Posted by Julio at 2:48 AM, October 19, 2009
Angelo Aversa
21 June 2009, New England
When I was very young, I began to have a natural predisposition for art but I certainly didn't imagine that one day eventually it would, and should, become my job.
It's not an easy row to hoe. The so-called art system--critics, galleries, curators etc.--can be the biggest enemy for an artist. I'm not convinced that a good part of gallerists, curators and critics today do their job well.
To be an artist is fantastic because it is a profession where freedom is fundamental.....
Sometimes this freedom gets blurred by the art marketers who promote certain banal themes and artists that are easy to sell. My relationship with the art system is distant because I believe in the excellence of good art over what's fashionable so I will never accept the political and tired reality of the art operators.
My biggest wish and ambition was and is to be a great artist mainly for myself.
Nothing is more adrenalin-inducing and emotional than to create something from nothing.
When I started with the woodcut technique I never thought for a moment I could make a living from it. My main artistic formation was in a bottega darte as an apprentice to a master artist. Trained in this Renaissance way, I needed to have a patron of the arts. In fact my first patrons where and still are my family in Italy and my wife, Mary, who sustains our family and encourages me in my art.
In a world where meritocracy is not always recognized, where the economic imbalance is more and more acute and where everything runs at an intolerable velocity, I thank God because there are still some people who look to the future with eyes of goodness and infinite patience.
Angelo Aversa
21 June 2009, New England
Dear Angelo, I like your woodcuts
and I wish you well. You sound a lot like me when I was young. I did manage to make a living with my art.
I am now 86 years old. I would like you to look
at my Website and tell me what you think.
Dear Ruth,
First of all thank you very much!
What a surprise to discover my video posted on Baren Forum.
I visited your web site and I enjoyed what I saw.
People like you are an example for me, so I wish I can be still an artist when I will be 86.
I wish you all the best.
Angelo Aversa
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/angeloaversa
I had to remove this video due the infringement of the copyright about music.
Angelo Aversa
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/angeloaversa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNCQg4dtMGs
Angelo Aversa, 12 years of woodcuts 1997-2009.
It has been now 12 years since I started doing woodcut art after years of drawing and painting.
What can I say? I love it, love it, and love it still.
What a medium it is! Modern, authentic and sincere.
What a blessing to be able to express my vision in such a strong and graphic way.
In this video, I’m posting a selection of my prints from 1997 to 2009.
Previously, I posted another video on youtube but unfortunately, due the copyright infringement of the background music I chose, I had to cancel it.
How a video can be watchable without a soundtrack?
So I hope this video can stay posted a little longer and I really hope you enjoy it.
If you have questions about this video and, in particular, my art, please do not hesitate to contact me.
A.A. 2009