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1-LIMBO is the impossibility to see the face of God, for all people died before Christ was born-DANTE It becomes here a blind man who can't see the ligh (God symbol)-ME



2-LUST In the second circle of Hell are those overcome by lust. Dante condemns these "carnal malefactors"-DANTE Here It turns into a big blanket made of men-ME



5-ANGER it explain itself



6-HERESY In the sixth circle, Heretics, such as Epicureans (who say "the soul dies with the body)-DANTE what is a man without soul? Just flesh as a meatpacking-ME



9-TREACHERY In the very centre of Hell, condemned for committing the ultimate sin (personal treachery against God), is Satan. That's a view of a moder treachery vs the God



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with these 2 attachments (I added "XXX" in stead of the real plagiarist name)





Thanks to this Hungarian colleague I discovered that a Slovenian illustrator took 2 images of mine, opened in Photoshop, changed color hues, LABEL HIS NAME ON THEM AND PUBLISHED THEM ON A MAGAZINE. This morning the magazine editor called me saying she didn't know anything about it, she was so sorry about this. I could believe her, of course, a clever editor couldn't accomplice an act like that. She said that the illustrartor was convocated by the the magazine to explain the situation and he was so sad and so sorry, he had no excuses for himself. He tried to call me this afternoon but I didn't take any calls, I wrote him "you could write by email what you want to say on the phone",then he wrote. I didn't paste the email here because it's in Italian(many people from Slovenia, Romania...speak Italian) but long story short he said he had no excuses, he was a fan of my work that's why he took my images as "inspiration". He wanted to write me to let me know.He added he was scared for his carreer and had no money.  I browsed is website and discovered another violation, another plagiarism image done for the same magazine, this one



here he took a Noma Bar's Tom Ford portrait and did the same than with my images. NOW, I wanted to suit him but International cause aren't an easy thing to manage and on the other side the magazine is from a no profict organizzation. I wonder if it happened to any of you and how you would manage a situation like that. thanks

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]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:30:03 EST http://drawger.com/emilianoponzi/index.php?section=articles&article_id=13723 In December 2011 I was contacted by a great art gallery in Rome (Wunderkammern).They just asked me "what about joining a group exhibition next September?". They gave me the topic "Suspension of disbelieve" and the names of the other 3 artists involved. I googled them ( Peter Fend Monica Canilao Escif  ) and "wow" they are contemporary arists very quoted in world market...not illustrators...mmm and mmm....again, I needed something more than just a paper hang on wall.... With the help of concept designer Giacomo Benelli, we found a way to keep my illustrators identity  but in a brand new declination: The rooms of "The Sunrise Hotel" Sunrise Hotel is an artistic experiment of the author’s persepctive. The work ideally rebuilds the facade of a hotel, without a precise identity other than that of being a container of lives in transit. Nine of the twenty-eight windows of the hotel, are switched-on with the digital art of Emiliano Ponzi, with shots of the guests of the Sunrise Hotel, caught red-handed in their privacy. The images, captured by the artistic sensibility of Emiliano Ponzi, are held in a box-shaped room and are numbered and signed. It will be possible to see the guests of the Sunrise Hotel through five small peep-slots, providing a voyeuristic and creative experience of what can be seen in each of the rooms. The concept “Sunrise Hotel” is by Giacomo Benelli.  . Sunrise Hotel links unawares to what’s happening in NewYork City at Standard Hotel “wall of shame”. The Standard Hotel has become the center of controversy over the past several days as passersby can see guests engaging in sexual activity thanks to the hotel’s ceiling-high windows.    “Sunrise hotel” Emiliano Ponzi + Giacomo Benelli for “Suspension of disbelief” @ Wunderkammern, art evolution 29 th  of September  - 15 th of  November 2012, Rome   take the look at the great "it's nice that " review

























How many scenes could be seen inside an hotel window? how many lifes and how different they could be? Every room has a story to tell.  HAPPY SPYING!!!!!



]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:06:07 EST http://drawger.com/emilianoponzi/index.php?section=articles&article_id=13251 The 12 at 7pm It will open my New York Times exhibition. It is one of the biggest honour in my career. 40 illustrations printed on canvas of my last 10 yers of work 10 illustrations printed on cotton paper mounted on forex more than 50 sketches to cover a whole wall   Italian food and Prosecco during the event directly from Mastellone Italian Grocery in Brooklyn, NY A big thanks to Nicholas and Kyla that figured out how to make the exhibition working Thanks to Ivan, Giacomo and Alice that helped with the organization I hope to meet many of you. http://www.emilianoponzi.com/press/the-new-york-times-exhibition   Below some "working in progress" photos













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  Gold 2-  Evil Apple Core category: institutional client :Quiet,please! Emi music It is part of a music Cd booklet “I miei migliori amici immaginari” by singer/performer Valerio Millefoglie.This piece combines one of history's evil icons (Adolf Hitler) with the apple, the fruit of Eden's Tree of Knowledge. At the core of each apple is a seed, a symbol of life but also a natural source of cyanide.  "Bad seed" is also an American idiom for something or someone that is evil to the core.



MUSIC,MUSIC,MUSIC!!   The album includes 10 songs and every one is a description of his imaginary friends. Every friend is a portrait I did. Many of them were selected by the SI so I asked for the possibility to have a Valerio performance during the March 2 party. It became true so 30 minutes concert directy from Milano/Italy to Manhattan Valerio Millefoglie will be accompanied not only by his imaginary band, also fromThe Man Subtitle On stage with him this man will have all the English words that Millefoglie has not. Valerio Millefoglie songs here Si  event  description page here   

Cd booklet images  selcted by SI category: sequential client : Quiet, please! / Emi music

  other illustrations selected in current SI book

  September 11 anniversary /2001-2011 Client: La Repubblica newspaper category: book This piece represents the 10th anniversary of September 11. During the years many icons and images have been produced on what we could call "the worse day of American history," and I wasn't sure if there was a new angle that I could approach it from. So I went back to the minimal elements: the towers represent a dark piece of the flag, a missing piece of it.

  Undertow client :New York Times book review cover category : editorial Francisco Goldman's Say Her Name is a true story of a husband who loses his wife to an accident at sea. The story isn't so much a tale a mourning as it is a joyful remembrance of a man in love with a wonderful human being. He describes her in such a way that anybody who has ever experienced the sensation of love can't help but feel something moving in his or her own chest. For the article in the New York Times Book Review, I joined the image of the bride's wedding dress with an image of the sea where she lost her life.

Death of Postmodernism client: La Reubblica newspaper category: editorial   Andy Warhol is dead, and so is Postmodernism. The two nuns mourn Warhol's iconic Campbell's soup can in a color environment that recalls Warhol's palette.

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