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  • have you seen me before?

    Polar bear made out of polyurethane foam and feathers by Italian artist, living in Alaska, Paola Pivi. I saw this specimen in 2011 at the MACRO Testaccio in Rome. Now, there are more bears, 8 funky coloured ones, near true to size in an istalllation called 'Ok, you are better than me, so what?' at…
  • let there be light!

    Jason Rhoades, untitled 2004, seen at the MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. I always like neon, especially when it's made into art. Neon is a chemical element, discovered in London in 1898. The first commercial neon sign was used by a barber in Paris in 1912. In 1923 the first neon sign arrived in the…
  • all is violent. all is bright.

    Saint Peter’s Basilica made of thousands of playing cards, jokers only, by Adrian Tranquilli. Now, on display at the MACRO, Roma.