{"id":10656,"date":"2021-02-05T12:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2021-02-11T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:05:35","slug":"journey-of-a-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/journey-of-a-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey of a Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Journey of a Soul <\/em>by Roberta Guarna
31.5\u201dx31.5\u201d; paper, fabric, photography, acrylic; 2020. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FROM KOLAJ 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberta Guarna Wins Apulia Contemporary Art Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Journey of a Soul<\/em> by Italian collagist Roberta Guarna has won two prestigious awards at the Bibart International Biennial in Bari, Italy: first prize in the conceptual art category and the award given by a jury of journalists. The paper and fabric collage combines personal photography and acrylic paint and speaks to \u201cthe journey that each of us can travel in our own life amidst the infinite difficulties of being considered different from others.\u201d Born in Florence and now living in Bari, Guarna raises, in her work, issues of \u201cdisability, poverty, human rights, mental illness, the health of the planet, freedom, [and] women\u2019s rights\u201d and directs her work to those who are \u201cthe marginalized, invisible and fragile society, oppressed by pain and loneliness.\u201d By doing this she \u201ctries to fight against the immense human indifference.\u201d The competition and exhibition is organized by the Social Promotion Association Federico II Eventi, Vallisa Cultura, Bibart International Biennial, in collaboration with the Association \u201cI Bisbiglii dell\u2019Anima\u201d and the Patronage of the Municipalities of Bari and Gioia del Colle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This News & Notes item appears in <\/em>Kolaj<\/a> #31<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. To see all the News & Notes items in this issue, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <\/em>Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why hurt me?<\/em> by Roberta Guarna
11.7\u2033x8.3\u2033; paper; 2019. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Roberta Guarna\u2019s work\u2019s meaning, often autobiographical, is aimed at that marginalized, invisible and fragile part of society. Among the topics dealt with, the main ones are: memory, understood as remembrance, injustice, freedom, society, change. She expresses through analogue collages, integrating them with the most varied artistic techniques. She lives in Puglia, Italy. See more of Guarna\u2019s work in the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM KOLAJ 31 Roberta Guarna Wins Apulia Contemporary Art Prize Journey of a Soul by Italian collagist Roberta Guarna has won two prestigious awards at the Bibart International Biennial in Bari, Italy: first prize in the conceptual art category and…<\/p>\n

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