TvBoy
TVBOY, born in Palermo in 1980 but raised in Milan, is one of the most famous Italian street artists at the moment.
In 2007, he is one of the protagonists of the Street Art – Street View exhibition, the first urban art exhibition promoted in Italy by an institution, which in a way will bring about a different public awareness of this type of art.

TVBOY, whose real name is Salvatore Benintende, certainly looks to Pop Art with his works, but also to the world of comics and video games. He has invaded the streets of Italy, and beyond, with his famous ideal kisses between contemporary icons (often in opposition), not infrequently becoming the most popular image in the media to explain political and social changes.

Its strength is its continuous, exaggerated, ravenous production. TVBOY aspires to become an image encyclopaedia of contemporary society and is succeeding.

FROM ANONYMITY TO REALITY, NEW SPATIAL CONCEPTS, BUT WITHOUT LIMITS.
The fourth and final section of the exhibition brings together the sacred and the profane, young promises and recognised masters, classicism and subversion.
Beyond Baroque and Rococo, Andrea Ravo Mattoni’s graffiti brings the masterpieces of modern art normally displayed in museums alive and present.

Technique and size are its hallmark, spray cans replace brushes and canvases become large walls, bringing the most important masterpieces of Italian art outside museums and allowing everyone to experience the painting without any filter or limitation.

The wall, the utmost expression of Street Art, becomes the frame for street signs and wooden fences; elements that we normally find on the street become the protagonists of the works of one of the most famous and controversial street artists, Thierry Guetta, alias Mr Brainwash, who began by befriending and filming some of the world’s most influential artists, including Banksy (followed during his incursions at the Tate Britain and on the wall dividing the West Bank and Israel).
Quotes from the art world, references to consumerism and the culture that has dominated our society in recent decades are amalgamated with an omnivorous ultra-pop vision generating, according to the artist himself, works that make people happy, bringing joy, colour and positive messages. A clear summary to say that life is beautiful!

A strong bond with the material that goes against the current, and imposing itself on today’s digital abuses, is found in Pau’s figures poised between the sacred and the profane.
Matrix carving, home-made printing process and hand retouching of each individual print with mixed techniques are the processes by which Pau creates his personal goddesses of Fortune, an ideal combination of Greek mythology, superstition and Catholic iconography. With Santa Suerte, Justice is represented as a blindfolded goddess, symbolising the principle of her impartiality, portrayed as a woman who cannot look anyone in the face; a vision of Justice that, almost fatally, tends to join that of Fortune!

With the disenchanted and ironic vision of Laika, a synchronically independent, mysterious and free artist, attention remains alive, as tenacious as her posters and stickers, ephemeral tableau vivants, which attract interest and glances as we pass by on the street.

You can say a lot with paper, in fact you can say everything!
Hope is a paper poster that stands for hope and has been the most effective American political illustration since Uncle Sam.
Created by Obey for President Barack Obama’s election campaign, this work is the symbol of a revolution: the victory of the first African-American to hold the office of President of the United States of America.

Obey Gigant, Hope