Rabarama
{{short description|Italian sculptor}}
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| birth_name = Paola Epifani
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| nationality = Italian
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| known_for = Performance, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
| training = Arts High School, Treviso
Academy of Fine Arts, Venice
| movement = contemporary art
| notable_works = monumental sculptures, sculptures, performances, paintings
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Rabarama, pseudonym of Paola Epifani, (born August 22, 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist.Agnellini, Maurizio. Arte contemporanea italiana: pittori e scultori 1946-1996 : opere e mercato 1996-1997. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1996, p.203.
Artistic practice
Rabarama creates sculptures and paintings of men, women and hybrid creatures, often in eccentric poses.Baradel, Virginia (and others). Rabarama. Electa, Elemond associated editors, 2000, p.10 [https://books.google.com/books?id=LhPHGwAACAAJ&q=Rabarama ]Granzotto, Giovanni (and others). Rabarama: colori e forme. Verso l'Arte edizioni, 2000, p.15
The skins of her subjects are always decorated with patterns, symbols, letters, glyphs and other kind of figures, in a great variety of forms.Calvesi, Maurizio. Rabarama: Im-patto. Il Cigno edizioni Roma, 2003, p.7.
Public art and internet art
Rabarama monumental sculptures have been exhibited in many public spacesBeatrice, Luca. Rabarama. Silvana Editoriale, 2010, p.111
- Paris, Place de la Sorbonne, Rue Soufflot, Place du Pantheon
- Reggio Calabria, seaside
- Shanghai, People's Plaza
- Miami, Mizner Park
- Florence, Piazza Pitti- Giardino di Boboli-Giardino delle Scuderie Reali- Complesso Le Pagliere
- Cannes, La croisette
Hi-tech and new media
In 2011 the world's first 360° video mapping on a sculpture was realized on a Rabarama's work called "Bozzolo" and exhibited live in Florence, Italy.[http://en.paperblog.com/3d-mapping-drawlight-with-rabarama-51281/ Paperblog][http://vimeo.com/25232469 Video document]
Gallery
File:RABARAMA-ABBANDONO-2011.jpg|Abbandono
File:RABARAMA-CRISALIDE-2003.jpg|Crisalide
File:RABARAMA-DO-SI-2000.jpg|Do-si
File:RABARAMA-HSIEN-2008.jpg|Hsien
File:RABARAMA-IN-CINTA-2009.jpg|In-cinta
File:RABARAMA-IN-CROCI-2000.JPG|In-croci
File:RABARAMA-LACERAZIONE-2011.jpg|Lacerazione
Bibliography
- "Rabarama" (by V. Baradel, L. M. Barbero, G. Granzotto, L. Pagnucco Salvemini; Italy. Electa, 2000)
- "Rabarama. Colori e Forme" (by G. Granzotto, L. M. Barbero; Italy, Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, 2000)
- "Rabarama. Sculture Monumentali" (by D. Magnetti, L. M. Barbero; Italy, Palazzo Bricherasio, 2001)
- "Trans–formation" (by V. Baradel, L. M. Barbero; France, Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2001)
- "Beijing International" (by V. Sanfo; China, National Art Museum of China, 2003)
- "Sculpture Exhibition of Rabarama" (by F. Dian, X. Xiao Feng; China, He Xiangning museum, 2004)
- "Rabarama ANTICOnforme" (by L.Beatrice, George Bolge; Italy, Vecchiato ed., 2011)
References
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External links
- [https://www.rabarama.com/eng-home Artist's website]
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Category:20th-century Italian sculptors
Category:21st-century Italian sculptors
Category:Italian contemporary artists
Category:Italian multimedia artists
Category:Italian women painters
Category:Italian postmodern artists