On July 8, 2017 I met Enzo, a writer living in Grimaldi
(Ventimiglia). He pointed to me a path between woods and mountains that many
migrants, especially africans, travel to reach France and from there maybe go
to the countries of northern Europe.
I went through the barbed wire net I came to France. During this journey I
photographed objects, signs, letters and letters written by those who passed
by.
Back home I picked up the material and from this I made nine
oil canvases every 30 x 40 cm.
jeans e maglietta imprigionati tra i rami
jeans and shirt imprisoned among the branches
ammasso disordinato di vestiti nel bosco
disorderly clutter of clothes in the woods
Enzo ha trovato un importante foglietto
Enzo found an important slip of paper
pausa dentro un casolare attorno a vestiti e scarpe di alcuni giovani ragazzi africani
pauses inside a cottage around clothes and shoes of some
young african boys
ragazzi berlinesi?
berlin guys?
segno lasciato da un artista
sign left by an artist
foglietto al di là della rete di filo spinato
Leaf beyond the barbed wire mesch
sui muri di case Gina
On the walls of Gina’s homes
senza titolo
Without title
After performing these canvases, I asked Enzo if he wanted
to write something about this road he knew so well. He asked me if I could run
three more canvases; these are not „things“ I met up there, but all this will
allow him to tell us things happened in the recent past.
scimmie (50 x 70 cm)
monkeys
les avions renifleurs (50 x 70 cm)
the reconnaissance aircraft
anno 1939 (50 x 70 cm)
Year 1939
And this is the canvas that I've decided to do after Enzo has written the introduction:
Biamonti e la frontiera (100x70 cm)
Biamonti and the Border
Lo scrittore Enzo Barnabà (70x 50 cm)
The writer Enzo Barnbà
BOOK PRESENTATION:
SOMS Grimaldi di Ventimiglia (IM), December 29, 2018
BOOK PRESENTATION:
Palazzo Luigina Garoscio, Dolceaqua (IM), December 30, 2018
BOOK PRESENTATION:
Sala Polivalente, Vallecrosia (IM), January 2019
http://www.succedeoggi.it/2019/01/barnaba-e-i-passaggi-di-vita/
BOOK PRESENTATION:
Forte dell'annunziata, Ventimiglia (IM), February 2019
BOOK PRESENTATION:
Chiesa Valdese, Sanremo (IM), March 23, 2019
Video Rai, April 2019
BOOK PRESENTATION, Camporosso (IM) April 24, 2019
BOOK PRESENTATION, Ventimiglia (IM), Mai 2019
Fiera del libro IMPERIA 2019
"Il Passo della Morte"
http://www.fieradellibroimperia.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fieralibroprogramma.pdf
BOOK PRESENTATION:
SOMS Grimaldi di Ventimiglia (IM), August 2019
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