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Vanni Saltarelli was born in Fino Mornasco (Como). His first artistic forays date from an early age – his teacher was Napoleone Saltarelli, an eminent painter and violinist, and his father. After completing his Art levels at school in Milan, he studied at the Castello art college. He taught painting techniques and lectured in painting and fresco technique at the Aldo Galli Art Academy. Vanni Saltarelli identifies totally with the physical character of his works. He sees his artistic creations as a physical shield into which anxieties and uncertainties, and wishes and musings that arise from a sinking view of life are tossed. The body almost always plays a central role and is represented in various morphologies – sometimes over elaborately as in Baroque art, and sometimes hard and secretive as in the anatomic structures of the Renaissance. The magic of his paintings lies in the powerful, sometimes painful eroticism, although this is made relative by the pervasively lyrical sense. His contemporary works can be admired in museums, churches and galleries in Italy as well as internationally. Personal Exhibitions 1967 Galleria Bonalumi / Desio 1970 Galleria Sagittario / Gallarate 1972 Galleria Coin D'Art / Genova 1975 Galleria Teatro Minimo / Mantova 1975 Galleria Pianella / Cantù 1976 Studio d'Arte G.Balansino / Legnano 1976 Galleria la Cripta / Milano 1976 Sala d'Arte Durandiana / Santhià 1979 Studio d'Arte / Legnano 1979 Galleria L'Arbatro / Lurate Caccivio 1984 Palazzo Sormani / Milano 1984 Galleria San Paolo / Bologna 1984 Segno Grafico / Venezia 1985 Staats-Und Universitatsbibliothek / Hamburg 1985 Galleria Fumagalli / Bergamo 1986 Galleria Fumagalli / Bergamo 1986 Galerie Trefcentrum / Rotterdam 1986 Staats-Und Universitatsbibliothek / Hamburg 1987 "L'uomo, l'ambiente, la pittura" Villa Camilla / Olgiate Comasco 1987 Columbia University / New York 1987 Galleria II Diagramma 32 / Napoli 1988 Galleria Fumagalli / Bergamo 1988 Galleria Palazieta / Busto Arsizio 1988 Talijanski Kulturni Centar / Zagreb 1988 Galerie Tardy-Enschede / Holland 1989 Italienisches-Kultur Institut / Wien 1991 Galerie Sobbé-Duval / Rennes 1991 Castello di Pomerio / Erba 1991 Hen Wood-Galerie D'Art / Cholet 1992 Galleria San Paolo / Bologna 1992 Galleria Fumagalli / Bergamo 1992 Galleria d'Arte Cromatica / Ceriale 1994 Kabinet Grafiky-Galerie / Olomoucka 1995 Galleria Ada / Bergamo 1998 Galleria San Paolo / Bologna 1999 Spazio Arte / Borgoticino 2001 Galleria Man Arte / Parigi 2002 "Donna...piena di Grazia" / Chiesetta di Macherio 2002 Galerie Zamecka / Namest' Na Hanè 2004 Mostra Villa Pomini / Castellanza 2005 Galerie OokerCranendonck / Budel 2007 Galleria Verga-Murarte / Cadorago 2008 Galerie Pannicolo / Monaco 2009 Galerie Silvie Platini / Veyries du Lac 2009 Sala Civica «Aldo Moro» / Sovico 2009 Galerie Damon / Poitiers 2010 Galerie Michael Marciano / Parigi 2011 "Corte del Lagnat" / Macherio 2011 Galleria Cascina dell' Arte / Busto Arsizio 2011 6° Senso Art Gallery / Roma http://www.sestosensoartgallery.com/inglese/vannisaltarellibio.htm http://www.sestosensoartgallery.com/inglese/Vanni%20Saltarelli/gallery.htm http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2010/04/vanni-saltarelli-vanni-saltarelli-was.html http://www.watergatestreetgallery.co.uk/artist/19941/Vanni_Saltarelli

