STREET DIALOGUES
#11

JULY-SEPTEMBER 2023

ROBERTO ALFANO,
HERAKUT,
SBAGLIATO,
GONZALO BORONDO.

COMMON ROOTS, STREET LEVEL EVOLUTION, STUDIO PURSUITS…

/ ARTWORKS

ROBERTO ALFANO
Bambina che gioca con la palla
Modena, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
179 x 144 cm

© Ph. Davide Sabattini

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ROBERTO ALFANO

(Lodi, Italy, 1981)

Roberto Alfano is an Italian figurative artist. He began practicing graffiti in his teenage years and developed a deep interest in art in the early 1990s. He has an obsessive passion for drawing and for his painting he takes inspiration from underground culture, Art Brut, and the work of the French post-impressionist masters. His painting is introspective, driven by the need to expose individuality, explore the fragility of relationships, and confront familiar and systemic dogmas. Socially aware artist, since the end of 2018 he has also worked as an educator in contexts of psychological and social distress, specializing in experiential art workshops.

HERAKUT
Some thoughts you just have to let go of
Berlino, 2015
Mixed media on canvas
120 x 100 cm

© Ph. Dario Lasagni

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HERAKUT

Herakut is the pseudonym of a figurative artist duo who emerged from the graffiti scene and began collaborating in 2004. Jasmin Siddiqui (Frankfurt, Germany,1981), known as Hera, and her partner Falk Lehmann (Schmalkalden, Germany, 1977), known as Akut, form the duo. Herakut’s approach to art is profoundly humanistic. Their work is intense and melancholic, with much of their artistic output dedicated to charitable causes—especially those supporting children. Blending traditional techniques and spray painting, they depict mythological creatures and darkly comic scenes—images often inspired by political injustice and social awareness, which they describe as “sensual, wild, and dualistic.”

SBAGLIATO
XYT
Roma, 2021
Screen print collage on wood
181 x 127 cm

© Ph. Dario Lasagni

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SBAGLIATO

(Roma, 1987)

Sbagliato
is a crew of poster artists—an art collective founded in 2011 by three Roman architects and designers. The project was born from the desire to create disruptions within the urban fabric, generating “portals” in the rigid order of architectural structures. Sbagliato’s visionary installations are the result of a synergy between architecture, graphic design, photography, and collage, through which architectural elements are sampled, reworked, and reintroduced into the urban environment in a heterogeneous yet intentional way.

GONZALO BORONDO
Scatole di memorie 20.22.23
Reggio Emilia, 2023
Light box with photo prints on plexiglass
140 x 100 cm

© Ph. Fabrizio Cicconi

GONZALO BORONDO

(Segovia, 1989)

Borondo is an eclectic, multimedia, figurative visual artist. Born in Valladolid and raised in Segovia, he studied in Madrid where he honed his painting technique and became involved in the underground art scene, gaining recognition for the originality and impact of his murals created in unauthorized spaces. His poetic style is expressionist, intimate, and humanistic—exploring emotions, the fragility of the psyche, inner states, restlessness, and spiritual consciousness. In his artistic vision, physical and psychological contexts intertwine in a dialogue characterized by technical experimentation, the use of unconventional surfaces, and a distinctive, energetic style that transforms artistic creation into an immersive experience.

STREET DIALOGUES
#11

JULY-SEPTEMBER 2023

ROBERTO ALFANO,
HERAKUT,
SBAGLIATO,
GONZALO BORONDO.

COMMON ROOTS, STREET LEVEL EVOLUTION, STUDIO PURSUITS…