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Our Correspondents: Italy

Hosted by Daniela Salvioni

Curator and art critic Daniela Salvioni reports from assorted locales across Italy to bring us interviews with contemporary art's most revered as well as emerging and overlooked artists.

The co-editor, with Diana Burgess Fuller, of Art/Women/California, 1950-2000, this American-born resident and fluent Italian speaker, has curated exhibits for such artists as Guy Overfelt and Jennifer Locke, and has interviewed such artists as Jeff Koons and Allan McCollum. Our thanks to Star FK Radium, from Washington, D.C., for the theme music.

RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Dike Blair Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show Daniella Salvioni catches up with sculptor, photographer, painter and multimedia gallery artist Dike Blair in Rome. Blair self-describes his work as a medium for his love/obsession with "luminosity": daylight, sensation, ambience... Daniella Salvioni catches up with sculptor, photographer, painter and multimedia gallery artist Dike Blair in Rome, Italy. Blair self-describes his work as a medium for his love/obsession with "luminosity"; daylight, sensation, ambience... When... Originally aired 1/16/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Chuck Close in Rome Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show A June 2011 interview with the great portrait artist on his choice of subjects including a longstanding series of self portraits, his colors, his disabilities and their influence on his work, the pleasure of pushing paint, and how Rome affects him. A June 2011 interview with the artist while he was working in Rome. Salvioni gets the great portrait artist to talk about his choice of subjects including a longstanding series of self portraits, his colors, his disabilities and their influence on... Originally aired 11/21/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Sarah Oppenheimer Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show Host Daniela Salvioni and artist Sarah Oppenheimer--in Rome where she is a fellow at the American Academy--talks in detail about how she maneuvers and manipulates a space to create her art that becomes both a perceptual and a social experience. Host Daniela Salvioni interviews installation artist Sarah Oppenheimer in Rome where she is a fellow at the American Academy. Her revolutionary work with interior spaces has changed the meaning of the word "hole" into something more than just empty... Originally aired 6/27/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Michelangelo Pistoletto Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show It is not just his name that looms large. Michelangelo Pistoletto is now entering his sixth decade of art production in a career that has spanned Italian Pop, Arte Povera, performance, sculpture, painting and discursive aesthetic practices. It is not just his name that looms large. Michelangelo Pistoletto - named after the great Renaissance artist by his painter/art restorer father – is now entering his sixth decade of art production in a career that has spanned Italian Pop, Arte... Originally aired 4/11/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Terry Adkins Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show Daniela Salvioni converses with artist, musician, activist and cultural practitioner Terry Adkins about his return to creating "recitals"--installations that preserve the legacies of under-recognized, historically transformative figures. Daniela Salvioni converses with artist, musician, activist and cultural practitioner Terry Adkins about his return to creating "recitals"--installations that preserve the legacies of under-recognized, historically transformative figures through a... Originally aired 7/9/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Cristian Bugatti aka BUGO Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show Daniela Salvioni interviews, in Italian, Novarese indie rock musician Cristian Bugatti, aka BUGO, about his work, his process, his unusual relationship to the art and music worlds and the quirky irony that pervades all that he does. (In Italian) In this segment our Italian correspondent Daniela Salvioni interviews Novarese indie rock musician Cristian Bugatti, aka BUGO, about his work, his process, his unusual relationship to the art and music worlds and the quirky irony that... Originally aired 4/16/10 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Daniel Buren Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show Way before Bansky, Daniel Buren was leaving his mark on city streets and the most unusual public spaces. Daniela Salvioni speaks with the iconic and immeasurably influential conceptual artist who discusses his permanent installation at MACRO in Rome. Way before Bansky, Buren was leaving his mark on city streets and the most unusual of public spaces. Daniela Salvioni speaks with the iconic and immeasurably influential conceptual artist Daniel Buren, who discusses his 2010 permanent installation... Originally aired 4/16/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Our Correspondents: Italy Chris Burden Hosted by Daniela Salvioni Radio show Chris Burden talks about everything from the practical matter of how he un-crucified himself from the top of a VW Beetle to the near-yogic benefits of lounging contemplatively on an Oriental rug in the garden gazebo at Gagosian Rome Daniela Salvioni speaks with artist Chris Burden about everything from the practical matter of how he un-crucified himself from the top of a VW Beetle to the near-yogic benefits of lounging contemplatively on an Oriental rug in the garden gazebo of... Originally aired 3/19/10 Listen Read More »