Imagovalia | Roberto Mannino

Traffic Zone Gallery, in association with the Italian Cultural Center presents Imagovalia, an exhibition of prints and drawings on hand made papers by Roberto Mannino. The exhibition offers a wandering itinerary through historical and personal visual memories and their interaction with the paper substrate.

Artist Statement:

Contemporary papermaking is an artistic discipline based on the control between states of matter, from fibrous to semifluid and to solid and substantial again, thus it involves the participation of organic phenomena in terms of contribution and definition of a final form. A successful piece is the one that embeds and reflects this umbilical cord, the dialogue between the artist and the matter, where a natural process reveals itself.

–Roberto Mannino

Artist Biography:

Roberto Mannino is an Italian /American Paper Artist and Art Educator living and working in Rome. Mannino currently teaches Temple University Rome TUR, Loyola JFRC in Rome and Wood Carving at Arti e Mestieri. His artistic research has been focusing on hand-made paper compositions, relief and installations since 1996. Mannino has exhibited widely in Italy and abroad. His installation Streams is permanently installed in the Historical Sala Dante in Palazzo Poli, Conference Hall of ICG, National Cabinet of Prints and Paper in Rome. Mannino holds a BFA in Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design (1980) and a Fine Art Degree in Sculpture (1990) from the Rome Academy of Fine Arts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNL9s_8uo4 www.robertomannino.it

Gallery Hours: 

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Image: Roberto Mannino, work on paper