It has been fun going back and forth with artist Claudio Parentela. Mostly because his passion for his work is off the charts and energetic (as is his work), but also because he doesn’t speak English very well and I always find that cute, which probably means I’m an idiot. The 49 year old Parentela lives in the ancient Magna Graecia in Italy where he “paints, always, everyday, all the time”. What does Claudio want with his work? “I desire that my artworks will travel in the always new, unknown world. I pray everyday for this and I put in my artwork secret prayers, sure. I can listen to all the thoughts and voices of the entire solar system…Oh, and I love fashion.”
If you didn’t just fall in love with him, THEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU! His work is just as sporadic as he is, in the best of ways. Continue reading for more amazing statements from the artist and to see his work.
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“When I paint I always listen too so much music, I listen to it all, I read all. I like the strong contrasts, but also soft, fuzzy, undefined contrasts. I like to play with my feelings, with others feelings, to color them with weird moods, photos, paints, and mix them always in new ways, in new bodies.”
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“I love fashion. It’s a world so fake and so real, so much madness, it’s my true world, yes. I would like to create fashion, to think only fashion, to live fashion.”
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“I love gray clouds, my works are full of gray clouds.”
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“The voice of Diamanda Galas has the power of a pink crystal.”
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“A continuous flow over time, mixing different impossible materials and searching for the right colors for that special, unique moment, I love that.”
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“I love to take photos of the sky and the sea in the winter. In the water there are all the colors.”
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“Pier Paolo Pasolini is my muse. His poems are pure divine music, his eyes are pure sweet metal.”
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“I like to show myself and to hide myself continually.”
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“Art is a wonderful refuge of pink cream.”
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“I like to draw and to paint the strong contrasts, the absolute contrasts, the muddled and the conflicting contrasts, knotted in inextricable threads. I like to draw the absolute and indescribable emotions.”
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SO Note: All pieces are owned by Claudio Parentela and images cannot be reproduced. All quotes from Parentela. Find out more about the artist at claudioparentela.net.