Almost seven years in Rome and even with its frustrations and annoyances, somehow walking through the city never fails to bring me some peace. It might seem impossible with the chaos of the cars and scooters,...
Mark Jenkins At Wund...
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PausePlayPlayPrev|Next Images from the opening of Mark Jenkins’ “Living Layers” show last week at Wunderkammern give you an idea about how he’s interpreting his street work in...
New Sten + Lex near ...
posted by Jessica
I’m behind in my posts! First there are the photos and comments on the Mark Jenkins show and then there is Alice Pasquini painting a mural in Quadraro. However, before I get to any of that, I’m showing you some new work by Sten + Lex. Located right by the Colosseum, the...
Rome Spring
posted by Jessica
I first noticed that spring was really here about 10 days ago when sitting on the bus and out the window I spied lovely trees in bloom. Then all of a sudden I realized that really everywhere trees were flowering, birds were singing, and the sun was a bit warmer than before. Therefore,...
Mark Jenkins in Rome
posted by Jessica
I heard last month that Mark Jenkins would be coming to Rome, which had me quite excited. Yes another world-class street artist is hitting up the Italian capital, and yet again it’s thanks to Wunderkammern, who you may remember hosted Invader in 2010. I’ve been waiting awhile for him to come to town, since if I recall correctly there was a rumor he was going to have a show at CO2 Gallery last year, but that never materialized. Unfortunately I haven’t been around (either out of the city or at work) in order to photography any of his installations, which have been...
Borondo in Rome
posted by Jessica
I first started noticing some new art up in Rome late in the Fall. First along the Prenestina by the ATAC terminal and then one night at Teatro Valle Occupato I saw an amazing technique I’d never seen in Rome before. Thin layers of white paint, applied in a swirling fashion, were...
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