About Alina Maksimenko was born in 1974 in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1985-1988 she studied in Art School named after T.G. Shevchenko. In 1993 she graduated from Kiev Art College named after M. Boychuk. She had started her exhibition activity in 1996 Since 2001 she is a member of the BGART union of artists. Since 2003 she is a member of The Art Union of painters of Ukraine. A voyage from Connemara in Ireland to majestic Kiev in Ukraine brought me to the studio of Alina Maksimenko. It was here, on that grey autumn day, that I first met Alina and discovered her remarkable paintings. Whether one is admiring a harbour scene, a still life or a nude, painted by this talented young artist, one is immediately struck by her excellent composition and her extraordinary use of colour. Alina is spontaneous by nature and consequently having an open, natural and uninhibited manner, enables her to work both independently and with an obvious sense of freedom. Her confident lines are always loose and fluid; showing the observer her true quality and strength, which lies in her simplicity. Many people are inspired by Alinas work but, what I have noticed is that, a great many of these people are artists themselves that surely speaks volumes about Alina Maksimenko who is undoubtedly a shining star from the East. Having attended the openings of numerous exhibitions, showing Alinas work in both France and Ireland, I am delighted to see that she is receiving the recognition that she so well deserves. Nicola Stronach Read Less Location Kiev, Ukraine Website www.art-mt.kiev.ua Education 2007 Art Ireland Summer Collection 2007, RDS Industrial Hall, Dublin, Ireland Chelsea Art Fair 2007, London, UK Solo exhibition, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine Exhibition,(A.Maksimenko-paintings,L.Kozlov-sculpture),gallery Lavra, Kiev 2006 Solo exhibition, Galerie Vendme, Paris, France Solo exhibition, Art Blues gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Art Ireland Summer Collection 2006, RDS Industrial Hall, Dublin, Ireland Solo exhibition, gallery Viviane Henwood, Cholet, France Exhibition, gallery Arte Plural, Audincort, France Affordable Art Fair, London, UK Art Ireland Winter Collection 2006, RDS Industrial Hall, Dublin, Ireland Art Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine 2005 Exhibition, Galerie Vendme, Paris, France Sculpture symposium, Aubazine, France Painting symposium, Bozava, Croatia Art Ireland Winter 2005, RDS Main Hall, Dublin, Ireland CAFE 2005 (Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh), Edinburgh, United Kingdom Manchester Art Show, MICC G-MEX, Manchester, United Kingdom Solo exhibition, ART MASTER Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic Art Ireland Summer Collection 2005, RDS Industries Hall, Dublin, Ireland France in my heart art festival, Dim Mykoly gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Solo exhibition, Art Blues gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2004 Art Ireland Winter 2004, RDS Main Hall, Dublin, Ireland Solo exhibition, Valera gallery, Tarbes, France Solo exhibition, Tadzio gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Solo exhibition, Silver Bells gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Konstantin Brankuzy gallery, House of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania Royal Exhibition Hall, Amman, Jordan Personal exhibition, Capitans Tower gallery, Zadar, Croatia 2003 The Museum of cultural heritage, Kiev, Ukraine Solo exhibition, Dim Mykoly gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Solo exhibition, Tadzio gallery, Kiev, Ukraine International autumn art festival, Lviw, Ukraine (diploma, catalog) Sculpture symposium, Sekeshfeherwar, Hungary Painting symposium, Sednev, Ukraine Painting symposium, island Galewas, Croatia 2002 The Lavra gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Autumn exhibition of young painters, The Union of Painters, Kiev, Ukraine International autumn art festival, Lviw, Ukraine ( catalog) In searching of style Museum of Podilskiy district, Kiev, Ukraine 2001 EO ,art project, Kiev, Ukraine (grand-prix) National autumn exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine Poetry of color, personal exhibition, Art Hovel gallery, Kiev, Ukraine Sculpture symposium, Kremenchug, Ukraine 2000 National autumn exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine Sculpture symposium dedicated to 1000 years of Hungarian Church, Solotvyno, Ukraine Her works are in the Museum of History of Kiev, Ukraine, Museum of Modern Art, Kiev,Ukraine, collection of the Ministry of the Culture of Ukraine. In private collections of Ukraine, Poland, Italy, USA, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, German, Croatia In the galleries: Art-blues , Kiev, Ukraine; Art-master, Prague, Czech Republic; Le Siants Prague, Czech Republic; Vendome, Paris, France; Art-plural, Audincourt, France; Stronach gallery,County Galway, Ireland; Alina Maksimenko lives and works in Kiev, Ukraine. http://apm65.blogspot.com/2010/07/alina-maksimenko.html http://www.saatchionline.com/MAlina http://www.art-mt.kiev.ua/home-en.html http://2photo.ru/9485-zhivopis-aliny-maksimenko-30-foto-434mb.html

This mastery of sculpting was achieved over 150 years ago.

Egon Schiele

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When you hear charcoal, you tend to think that the result of using this medium to create a work of art would not be that appealing. But this illusion will