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Vitaloni Artist by Nature
Art in relation to Nature will always be somehow the product of an abundance of joy being freely offered to one’s perception.I know that Michele Vitaloni, one of Italian greatest wildlife artists, would agree with me.
The year he spent in Slimbridge, UK - at the International Wetland Research Bureau where he worked with endangered bird species - is instrumental in developing even in his art the elegance that characterizes him, and in confirming his main vocation:that for Wildlife art, which combines the love for nature and the love for art.
In 1990 during a trip amongst the main English conservationists involved in supporting antipoaching efforts in Southern Africa, I met David Shepherd, who was completing a monumental painting of pachiderms soon to be auctioned for charity. Now, ten years later, I find the same combination of creativity and generosity towards nature in Michele.
When the pelican and the woodcock are auctioned with success at Christie ’s in London in november 2000 next to the works of Robert Bateman and David Shepherd, Vitaloni, with his own technique, becomes the only Italian wildlife artist to achieve international recognition at such level.
Vitaloni ’s curiosity and originality is seen in the creation of collections of eggs and feathers of different species –always sculpted –as well as original decoys reminiscent of the renaissance ’s Wunderkammer. You see this in the celebration of animals that are rarely depicted in art and seldom seen in nature, such as the A-Mata Mata tortoise...
In his ‘Wunderkammer ’in Barzanò near the Como lake, Vitaloni developes his art far from any fashion, both because it is unique in Italy and rare abroad, and because although rigorous in its reproduction of the real specimens, it is now a celebration of the animal world in its most diverse expressions – motivated by his respect and wonder which he pays back with a tangible commitment, especially on this occasion.
Silvana Olivo
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... But Vitaloni's exquisite eye for detail doesn't stop here piece by piece , not only does his extraordinary ability and his taste for telling detail increase. But also his desire to "insert into nature" the sculpted objects, thanks to the addition of small ,yet meaningful details oak leaves and leaves of ivy ,acorns and pine cones which ,being featherlight, are rendered in bronze or in cooper.. Maria Alberta Rancati Caporedattore di “Gardenia”
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.....If you immerse yourself in nature , you convince yourself to become part of it , and among the light , shade and colour , you learn that here is also world of noise and silence to be interpreted. A love of nature means more that going to the woods;you need to recognize the trees and flowers , the different birdsong ;you need to know how to move quietly if you want to see the salamander or the horned owl .If you are capable of this ,it doesn't come about by chance it means that from a young age , you were curious about all this , and you nurtured that curiosity and turned it into learning. There are those who describe nature with the pen , and those who do so through art . This latter describes Michele Vitaloni , whose gift is to love nature and to have become and artist the better serve her.Michele's eye , at once profound and attentive , allows him to recreate the works of nature , transforming his materials of wood , and bronze , and refining them with oil paints . Such combining of sculpture and painting recreate the natural world and the birds he knows so well in extraordinarily precise detail . One of these days he will even manage to make the birds sing . All praise must go to his love of nature and to nature itself which has accorded him the privilege of expressing that love through his art. .......
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...Always passionate about nature,Vitaloni became a serious naturalist through his studies and experience in the field. From an early age he has expressed his knowlodge of and love for nature through drawing. After completing a diploma in Nature Illustration at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Vitaloni became the editor-in-chief and illustrator of L ’Orsa magazine, the first Italian nature monthly for youngsters. He has worked with WWF-Italy on a project to reintroduce disappearing Mediterranean wildfowl species. Nov. 2000 - Christie ’s, London.
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“... I mean that Michele Vitaloni , or rather , his works , have every right to be considered alongside the tha painters of the English countryside such as George Stubbs Sir Alfred Munnings or perhaps Maud Earl because , as well as an incomparable technique , his works strike the same emotional chords , and in some way , satisfy the same psychological need . They are works , in some ways already waiting for them ! the result is an elegant "object of desire" which everyone would wish to own not be capable of appreciating it fully!” Stefano Vitale Brovarone |
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“In these early years of the 21st century , characterized as they are by a search for new modes of expression largely in photography , video and installations , there are artist like Michele Vitaloni with a deep and abiding love of nature , which they portray in their work . His sculptures possess an astounding realism ; a return to serene ,reassuring portrayal...” Angelo Mistrangelo "La Stampa", 11 may 2002
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Vladek Cwalinski "Animali nell'arte" , 2004 Skira Editore, Milano |
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Renata Cuneo - Brava Casa - Scultore per Natura - September 2003
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RobertoTabozzi - Class Country - Perchè non voli? - May 2003 |
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Marco Ramanzini "La Grandezza del particolare", Diana , November 2004 , Ed Olimpia. |
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