Giuseppe Valia is a contemporary Italian artist who began his artistic journey as a graffiti artist, initially painting large walls and progressing to the gritty and intense practice of train-bombing, where he painstakingly painted subway lines. Valia continued creating graffiti until the age of 25, when he experienced a transformative shift, describing it as “seeing everything blue.” His work has since become a mental synthesis of his lived experiences, emotions, and observations.
Valia employs a mixed-media approach, incorporating spray paint, cement, oils, acrylics, inks, and various surfaces like canvas and wood. This diverse material palette allows him to channel his expressive vision, often resulting in pieces marked by scratches, holes, tears, and patches. Valia’s approach is marked by a relentless drive to manipulate and even force the materials to respond to his intent, creating works that are as raw and tactile as they are visually compelling.
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SEPTEMBER 29 SUNDAY from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PMTime of Creation Day 2024, Laudato Si. “Hope and act with Creation” is the theme for 2024 to pray and respond to the cry of Mother Earth. The symbol that will guide Time 2024 is “The first fruits of hope”, inspired by Romans 8:19-25. “The times in which we live demonstrate that we do not relate to the Earth as a gift from our Creator, but as a resource to be used” “Creation groans” because of our selfishness and our unsustainable actions that damage it, but “it teaches us that hope is present in the expectation of a better future”. In the biblical context, “hoping”, we read again, “does not mean remaining still and silent, but moaning, crying out and actively fighting for a new life in the midst of difficulties”.5:00 PM - A reflection on the “Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Fossil Fuels” to help end the era of coal, oil and gas, the main culprits of the catastrophic climate crisis that is devastating the planet. It took the world 21 years to obtain a global treaty on climate change. Now we must push hard and with determination for a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Fossil Fuels that can bring about the course correction we need to address the climate crisis. There is no time to procrastinate, procrastinate or pass the blame. We are all responsible.With …..Maria Concetta Cassata, President of the Cug of the Ministry of Culture and Carmine Marinucci, Uomo Illuminato, of the international association Diculther will be presentA #panchinarossa will be installed in the Community Care the People in Vietnam, curated by Enzo Falcone, Uomo Illuminato.We will have a connection with a testimony of the Mapuche women of Argentina and Chile, environmental activists.6:00 PM - Holy Mass for Gaia, celebrated by Don Dario, chaplain of the Pavia Prisons, Uomo Illuminato7:30 PM - Apericena, Chef Dimitri's Risotto
