The Portrait Room
The Portrait Room. Portrait#11: François RouxMichela Alessandrini | Jun 30, 2014
François Roux likes fireworks, watches science documentaries and catches sound waves. François Roux was born in 1988 in Besançon (France) and studied at the École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Grenoble – Valence. He …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#10: Sergio VerasteguiMichela Alessandrini | May 8, 2014
Sergio Verastegui collects ruins in shoe boxes, loves Kafka, Badiou and Barthes and meets me in a bamboo garden. Sergio Verastegui was born in 1981 in Lima, Peru. From 2002 to 2004 he studied …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#9: Carla SubriziMichela Alessandrini | Apr 9, 2014
Carla Subrizi speaks Chinese, appreciates sincere enthusiasm, and often wears black. Since 1994, Carla Subrizi teaches History of Contemporary Art and Contemporary Art Semiotics at Sapienza University in Rome and is artistic director of …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#8: Jonas HermenjatMichela Alessandrini | Mar 3, 2014
Jonas Hermenjat is not ashamed of being human. Inebriated by life, he throws up art. Jonas Hermenjat is born in 1983 in Geneva, Switzerland and is an alumnus of HEAD (Haute Ecole d’Art et …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#7: Etienne WynantsMichela Alessandrini | Feb 3, 2014
Etienne did not want to meet me, at the beginning. Etienne Wynants (born where and when? I did not ask him) is a Belgian art historian, managing editor of Witte Raaf, and business coordinator …
Michela Alessandrini | Jan 7, 2014
Peter Hutton does not like digital cameras but likes mint candies very much. American independent filmmaker Peter Hutton was born in Detroit in 1944. He has taught at CalArts, Hampshire College, Harvard University, and …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#5: Benoît PypeMichela Alessandrini | Dec 2, 2013
Benoît Pype handles the minuscule, collects the useless, and acclaims the waste. Benoît Pype is a 28 years old French artist. Exhibited in several galleries and contemporary art centers in Paris and abroad, he …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#4: Walid SadekMichela Alessandrini | Nov 4, 2013
Walid Sadek talks about art and political through non-obstructive pieces and is a careful kind person. I do not fictionalize, I theorize the real. Walid Sadek is a Beirut-based Lebanese artist and writer born …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#3: Mladen MiljanovicMichela Alessandrini | Jul 31, 2013
Mladen Miljanovic has Daft Punk’s “Get lucky” as his mobile ringtone and loves to consider things from different points of view. Mladen is 32 years old and is representing Bosnia and Herzegovina at the …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#2: Yves AupetitallotMichela Alessandrini | Jul 19, 2013
Yves Aupetitallot has too many catalogues to unwrap, and clear ideas. Born in 1955, Yves Aupetitallot is the director of the MAGASIN-CNAC (Centre National d’Art Contemporain) of Grenoble, and not only. When I ask …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#1: Sylvie ZavattaMichela Alessandrini | Jul 10, 2013
Me and Sylvie Zavatta shared one hour, two coffees, and a lighter. Sylvie Zavatta became a curator while she was still studying modern literature and art history. Director of FRAC Basse Normandie when she …
