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Questa sera alle 19 nella rocca San Giorgio sarà aperta la mostra di artiste orceane, dal titolo “EROS E THÀNATOS: 4 PROSPETTIVE AL FEMMINILE” , a cura di #MonicaCarrera , #AnnaGhilardi , #ElenaMonzo , #SilviaTrappa . l progetto espositivo è curato dall'Associazione Rete di Dafne Rassegna stampa #BresciaOggi #ReteDiDafne (presso Rocca S Giorgio Orzinuovi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRTsphkga0Q/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“I Wanna Be A Sumo Champion I” by Silvia Trappa I’m interested in expanding my knowledge to find new inspirations, to discover and learn about the old and contemporary history of different countries, and taking things that affect me and reusing them in a new and contemporary key. · · · · · #contemporaryart #illustration #silviatrappa #drawing #childhood #contemporaryartist #artwynwood #wynwood #miami #thedirectedartmodern #DAM #DAMart #artoftheday #artwork #artist #artistoninstagram #miamiart https://www.instagram.com/p/Btv2CW9BG-_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11hsnuu2b6man

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Chi ha ucciso la curiosità? Stefano Guerrini per METABOX metabox.zone #stories #humans #training #culture #art #contemporaryart #sculpture #artwork #contemporary #igersitalia #igersemiliaromagna #igersbologna @silviatrappa @stefano_guerrini (presso Bologna, Italy)

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#bresciawinterfilm2017 #vitaeavventura #BWF2017 #ottomontagnepiùuna @silviatrappa un particolare di una delle nove montagne disegnate da nove illustratori. Dove le altre? @akutrekkingfootwear @elleerre_it @gialdini_bs @nuovo_eden @museodiocesanobs @alture_festival @thepillmagazine @mysticfreeride @adventureawardsdays

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Here Silvia's geese grazing in her garden!

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“SHELLter” Silvia Trappa All my works are inspired by daily life, in a fast world I work on the concept of time using as main media sculpture and drawing. I would like to create a language that everyone from everywhere can understand, something that will appear easy and light at the first sight but that hides a critical view and a deep meaning. I’m interested to expand my knowledge finding new inspirations, discover and learn about old and new history of different countries, taking things that affect me and reusing it in a new and contemporary way. The main focus is to make people think about topical facts through something that they already know, because it’s a part of our history. In the last few years I focused my research on materials, looking for kinds of sustainable materials, as a result I started to work with paper, which became one of the main materials of my sculptures. I’m interested in social art and I got experiences as a volunteer.This approach made me stronger and now I plan workshops about creativity and recycling for children and people with different kind of disabilities. . . . . . #sculpture #artsculpture #arte #scultura #socialart #artistofinstagram #originalart #fineart #DAMart #silviatrappa (at The Directed Art Modern) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1t-wchHf5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vbvv2ho0cht6

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“LoSposalizio” Silvia Trappa Silvia Trappa (1986) is an Italian artist that works and lives between Brescia e Milano. After the degree in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara she was selected for an exchange program in Japan and she has continue her studies at the Tokyo Zokei University. She works with sculpture and drawing using the theme of childhood as a metaphor of life or finding inspiration in the history of different culture to talks about topical facts. The lightness of her works often hides a critical view and a deep meaning. She has been artist in residence in Italy and in Japan and her works have been exhibited in Italy,Portugal and Japan. She plans workshops about creativity and recycling for children and people with disabilities. . . . . . #artgallery #artsculpture #miamiart #dailyart #artist #artcollector #creativity #lb #miami #instaart #DAMart #silviatrappa (at The Directed Art Modern) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1uDMFBgwR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yuusmcpr2vug

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“SHELLter” Silvia Trappa All my works are inspired by daily life, in a fast world I work on the concept of time using as main media sculpture and drawing. I would like to create a language that everyone from everywhere can understand, something that will appear easy and light at the first sight but that hides a critical view and a deep meaning. I’m interested to expand my knowledge finding new inspirations, discover and learn about old and new history of different countries, taking things that affect me and reusing it in a new and contemporary way. The main focus is to make people think about topical facts through something that they already know, because it’s a part of our history. In the last few years I focused my research on materials, looking for kinds of sustainable materials, as a result I started to work with paper, which became one of the main materials of my sculptures. I’m interested in social art and I got experiences as a volunteer.This approach made me stronger and now I plan workshops about creativity and recycling for children and people with different kind of disabilities. . . . . . #artcollective #gallery #sculpture #artagram #instagood #creative #artiste #series #artsy #DAMart #silviatrappa (at The Directed Art Modern) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1uHtFhJlF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=stnoe1z4i0a3

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#gentedimontagna #daimontialmare #artedimontagnaalpiano #soncino @silviatrappa (presso Castello di Soncino)

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“Usually the first step is drawing, I need it to focus the basic idea”.

