Gavino Sanna. Envies in progress

Thirty drawings by Gavino Sanna will be on display for the first time since February 19 at Spazio Mouv 'of Turin, Art Gallery with bistro in San Salvario. It is a part of drawings, accompanied by short stories, collected in the book entitled "Envies in progress" that Gavino Sanna dedicated to Alda Merino, the Poet of canals.
Gavino Sanna writes in his introduction to the exhibition: "With her disappeared his desire to make a book with that 'guy who always comes to see me'. The idea was in my heart for a long time, then I made a decision. The book would have done me and I dedicated it to him. I invented stories, bad how bad the world is, I wrote and drew thinking about her and what he had told me the last time I went to visit her at her house: "Take it all away, but let me cigarettes and lipstick ". The book is finished. Printed and dedicated to an angel named Alda. "
The exhibition "Envies in progress" opens, as well as in the book, with a verse of the poet Navigli "The man hurts his brother on the first morning yawn" followed by the dedication of Alda Merino.
"Gavino Sanna is a great advertising. The world's most awarded. And this is known - writes in his presentation Dino Aloi, curator of the exhibition along with Gian Piero Viglino, artistic director of Space Mouv '- but it is also a cartoonist from the essential and filiform. But even this is now many people know. What is known is the fact that unless the artist has an ability to sign and mastery of technique that leads him to vary style if necessary. As he decides.
"Envies in progress", as its title caustic jokes that fierce love match to caricature, is a demonstration of his incredible skills
stylistic. This is why I supported this work immediately, because I believe it is essential to show a side parallel spread less well known. "
The exhibition "Envies in progress" Gavino Sanna, held in the Art Gallery of Space Mouv 'in San Salvario in Turin, will be open to the public every day from 10 to 24, except Mondays.
In the period of the exhibition will be free and guided tastings of wines from Cantina Mesa, the winery created ten years ago by Gavino Sanna and his wife Lella in Sant'Anna Arresi Sulcis.

He's the most famous and award-winning Italian advertising, only to be elected in the "Hall of Fame" (the immortals of advertising).
He studied Architecture Art Institute of Sassari and obtained a diploma from New York University.
In his career he won seven Gold Clio (the Oscars of the advertising world), 7 Golden Lion at the International Cannes Film Festival and hundreds of other prizes. After 10 years in America becomes president and creative director of advertising agency Young & Rubicam. Signing some of the most famous advertising campaigns in the United States: Tampax, Coca Cola, Miller Beer, Exxon and the US government a campaign of great social impact the NCOP - National Commision on Productivity - in favor of American workers. In Italy produces, in addition to advertising of Barilla, considered the most famous campaign National People in the history of Italian advertising, the commercials for Rana, Fiat, De Cecco, Tuborg, Simmental, Riso Gallo, Ariston. Working with the likes of Fellini, Sinatra, Versace, Storaro, Nykvist, Ferretti, Mikhalkov and Nixon and with actors like Sophia Loren, Paul Newman and Catherine Deneuve.
For a couple of years Gavino Sanna is professor of "Design" and "Communication" at the University of Sassari.
Associate of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Art Directors Club Italian was a founding member of the Art Directors Club of Europe.
It is part of the Scientific Committee of the Experimental School of Cinema, where he was also a member of the Board of Directors.
In December of 1988 the University of Sassari awarded him an honorary degree in Sociology of Mass Communication and Science Education and in 2009 the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano gives it the honor of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit and the Italian Republic.
Gavino Sanna has added the activity of advertising as a writer published a dozen books.
In 2006 leaves the advertising world to devote himself to Mesa, his winery in Sardinia.

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