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An article on affaritaliani.it . Di Maria Teresa Melodia

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The representation of themselves on Facebook? And 'art ...

CONTEMPORARY ART AND WEB / Lisa Chi, Bergamo, '84, "stealing" the pictures of profiles on Facebook and turns them into portraits, exploring the representation of themselves on social networks. In his works, shows us how to change the approach to Fb body and appearance. Affaritaliani.it to collect his journey through the contemporary models of femininity within the network: "The goal is to provide food for reflection on what is expected of a woman because it is considered that ...". INTERVIEW AND PICTURES

Tuesday 04/01/2011 10:44

Maria Teresa Melodia

Art that manipulates, interprets and reflects on the aesthetics. This is how the paintings pop by Lisa Chi, an artist born in 1984, which explores the representation of themselves on social networks. A personal research on how we should be and how we want to be, with particular reference to the body and the 'appearance. Lisa Chi, stage name of Lisa Chiari, a young but determined daughter dell'operosa Bergamo Province, graduated from the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, gave away in a project called Pediofobia, term for the fear of dolls, the result of a journey through the contemporary models of femininity within the Net Step one: steal the photos of Facebook users and to create portraits, boldly colorful and provocative . "The goal, he says, is to offer insights on what is expected of a woman because she is considered such."

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NEW Keyhole - "The first phase of my research is shamefully voyeuristic: sailed on social networks among the photos uploaded by friends or acquaintances on the net looking for virtual interesting faces. Following contact the owners and ask permission to use the image for a painting. "

THE PHOTOS OK - "What attracts me is the awareness of the body and its place in the world," explains Lisa. It just has to express a femininity that makes reference to alternative models, in short, not only career women or women-tissue.

FACES PORTRAITS - students, young workers who are pictured in front of the mirror, as the sensual burlesque performer Janet whistle and even men who are not afraid to show their feminine sides. These are the protagonists of the paintings of the artist who adds: "Who said that femininity is reserved for women?" The common thread in terms of features is "disorienting quest for individuality. Strong and fragile, sweet and aggressive. They are dolls with all their might say they do not exist and to be more willing to rigid classification schemes in too tight. "

IN SEARCH OF A "LIKE" on Facebook - Social networks are central as they play a significant role in affirming individual. "Among the photos uploaded on Facebook and MySpace, he says, you can inquire about what the ideal of beauty: the avatar that represents us and that we create on-line can also be far from the reality of our appearance but, being the result of personal choice, has always proved that the perception of ourselves, or the way we want to be .

IMAGES DIKTAT - "These models are dictated by men, models that in time we started to believe they were also present. The proposed image and imagination meet fully the sense of sight, which is the preferred way in humans. In matriarchal societies are favored instead of hearing and touch, and today these senses are particularly neglected "she said. But there a hope: "The concept of femininity is changing. It seems there is now a glut in the common imagination, confirms Lisa Chi, perhaps, thanks to the Internet is opening up a space in which to show their uniqueness through the imperfection. "

DISCOVERY OF NEW DOLLS - "I personally find it absurd that the dolls are characters of a perfectly exaggerated and unreal. Exactly what the media company is asking us to become: icons, girls out of time always neat and well dressed. Perhaps the pediofobia is more widespread than you think: there are those, like me, afraid of the social effects of the continuous display of doll on television and who, instead, afraid of a femininity that research and experiments with new ways to express themselves. This is what I call the 'new' dolls. Those who decide for themselves the dress and personal wear. The maturity is also in considering all stages of life as equally important and to love, respect and listen to your body changes every moment of life. " In conclusion, "with my body alive a loving relationship a bit 'ups and downs but in the most difficult is always a love story!" Admits the artist.

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Who is Lisa among the finalists for the fifty Arts Award in Flight , charity event produced by Coopers The Flight Onlus in collaboration with the auction house Porro & C . The initiative is part of the project "Art in Flight", which aims to promote and disseminate contemporary art in its many modes of expression and artistic culture in general as a vehicle to raise public awareness on the issue of the Personality Disorder and its social implications.

The 50 works produced will be exhibited at The Circle Filologico Milanese during the day February 16, 2011 and auctioned the same evening, starting at 18:30.

The catalog of the works will be published on the website of the Cooperativa Sociale Onlus Flight and widespread (in both paper and electronic form) in the preceding weeks.

Lisa Chi - Água (50x70) cm - oil and charcoal on canvas - 2010