Paratissima X. Not wrong, but creative

600 artists and creators, contemporary art galleries and street art, a thematic exhibition "The Dark Side of Beauty" with works by Alighiero Boetti, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola Bolla, Rainer Fetting, Nan Goldin, artist talks, workshops, a workshop with the "rock photographer" Guido Harari.
This is Paratissima: the tenth edition is scheduled from 5 to 9 November in Torino Esposizioni.
Founded as an off manifestation of Artissima, the international exhibition of contemporary art, Paratissima has become in a few years one of the underlying events in the art scene at the national level.
Also new this year: the seven exhibitions organized by curators of NICE, which stands for New Independent Curatorial Experience, the opening section of the Urban GAP - f Paratissima Galleries, galleries dedicated to street art; and the project "Parafuture - Budding artists" to encourage children to contemporary art through guided tours and workshops built with the artists Paratissima.
The artists are the creative Paratissima (painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, designers, filmmakers, designers, architects) emerging, which are not yet part of the official circuit of art, and established names who wish to get involved in a dynamic environment aimed at a wide audience.
The vision of Paratissima is to support creativity in all its forms by making available a qualifying window and a full program of workshops, workshops, meetings, contests and special projects to trigger the active participation of the artists and the public to the event.
Theme Paratissima X: Not wrong, but creative
"X" as the number of issues Paratissima and as a symbol of the failure. With "Not wrong, but creative" you acknowledge error, often seen as a negative part of a process, and its indispensability event. To err is to commit a mistake, but the mistake is the very essence of evolution, of progress and improvement.
The theme of the exhibition curated by the artistic direction of Paratissima, Camphor and Francesca Daniele Ratti: The Dark Side of Beauty.
On display are works by Alighiero Boetti, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola Bolla, Rainer Fetting, Nan Goldin, Francesco Sena and Paul Grassino.
Among the arcane creatures, disturbing dark ladies, skulls glam allure and apocalyptic landscapes, unfolds a complex procedure that creeps irony and lyricism alongside works gloomy hues and decadent. The dark side of beauty emerges in a series of performances by artists, national and international, that have addressed this issue with your own research.

PROJECTS:

ParaFuture - Budding artists
ParaFuture - Budding artists Paratissima project is to introduce children and young people, ages 3 to 18 years of age, contemporary art, through workshops, meetings with artists and creative tours.
From Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 November for schools, workshops are planned for construction with the artists Paratissima and tours with treasure hunt to discover the areas most curious of the event. Eighteenth century or so, the young people involved ten schools of Turin and its province.
Saturday 8 and Sunday, November 9, for families, active creative laboratory Paralab with activity on the relationship between art and territory to create in three dimensions, with children's hands, the city of the future.

GAP - Galleries at Paratissima
GAP is a project born in 2013, dedicated to the Italian contemporary art galleries and international occupies a space independent and autonomous and at the same time as open as works of art, a controlled budget, intended for a target of collecting "young, "just the event. GAP aims to bridge the gap existing between the fair in Turin more institutional, selective and aimed at collecting a purely elite, and other more specific reality or not dedicated to contemporary art.
This year, the section GAP Urban makes up a double "gap" leading galleries devoted to street art in Paratissima and enriching the Italian street scene, which is not so far a trade issue.
The only requirement for participation is required to galleries linked to the numbers: 5 is the maximum number allowed for each gallery artists, whose works on display must have a selling price below EUR 5 thousand.
The galleries present in GAP: 999Contemporary, David Paludetto, Art Gallery Hausammann, Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea, Square23, Studio D'Ars, Ufofabrik Contemporary Art Gallery, Wunderkammer.

ParaSchool
From photography to video, from fashion to public art, to arrive at a coaching dedicated to the figure of the artist as entrepreneur of himself. The workshops and meetings of Paraschool the third consecutive year, are designed to offer emerging artists the tools - technical and artistic - useful for their career and the development of their poetic, with a look that embraces the arts across the board .
Paratissima offers opportunities for training and growth to young artists through working together with great masters, such as photography workshops taught by master Guido Harari; through meetings with professionals dedicated to writing for screenplays and copyright, to the creation, along with a fashion designer, an accessory (bag). Two international workshops, in English, in collaboration with the Association of the Luxembourg ArtSquare: one dedicated to the figure of the artist as entrepreneur and the other focused on public art.

Paratissima International
Paratissima extends beyond national boundaries, its network, for joint projects and international. In Macedonia, in Skopje, was born in the month of June, the sister event "Paratissima Skopje" by the cultural Contineo2020 Skopje. Thanks to the support of Compagnia di San Paolo and the collaboration with the Embassy of Macedonia and the city of Turin in Turin will be able to accommodate 10 young artists selected in Macedonia among the 90 who participated in the first edition of Paratissima Skopje. It is renewed, also, this year, in collaboration with ArtSquare that will organize two workshops aimed at the professionalization of artists. A new partnership, however, with the Portuguese association EbanoCollective, intended to carry out a Paratissima "sauce Atlantic" in Lisbon.

EXHIBITIONS:

NICE
2014 is the year of birth of NICE, which stands for New Independent Curatorial Experience: a course for curators who proved to be both educational opportunity and be a place of practical experience. When the setting is mostly oriented to the field work, the 8 students were involved in the care of 7 shows the transversal themes. The artists were selected from among those registered in Paratissima 2014 and the title of the exhibition takes its name from a song, thus creating an overall kind of "virtual playlist", a soundtrack that guides the visitor to discover emerging artists Paratissima.

The Black Mirror of Society
Simon Benedict, winner in 2013 of the "Bull of Steel" Best Artist of Paratissima, presents "The black mirror of society". The solo exhibition of the young Italian sculptor reveals, as its title suggests, the critical gaze of the artist to the present. The series of sculptures is configured precisely as "black mirror of society", emphasizing the profound contradictions. The search for Simone Benedict focuses on issues that uncomfortable, even under the eyes of all too often are ignored. Through continuous testing of materials, the artist investigates the relevance with great visual power, prompting the viewer to reflect and ask questions of the dutiful.

Young at Art
Traveling exhibition sponsored by Maca (Museum of Contemporary Art Acre). The title of the third edition, "We Art Calabria", express the intention of finding young artists in the face and soul of an area that is undergoing a profound change. Talented Under 35 taking part in the traveling exhibition, divided into three exhibitions, of which the Paratissima is the final stage are: Cristina Comi (photography), Maria Rosaria Cozza (photography), Antonio Cugnetto (sculpture), Rocco Mortelliti (video art), David Black (multimedia), Francesca Procopio (photography), Paul Scarfone (self-produced works on paper) and Francis They vote (painting).

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