Rabarama

Rabarama, pseudonym of Paola Epifani, (born August 22, 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist.[1]

Rabarama
Rabarama in 2006
Born	Paola Epifani Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Education	Arts High School, Treviso Academy of Fine Arts, Venice
Known for	Performance, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
Notable work	monumental sculptures, sculptures, performances, paintings
Movement	contemporary art
Website	www.rabarama.com

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
• Reggio Calabria, seaside
• Shanghai, People's Plaza
• Miami, Mizner Park
• 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. "Sculture Monumentali", Fiera d’Oltremare, Naples, Italy 2002 "Rabarama: Esculturas Monumentales", Fondazione Dolores Olmedo Patino, Mexico City, Mexico. "Sculture Monumentali", Fleury museum, Lodéve (Montpellier), France. (group exhibition) Mondial, Taiwan, Cho Sun Ilbo Art Museum, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, S.Korea and Yokohama, Japan. 2001 "Rabarama. Sculture Monumentali", Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy. "Rabarama", Palazzo del Senato, Milan, Italy. 2000 "Rabarama", Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy. "Trans-formation", Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France. 1999 Rabarama", Salone delle Terme, Antwerp, Belgium. 1998 "Rabarama", Galerj JFV, Roeselare, Belgium. 1997 "Rabarama", Busacca Gallery, Philadelphia, USA. 1992 "Rabarama", Modern Art Museum, Toluca, Mexico. Acquisitions by museums and institutions Selected acquisitions Palpit-azione, Museo d'arte in Avellino, Italy[10] Trans-lettera, Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece. Trans-lettera, Lungomare Falcomatà, Reggio Calabria, Italy. Labirintite, Lungomare Falcomatà, Reggio Calabria, Italy. Co-stell-azione, Lungomare Falcomatà, Reggio Calabria, Italy. Bozzolo, National Association of Chinese Painters, Art Museum of Biennale, Beijing, China. Trans-mutazione, People's Place, Sculpture Space, Shanghai, Cina. 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. Baradel, Virginia (and others). Rabarama. Electa, Elemond associated editors, 2000, p.10 Granzotto, Giovanni (and others). Rabarama: colori e forme. Verso l'Arte edizioni, 2000, p.15 Calvesi, Maurizio. Rabarama: Im-patto. Il Cigno edizioni Roma, 2003, p.7. Beatrice, Luca. Rabarama. Silvana Editoriale, 2010, p.111 Paperblog Video document "Statue di Rabarama in Piazza Teatro Massimo - Catania". flickr.com. Sicilia Today. Retrieved 2014-01-30. Di Bartolo, Natalia (12 April 2008). "Le sculture dell'artista RABARAMA inserite a Catania in via Teatro Massimo". teatro.org. Retrieved 2014-01-30. "information from beniculturali.it". Retrieved 2014-07-06. External links Artist's website