Alberto Ruce

Mural intervention at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/grenoblestreetartfest/">@grenoblestreetartfest</a> / Grenoble The Empatia series talks about human emotions, states of mind, which are increasingly difficult to express, perceive and understand. Magnolia is an intelligent child who always laughs, a smile that escapes in this painting, difficult to grasp, like the child inside us.

Magnolia

"Viva" is a peinting by Alberto Ruce curated by The Association Art Murs.

Viva

The mural is a dedication to a figure of the Basque folk costume, the Karkarot. This mask is used during Carnival and Shrove Tuesday, where the "Kaskarot" dance inside people's homes, bringing with them the good news of the arrival of spring.For years this figure was intended only for men, however, in recent years, women have begun to change the tradition and make it their own by bringing their sensitivity and their experiences.I was struck by this gesture of rebellion against traditions because I think it is the spirit that reflects me, breaking the mold and traditions to bring innovation.Mural created for Point de Vue Street art FestivalBayonne 2024 - France

Kaskarot

SCANNU - Transumanze Project in GranitiThe mural shows the old art of “Scannu” making. A Scannu is a small seat made of plant stems of chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris). Here, the artist blends his work into the colour scheme and shades of derelict walls, forcing the onlooker to make an effort and “search” for the picture in/on the wall. Transumanze is an artistic video project on the go. Carried out between March and September in Sicily, a region of southern Italy, in 2019.It is a work of artistic research on micro-migration, on the depopulation of small villages, on the abandonment of local traditions, and on the fragile link between man and nature. This project was fueled by anthropological research, meetings, paintings, murals and video interviews to create a documentary.

Hunter

Scannu

A blindfolded woman symbolizes justice, a falcon guides her, symbol of nature, of those who watch us from up there. Will we be able to interpret its flight?Spray paint on wallPaternó (IT) - 2 0 2 4

Invisibile

The pomegranate , symbol of Bosnia Herzegovina, formed by many seeds, the whole of each individual that forms a community, this community now divided: war, religions, politics. The hands of a young generation hold the fruit in their hands to show it, to reunite it, because after all we are seeds of the same plant. In Mostar, on the walls drilled by the blows, inside the holes made by the grenades, a new fruit is growing, sweet, unique, warm, made up of many small seeds. Young, new, fresh, growing strong, and different from all over the world. Because they don't know what fear is, they don't hear its sound, their laughter and their parties have covered those sounds. The shots, the explosions, are dominated by their laughter, by the desire to be together all from, east to west, all the same all together. In October 2021 I had the pleasure of staying in Mostar, a city near Sarajevo, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The SAFM team organized my artistic residency called Equilibrio. I was with my <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/giniusa_/">@giniusa_</a> she filmed the project and she helps me to discover this place. I will not say that it was easy, because during this residency unpleasant things have happened about my personal life and my health. But the encounters made and the things I have known here, have made me appreciate this experience, the people of this land, and even more my work, my life. hello Mostar!

"Šipak"

<ul><li>ARRICAMPU - Transumanze Project in Palermo (Sicily) At the neighborhood of Palermo, Danisinni, I painted this pastoral scene that represents the return home from a day's work in the fields. The dependence of both on one another, a thread that unites them. Transumanze is an artistic video project on the go. Carried out between March and September in Sicily, a region of southern Italy, in 2019.It is a work of artistic research on micro-migration, on the depopulation of small villages, on the abandonment of local traditions, and on the fragile link between man and nature. This project was fueled by anthropological research, meetings, paintings, murals and video interviews to create a documentary.</li></ul>

Arricampu

In my dialect, "the Viddani", are those who work the land, the villagers with a strong attachment to the land and their crafts. Sometimes this term is used negatively by those who belong to the upper middle class. Here in Amiens, Northern France, there are some farmers who work a land that is crossed by canals and waterways, using small boats to move between the fields called “Hortillonnages”. Among these channels I met a woman who works the land, her name is Perrine and she has a strong look and a shy smile. She is proud of her work and I decided to represent her with the gallows in her hand: a symbol of strength and resistance. The mural is painted next to the entrance to a bank, in a glossy street in the centre. I chose this wall because I like contrasts, because I like those who work rather than those who waste, because I still like "the viddani" rather than the petty bourgeois.

Viddani

Défense d' afficher

PINZERU - Transumanze Project in Grotte (Sicily) In collaboration with La Biddina. Transumanze is an artistic video project on the go. Carried out between March and September in Sicily, a region of southern Italy, in 2019.It is a work of artistic research on micro-migration, on the depopulation of small villages, on the abandonment of local traditions, and on the fragile link between man and nature. This project was fueled by anthropological research, meetings, paintings, murals and video interviews to create a documentary.

Pinseru 

LIBERA - EMPATIA SERIESMurals created in 2020 in a deconsecrated convent in Marseille.The nuns “Victim Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” had lived inside the monastery since 1843. The sisters led a cloistered life and had taken a vow of silence.The work is a sound painting that blends with the architecture; the arcades, the windows, the floor, suggest a place full of silence and this mural contrasts with the place. it is a tribute to freedom, a cry, a cry muffled by the painting itself.When we give free rein to our emotions, they no longer feel scary.

Libera

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Promenons-nous dans les bois

Honored to have represented Italy in Athens with this painting that honors the 700th anniversary of Dante Aligheri’s death. My part in this project was to represent the purgatory of the famous poem “La Divina Commedia”. The mural begins on the left with the phrase “…e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle”. This is the moment in which Dante and Virgilio come out of the cave of hell. A flock of sheep crosses the painting, the human being, who, as in a group, follows the behavior of his fellow men, and together they perform the same actions. In the center, the portrait of an austere character, who looks at the viewer from “another” world, ethereal, which belongs only to the imagination and fantasy.

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