29.4 #1

Elisabetta Angeli and Luca Giovagnoli are the artists who, jointly, have created “Progetto 29.4”: four series of serigraphs on fine paper, graphic-illustrated creations with subsequent pictorial interventions. The project was born thanks to the idea of Matteo Sormani, who identifies a common message in the works of the two artists: the proximity of contents and subjects could only lead to a collaboration. The protagonists of the works of Luca and Elisabetta derive directly from the Romagna imaginary, even if in a non-explicit way, both artists give shape to the essence of the city of Rimini. But, in addition to the contents, the affinities between the two are also evident at the chromatic level: to dominate are almost dull colors, neutral shades, which represent a time that is moving away unstoppably. Here the figures, with their bathing suits and their 1950s / 60s caps, are the ones that populated a Rimini that no longer exists, but which survives in their memory. The first series presented is that of “Le tuffatrici”, in which the female figure prevails; women have strong corporeality, but indefinite faces, which leave the viewer with a feeling of incompleteness. On the other hand, the work, if started by the artist, is always terminated by the observer's impressions. Suspended between melancholy and modernity, the protagonists are icons, mindful witnesses of an indelible Rimini. Thanks to the particular (manual?) printing of the serigraphs of “Progetto 29.4”, which allows the creation of different volumes, each of them is conceived as a unique piece.

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Elisabetta Angeli (Rimini, Italy, 1980) and Luca Giovagnoli (Rimini, Italy, 1963) jointly created “Progetto 29.4”: four series of serigraphs on fine paper, graphic-illustrated creations with subsequent pictorial interventions. The project was born thanks to the idea of Matteo Sormani, who identifies a common message in the works of the two artists. The protagonists of the works of Luca and Elisabetta derive directly from the Romagna imaginary, even if in a non-explicit way, both artists give shape to the essence of the city of Rimini. But, in addition to the contents, the affinities between the two are also evident at the chromatic level: dull colors and neutral shades, representing a time that is moving away unstoppably. In this artwork, with their bathing suits and their 1950s/60s caps, the figures are the ones that populated a Rimini that no longer exists, but which survives in their memory.