Here among pencils, pens, ribbons and scotch tape Silvia's works step their first steps.

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Artist Silvia Trappa's Office!

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Silvia Trappa's studio, here is where she composes her sculptures, “Chaotic. I really try to be ordered, but I have to say that in the end it's not my nature.”

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Silvia Trappa

FEATURED TUUUM ARTIST

Italian artist Silvia Trappa talked to us about her process and inspirations. She’s been greatly influenced by Japanese culture, which comes through strongly in her work. Currently she’s living and working in Milan.

  Kiki Sideris: How did living in Carrara and attending the Fine Art Academy there help form your practice?

Silvia Trappa: Carrara is famous for its white marble and historically has a deep culture of sculpture; it is a small city but a lot of students and artists come from around the world to develop their technique here.

It was also very important for me because I had the opportunity to learn and try many different kinds of materials and understand how to make choices in my own art.

KS: Would you say that there are influences from fashion design in your work? 

ST: Sure. Of course I'm an observer and the attitude hits me at first sight, people’s outfits are a form of communication and can say a lot about the person your have in front of your. The fil rouge of my work is the contrast and in the graphic part of my art I like to play on different textures. 

KS: Tell me about your time in Tokyo.

ST: The first time was four years ago for a university exchange at the Tokyo Zokei University and I had the sensation of feeling at home. I love Tokyo and its contrasts and the way old and new live together. I feel like a child in a funfair, you can find everything you want from the material things to the most spiritual experiences. That's the reason why I came again last year for an art residence and I will be there in the autumn for a solo show.

KS: Has there been a person or experience that has steered your work in new or significant directions?

ST: My first time in Japan and my japanese teacher, Miki Toshiaru. He opened my mind and helped me  experiment new directions in my work, he encouraged me to try to give space to the graphic part of my works. The japanese conception of beauty is really similar to mine because the focal point of japanese beauty is precision and pureness of shapes, not just perfection. The word that can explain this concept is equilibrium, like the simple beauty of nature.

KS: How would you describe your subject matter? What themes occur/reoccur in your work?

ST: I get inspirated by the things around me, by daily life. All my works talk about the contemporary society, but always with lightness and irony.

The theme of games often recurs in my art because is a nice metaphor for life, for something that will always be a part of everybody's existence. The theme of time is primary: my characters are like crystallized and frozen in the wait,  but, there is an hidden motion, they are alive on the inside.

I'm looking for sort of borderline people: like children, old and strange people, because I think that they are living time in a different way from other people, and this is charming to me. Recently I'm most interested in childhood and adolescence.

KS: How does your process differ in painting and in sculpture? Do you use any other media?

ST: When I draw I create everything I can imagine and throw it on the sheet, while sculpture has more limits about material, size, and it requires more thought going into how to do something physically and make it work well.

At the moment I just use drawing and sculpture but I do so in many different ways and with different materials. I like to find new ways to develop my work, for example right now I'm trying to use paper for my sculptures.

KS: How do you work? 

ST: Usually the first step is drawing, I need it to focus the basic idea, after I can think about how to make it into a sculpture, which material is better, the size, the bases... I need something like a little project to clear my mind.

My process is a mix of projects and instincts, I work accurately at the begining, but once I'm inside the creative process I lose control and follow my hands, after that I come back and accurately finish off the work.

KS: What’s your relationship with your studio space?

ST: Chaotic. I really try to be ordered, but I have to say that in the end it's not my nature.

KS: What do you want your work to do?

ST: I would like to make people think about the concept of time, contemporary society limits people to a constant fast pace, we have all lost the capacity to wait and trust in something without having a material return. That's the reason why my works are always static, crystallized in wait, shapes and colors appear worn down by time like they were living just in memories or in dreams. While in drawings there is a movement but it's repetitive, almost serial and recalls a timelapse.

KS: Do you ever get stuck? Any rituals for getting “unstuck”?

ST: I haven’t gotten stuck in a long time, but I can remember that sensation when I was a student, you feel empty and I think it's the worst thing that can happen to an artist.

I generally don't have enough time to make all of my ideas a reality so I have to be good about storing them in my head. I don't think I have any specific rituals, but perhaps my overall way of owrking is like a sort of ritual. I’ve had my tools for a long time and I go crazy if a lose something.

KS: Fun question: Name something you don’t love, and why.

ST: Waist packs. Especially men who wear waist packs, but I can't explain why!

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Here are five images that inspire artist Silvia Trappa, this week's featured artist on Tuuum Rooom.