue of the comic We Want Everything, based on the book with the same name by N. Balestrini. This epilogue tries to summarize what succeeded the events in the comic and resulted in the movement of Autonomia. {gallery}comics/epilogos{/gallery} More detail
    Epilogue
  • Prologue: Albert's story

    This short story comes from Linhart Robert's book "L' ETABLI". Actually, it is the result of the combination of two separate stories of the book (relating to two separate individuals). As they describe in my opinion in a very vivid (but also brief) way the workers' lives both inside and outside... More detail
    Prologue: Albert's story

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It is a reproduction of a painting by Nikos Engonopoulos. Its name is Argo.

There are not many changes with the original work -perhaps the most notable one is the change of the second word on the boat (I replaced Argo (which is the name of the boat) with the word Σπεύδω (spevdo -which literally means I'm hurrying up -the opposite of the literal meaning of the word Argo -which is "I am delaying").

If you want to find out more about the painter and poet N. Engonopoulos you can visit the site: http://www.engonopoulos.gr/_homeEN/

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Copies of works that appear on the film The Mystery of Picasso. 

All works belong to private collection.

About the movie: Music by Georges Auric, who also scored Cocteau’s movies. Shot by Claude Renoir, who also shot a handful of his uncle Jean’s films and also Barbarella. Director Clouzot made this between a mystery thriller and a spy parody.

A nice companion movie to La Belle noiseuse, another one where we actually watch a painting being created in real time. The movie introduces Picasso, then cuts to a full shot of a transparent canvas, Picasso’s brush (or pen, whatever) on one side, the camera on the other, so there are a few over-the-shoulder shots but mostly we’re seeing (a mirror image of) the canvas with the painting magically appearing upon it. There are edits and time-lapse too – areas of wet paint dry in an instant, whole areas of color or pattern suddenly appear. Sometimes we’re clearly watching a painting from start to finish in real time, and sometimes they’ll tell us in voiceover how long it actually took.

There’s no narration – rather what little verbal information we learn is in the form of (obviously staged) conversations between artist and camera crew. My favorite bit is when Picasso asks for a very large canvas and suddenly the movie goes into Cinemascope ratio (‘scope was less than three years old, so still a cool novelty).

It’s a suspense/art film as you watch the work in progress and try to wonder what PP is planning, where the painting is heading (even he doesn’t seem to know half the time), and when it’s “done”. The wonder of this film is that the paintings exist through time – most of them look great when complete, but the process and intermediate steps are just as great… you’re not just waiting for good art to appear at an unknown end point, you’re watching it all along. The filmmakers keep it short (<80 minutes), the music styles vary greatly between paintings, and there are some bursts of crew participation, like the time they pressure PP to finish a painting before their reel of film runs out.

(Info by http://deeperintomovies.net/)

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Two copies of the painting Young Girl Reading, c.1770 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (info by http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg55/gg55-46303.html). Both of them were made with acrylics, on on paper (the first one) and the other on canvas (the second one -which also has a more loose technique).

Both copies belong to private collections.

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This is a copy of the work Madonna of the Meadows (also known as Madonna with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist or Madonna del Belvedere) which is a 1506 painting by Raphael (info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_del_Prato_%28Raphael%29)

Unfortunately due to the shininess of the oil colors I had some problems with the photo I placed here. I took the shot from the side without flash which resulted on a more blurry and contrasted image

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Three copies of the painting Tree of Life, by Gustav Klimt (http://www.oil-painting-shop.com). The changes between them are mostly in colors and the general hue of the image.

All works belong to private collections (friends).

 

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Copies of paintings by Vincent van Gogh. The paintings are La méridienne, also known as La sieste, d'aprés Millet was painted from December 1889 - January 1890 (info http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1389660699/), Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889) (info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_Field_with_Cypresses) and a Self-portrait (1889) (info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh_self-portrait_(1889) -made on paper).

I admit that I 'm satisfied only by the first copy -the last two fail I think both in color and texture.

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A copy of the painting Poet and the Muse, 1958 by the greek surrealist painter Nikos Engonopoulos. I have made no significant changes in the original painting. I used a gloss vernice for ths finishing effect and I tried to create a wooden frame on a hard paper /wooden base.

(private collection)

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These are two different paintings of Caravaggio, that I decided to combine. The first one is called Sich Bacchus (and many scholars believe that is a self prortrait of the artist). The second one is a detail of Mary Magdalene crying in the painting The death of the Virgin. My only change is that the boy at the left doesn't carry flowers but guns and explosives giving another meaning to the weeping of the young girl next to him.

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Another painter whose work i'm fond of, is A. Modigliani. I have copied two of his paintings Sleeping Nude with Arms Open (Red Nude), 1917 and Almaisa 1916. Both of the copies were made with oil colors around 2004.

Sleeping Nude with Arms Open (Red Nude)

This famous painting by Modigliani reveals the influence of Van Gogh. The works of Modigliani and Van Gogh are often regarded as distorted. The picture reflects the accuracy of a camera. It is obvious that physically the artist was very close to the model. The viewer of the painting may wonder as to what kind of relationship the artist may have had with his model or why he chose not to show what is behind their eyes.

This painting is a fine example of Modigliani’s figure painting with an elegant arresting arrangement of curved lines and planes as well as a striking idealization of feminine sexuality.

Modigliani is regarded as master of ‘painting of the sensual.’ In this painting, the naked woman is depicted as sleeping. She is unblemished and has all symmetries. The artist has shown his subject in the foreground in close-up, as if he is forcing the viewer to react emotionally. The sinuous lines are inviting and the breasts are like eyes, to cachet on.

The prevailing atmosphere is peaceful, quite and cozy. She is at ease, with her eye-lids shut and a wry smile. The abstraction of the woman makes the voyeurism more acceptable and invites longer viewing time.

The plasticity and rich warm color palette are salubrious and calm. This painting is a fine example of ‘Sensual Art.’ The painting is pedagogic to the general society as it is categorized as “Art.” It is erotic, inspires to be sexual, but offers more of a narrative than just pornography’s narrow one.

(Info by http://www.famous-painters.org)

Link to the painting

Almaisa

Link to the painting

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These two works are reproductions of paintings by the cubist painter Juan Gris. The woman with the basket (1927) is made with tempera (40 x 30cm) while Bottle and Fruit Dish (π.35 x 45cm) and Water bottle, Bottle and Fruit Dish (1915) with oil colors (1m x 70 cm). Both paintings were made before 2004. 

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We Want Everything

the publications of colleagues, Nov. 2021

Summer of 1969, Italy. A year after May '68, FIAT workers began a dynamic and unmediated strike against their powerful boss. Their struggle marked the beginning of a decade of workers' and students' mobilizations and the rise of the Autonomy movement. It was characterized by many as the last invasion of the working class into the sky. Last ... let's hope until the next one ...

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