Christmas at the Gentile Polo Art Studio

Christmas Dinner Friday, December 14th at the Studio d'Arte Gentile Polo in Rovere' della Luna (Tn, IT), among friends with guest of honor, the poet Angelo Magro. Immersed in the warmth of friendship, surrounded by pictures in full color by the guest artist Gentile Polo, which cover the high walls of his house - museum, the guests relaxed after the pleasantries to gather around the table. Many topics were discussed during the evening, starting from the evening at Castel Pietra where the artist Gentile Polo presented the poet Walter Vettori on the occasion of the musical and poetic performance "Castelli di-versi", returning the honor he had two weeks before on the occasion of the evening of "Pensieri ... una strada in salita" (Thoughts... an uphill road), the last intimate work of the master. Angelo Magro then asked the artist Gentile Polo for news about the upcoming group exhibition to be held in Spring with some Berlin artists who have painted on the former Berlin Wall. From the first statements of his colleague Antonello Serra it seemed he would have left the burden of the organization to us, but already the day after the dinner he denied announcing on the phone that he had chosen the dates of exposure. From the next exhibition to be organized we moved on to talk about those to see, such as the one dedicated to Jacopo Robusti Comin known as the "Tintoretto" (Venice, 1518/1519 - 31.05.1594) open until 06 January 2019 and set up between Palazzo Ducale, symbolic place of Venice as the seat of the Doge and local magistracies, and the Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia. Also in the beautiful lagoon city is the interesting exhibition path "From Kandinsky to Botero, all in one thread" on display until March 30, 2019 in the elegant Zagure gothic palace (1353 AD) in Campo San Maurizio, where the master weavers of tapestries today's reinterprets

"Over 100 works on show, the famous masters Kandinsky, Dalì, Miró, Casorati, Capogrossi, Andy Warhol are the protagonists. The colors of Matisse and Paul Klee, the timeless shapes of De Chirico, the disruptive art of Corrado Cagli and Mirko Basaldella. "(From palazzozaguri.it)

Between warp and weft, the tapestries on show give life to masterpieces that have enriched the salons of the great Italian Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raffaello ships.

"To evoke the glistening world of the transoceanic journeys of the early twentieth century, parts and images of the film" The legend of the pianist on the ocean "will be projected (from -Venice to Palazzo Zaguri, tapestries on display: "From Kandinsky to Botero, all in one thread" .- photo- drawing artemagazine.it of 10.29.2018)

For those with the details, the voice recorded for the audio guide to tourists is Vittorio Sgarbi. The Christmas dinner then continued between a plate of Barilla sedanini sautéed in broth and sausage ragout, pork ribs and frankfurter inaffited by an excellent Teroldego Rotaliano, mixed salad with balsamic vinegar of Modena, puddings with cheese and pears and bacon with Sicilian garlic, coffee with chocolates and crunchy almonds and pistachios and toast with brut Müller Thurgau sparkling wine and panettone at the Grand Marnier covered with delicious chocolate. If we were not all too satiated we would have done honor also to the delicious apple strudel of the poet guest Angel Magro ... But as the famous scientist Lavoisier said in the eighteenth century:

"Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed" (from "0330. Nature is impassive, does not change, and does not move." Is this a true or false statement? Giuseppina Modestino - Fisico in scienzapertutti.lnf.infn.it)

and therefore that greedy strudel will certainly not be lost! A really nice Christmas dinner with friends that could only end with hugs and renewed good wishes for the upcoming holidays and the new year to come. By the Gentile Polo Art Studio wish also to all of you: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

(Lucia Martorelli - Gentile Polo Art Studio)