NO SERIOUS ART PLEASE

July 1, 2011 Ninu Nina

Laurina Paperina is a duck with a human head. She paints, draws, creates installations, video animations and sometimes even photographs.

Paperina has over the past years created artworks especially about the art world that present an ironic commentary in response to current events. Laurina Paperina was born in 1980 in Rovereto, Italy; now She lives in Duckland, a small town in the universe and doesn't want to make serious art!

SOLO SHOWS

2011

How to kill the artists, NKV extra/Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Volta Show, New york, Usa
Laurina Paperina Video Project, Studio Trisorio, Roma,
2010

Neither use nor ornament, Perugi arte contemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy
Laurina Paperina, 18 Gallery, Shanghai, China

RECENT GROUP SHOWS

2011

Nuova creatività italiana, curated by R. Barilli, G. Bartorelli, A. Borbogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, G. Molinari, Associazione Culturale La Fabbrica, Gambettola (Cesena), Italy
Videoart Yearbook, curated by R.Barilli, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (Italy)
Amateur, curated by G. Bartorelli, Galleria Perugi, Padova, Italy
I like the art world and the art world likes me, curated by E. Doeringer, The Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, Usa *

Greatest inspirations or influences

wild nature, cartoons, comics, television,
death, horror movies, strange people, animals ...

Most memorable exhibition to date?

my first solo show in Paris and then in New York City!
Paris is a beautiful and New York is so full of energy, creative people and beautiful places, I love it! It was a giant event and great opportunity for my work and myself.

Upcoming projects or exhibitions?

I will do some group shows in Europe, and a solo show in Lugano (Switzerland) Titled Hello Hell! at Lab_Comacina, curated by Valeria Donnarumma and organized by Arte Urbana Lugano

Most interesting response to your work so far?

Ive read interesting responses on many websites, blogs, and magazines mainly positive, which I hope means that I'm doing good work and that the people can relate to my thinking.