Rabarama, pseudonym of Paola Epifani, (born August 22, 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist.[1]
Artistic practice
Rabarama creates sculptures and paintings of men, women and hybrid creatures, often in eccentric poses.[2][3]
The skins of her subjects are always decorated with patterns, symbols, letters, glyphs and other kind of figures, in a great variety of forms.[4]
Public art and internet art
Rabarama monumental sculptures have been exhibited in many public spaces[5]
Paris, Place de la Sorbonne, Rue Soufflot, Place du Pantheon
Florence, Piazza Pitti- Giardino di Boboli-Giardino delle Scuderie Reali- Complesso Le Pagliere
Cannes, La croisette
Hi-tech and new media
In 2011 the world's first 360° video mapping on a sculpture was realized on a Rabarama's work called "Bozzolo" and exhibited live in Florence, Italy.[6][7]
Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
2014
"Rabarama SkinArt", public art in Merano - Italy
2013
"Rabarama Volarearte", Pisa, Forte dei Marmi - Italy.
2012
"Rabarama Solo-show", Van Loon & Simons Galery and Mary Church, Vught - The Netherlands.
"In-cinta", marble sculptures in Duomo square, Pietrasanta - Italy.
2011
"54°Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Biennale di Venezia", Padiglione Italia, Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
"Rabarama "ANTICOnforme" FIRENZE Piazza Pitti- Giardino di Boboli-Giardino delle Scuderie Reali- Complesso Le Pagliere, Florence, Italy.
2010
"Rabarama sur la croisette", installation of marble monumental sculptures along city streets and in the Garden of the Grand Hotel, Cannes, France.
"Rabarama at Moorhouse", London, England.
"Rabarama at the Italian Cultural Institute", London, England.
2009
"Rabarama – comes to life", Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands.
2008
"Rabarama. Peintures et Sculptures", La Galery Fine Arts, Saint Paul de Vence, France.
"Rabarama à Paris", installation of monumental sculptures Place de la Sorbonne, Rue Soufflot e Place du Pantheon, Paris, France.
"Rabarama, Boca Raton Museum, Miami, USA.
"Gli spazi dell’arte - Catania Arte Fiera", Piazza Vincenzo Bellini, Catania, Italy.[8][9]
2007
"Rabarama a Ginevra, maestoso connubio", Franck Muller castle, Geneve, Switzerland.
"Rabarama. Identità" Villa Genovese Zerbi, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
2006
"Rabarama", Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands.
2005
"Rabarama", Fundaciòn Sebastian, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Trans-calare", Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Sculture monumentali" Mexico City, Mexico.
"Le sculture di Rabarama", Gardens of Cultural Center La Estancia, Caracas, Venezuela.
2004
"Sculpture Exhibition of Rabarama", Millennium Monument, Beijing, Art museum of He Xiangning, Shenzhen, Sculpture Space, Shanghai, Jinan, China.
2003
"Indecipherable trip", San Giovanni Evangelista, Spazio Badoer, Venice, Italy.
Labirintite, Contemporary Art Museum, Boca Raton, Miami, USA.
Gallery
Abbandono
Crisalide
Do-si
Hsien
In-cinta
In-croci
Lacerazione
Bibliography
"Rabarama" (by V. Baradel, L. M. Barbero, G. Granzotto, L. Pagnucco Salvemini; Italy. Electa, 2000)
"Rabarama. Colori e Forme" (by G. Granzotto, L. M. Barbero; Italy, Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, 2000)
"Rabarama. Sculture Monumentali" (by D. Magnetti, L. M. Barbero; Italy, Palazzo Bricherasio, 2001)
"Trans–formation" (by V. Baradel, L. M. Barbero; France, Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2001)
"Beijing International" (by V. Sanfo; China, National Art Museum of China, 2003)
"Sculpture Exhibition of Rabarama" (by F. Dian, X. Xiao Feng; China, He Xiangning museum, 2004)
"Rabarama ANTICOnforme" (by L.Beatrice, George Bolge; Italy, Vecchiato ed., 2011)
References
^Agnellini, Maurizio. Arte contemporanea italiana: pittori e scultori 1946-1996 : opere e mercato 1996-1997. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1996, p.203.
