During the Art City White Night, an event of  Arte Fiera 2023, the “Cinquerosso Arte, la piattaforma dei giovani artisti” event will take place, a collective exhibition of the collection of Cinquerosso Arte.

In this occasion, the location in via Remorsella 5/2, in Bologna, will be open to public from 8 pm to 12 pm.

“During Arte Fiera Bologna 2022 – said Francesca Fazioli, founder of Cinquerosso Arte – we officially launched our project, with the go live of the e-commerce platform for accessible art.

Today, less than a year later, we are proudly part of the Arte Fiera 2023, the great event dedicated to contemporary art and which attracts to Bologna artists, professionals and those passionate about art from all over the world.

From the launch of our website, in May 2022, we have come a long way. More and more artists have decided to join us, we have wonderful relations with well-known interior designers worldwide, and we are today participating in one of the most important kermess dedicated to art in Italy. Arte Fiera Bologna, besides the actual fair, also nourishes many initiatives which allow us to broaden our horizons on creativity.”

The White Night of Arte Fiera 2023

Art City White Night will animate Bologna’s Saturday night, right after the closing of the fair. As always, this edition too will be characterized by performances, happenings, exhibitions and all sorts of appointments, hosted in public and private spaces, from galleries, to shops, to restaurants. During Arte Fiera, in fact, the whole city is animated by events and initiatives which involve citizens, institutions, and all those passionate about art who come to Bologna for this occasion. The fair will be from the 3^rd to the 5^th of February, but from the 27^th January all the events of the Art Week will start to take place; and last, the night of the 4^th of February, Art City White Night will celebrate these intense days dedicated to art and culture. The event “Cinquerosso Arte, la piattaforma dei giovani artisti” is therefore inserted in a very exciting context, bringing the spotlight onto its many talents.

A vital painting, made up of energetic gestures and colors that brush away the grey. This is the art of Carolaelupo.

Carola, when did you discover art?

When I was a little girl. I used to live in a small village where it rained often, in every season. And I loved to draw in that childhood time that goes by slowly, while outside the rain was pouring down, thunder and lightning and black skies. Drawing was that alive spirit that allowed me to go through those times, it made it creative, enriched it with colors. Living in a small town, the days were not packed with activities like the ones of the children today, especially those living in the city.

And today?

My approach with art remains the same as I had as a child: it is what puts me in contact with what I have inside, and takes me to a different space and time dimension. In this sense, the 70 days of lockdown have been very significant. I drew a lot, drawings full of energy and made with a lot of energy. So, while many suffered from isolation, boredom, and the jobs that used to fill up their days, I was aware of having an inestimable richness.

The titles of your works are very evocative. How do you choose them?

There is no fixed rule. I often draw with an intention and the title is basically the idea I have in mind. I think of the sun, I have the intention of connecting to that force, that energy, that symbol. Other times I just draw and then ask myself what that work means to me.

Tell us about your pseudonym, Carolaelupo. Where does it come from?

Lupo was a great love and a great gift. Sometimes life gives us the gift of meeting someone – it might be a friend, a lover, or an animal – who reveals to us a greater love. And this love is still in me, and will be until the day I die. Lupo was a dog that was too big to be a dog. Not only, he always wanted to be with you to show you his love, but also do with you whatever you were doing. It was something visible and evident. This is why I say he was too big to be a dog. My name Carolaelupo was born in 2012. I was drawing between his constant interfering, until that day, which I remember as if it was today, I looked him in the eye and I said to him “ Lupo, I understand. These drawings belong to both of us. From now on I will sign them Carolaelupo.”

Discover the artworks by Carolaelupo