Lisa Borgiani und Massimo Nidini auf der Gala Italia 2011 in New York

New York Axis Mundi, fotografia e pittura su tela, 90 x 140 cm

D Y N A M I C I T I E S
PHOTOPAINTINGS BY LISA BORGIANI, MASSIMO NIDINI

FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York
Broadway Ballroom - 6th floor

GALA ITALIA is the most important wine and food event organized annually in the USA to promote Italian wines & foods, in the framework of the "Made in Italy" that also includes top restaurants, food products, fashion, the arts and other typical Italian products.
GALA ITALIA - now in its 26th edition - is organized by the Italian Wine & Food Institute under the patronage of the Italian Ambassador to the US and will be held on February 10, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.

The Italian art will be represented by the two Italian artists, Lisa Borgiani and Massimo Nidini, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, in collaboration with Italian Wine & Food Institute and Associazione Veronesi nel Mondo.
Lisa Borgiani and Massimo Nidini are contemporary Italian artists, blending the two types  of media to create their photopainting works. Their works have been exhibited in numerous international art fairs, New York Art Expo, 20|21 London Art Fair, Art Singapore Fair, Innsbruck Art Fair, Dubai Index Fair, The Affordable Art Fair London, Shanghai World Expo 2010, in Italian and overseas art galleries, often in liaison with the local Italian Cultural Institutes.
In November 2010 they presented their new project "Dreaming Crystals on Duisburg" in Essen, European Capital of Culture 2010. The art project "The Third Eye" is an official part of the TWINS.2010 project program within RUHR.2010 in Essen.
They also collaborate with American Universities to research and develop 3D animation using their works.
In 2009 the collaboration with Prof. Carlo Pelanda marked the beginning of a new artistic journey. "Italia verticale", a work created for the cover of his latest book "Formula Italia" and symbol of the exhibition "Dynamic Cities", hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute in London in March 2010, creates a new way of seeing, photographing and "building" new cities: the journey originates via the overlapping of cities in motion, modern and ancient architecture, out of focus, merged together, cities that melt together in search of a new identity.
The speed of the photopainting reminds one of the moment-motion in which we act, think and create, in acceleration. It is the symbol of the power of progress, of a harmonious fast-moving equilibrium, confidently looking towards the future.  It is a challenge against the static, a transformation, the drive to live so as to change for the better; it is the interpretation of verticality as an architectural and conceptual elevation.