Nocturnes

NOCTURNES
2025
Digigraphs taken from 9 Original Drawings (Markers and Indian ink) on paper
14 x 20 cm

Nine studies for the creation of backdrops for a theatrical reading. My contribution to the animation of a small community library brought to life thanks to the collective efforts of the inhabitants of a neighbourhood in a city in northern Italy. The project gave me the opportunity to study the chromatic effects of night-time lighting in interiors and exteriors, a topic I am teaching in my courses on drawing, painting and art history.

Lions of war and lions of peace

My friend Christophe Austruy says it well, that the figure of the lion of St. Mark in Venice reflects a powerful and warlike character.

Venice’s political and military power (…). The traditional image we have of the lion is in profile, holding an open book. A beautiful, strong, muscular lion… . There are, however, many lions at rest or asleep, like the one sculpted by Canova in the Accademia galleries.

Monumento a Papa Clemente XIII – Leone Dormiente
Antonio Canova – 1784

I, too, was inspired by this peaceful, but always alert, version in my sketchbook made at EHESS – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales last year and which I am preparing for an edition. 

Stefano Zago
fron the EHESS sketchbook – 2025

It will be the theme of war and peace, so topical and dramatic, that will engage us for the next year of research. For my part, I will continue to experiment with my research model by drawing the images that we will be analysing together.


*Questo leone dormiente fa parte del progetto di monumento che poi fu realizzato in San Pietro a Roma.
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Titolo: Monumento a Papa Clemente XIII – Leone Dormiente
Creatore: Antonio Canova
Data: 1784
Data di creazione: 1784
Materiale: gesso

*Image: Gypsotheca e Museo Antonio Canova

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Dive in Sardinia

DIVE IN SARDINIA
2025
Drawing (Pastel) on paper
24,5 x 29,7 cm
(mounted on cardboard – 29,7 x 40 cm)

€ 270,00

CODE: 0002-Dive_in_Sardinia

Original – Framing: No
Shipment – in rigid envelope – costs included


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Signed and numbered by the artist – (max. 30 prints)
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DRAWN ART HISTORY – Another year of workshops concluded.

Here I have concluded, not without emotion but with great satisfaction, a year of exciting encounters where I was able to pass on my passion for art history and experiment with drawing techniques in a creative and participatory manner.

Here I have concluded, not without emotion but with great satisfaction, a year of exciting encounters where I was able to pass on my passion for art history and experiment with drawing techniques in a creative and participatory manner.
However, the conclusion of my art history courses is a goodbye until my return. There are many side projects that will involve me this summer, the animation of urban sketching workshops and travel sketchbooks, the preparation of an exhibition, experimentation with art books, urban sketching, travel sketchbooks, comics, and the refinement of communication consultancy for the constellation of associations dedicated to the defence of Venice. There will be no boredom!

L’histoire de l’art dessinée – 2024-25