A powerful mixedmedia canvas I made back in 2021; mixture of the charcoal drawing of the sculpture of Giambologna 'Ercole e Il Centauro Nesso' in Florence, preserved in the Loggia dei Lanzi united with wall-enamels, natural pigments, acrylics, collages, sprays, synthetic paint and manual collages that generates compositional effects aimed to add on the timeline a non-existing part to the classical Greek myth of the 12 efforts of the hero Hercules. The 13th one. The Greek hero who, together with Achilles, favored the creation of the model of the warrior par excellence, had to overcome 12 absurd and humiliating efforts to redeem himself from madness, but the story of the son of Zeus does not end positively. An homage to the ancient and powerful Greek mythology, 13th Effort, draws your attention to the sense of courage in life in general, adding a 

new philosophical bridge to the mythological description of courage, deeply conceived.

  
* https://www.albertoballocca.com/ancientgrace/

"13th Effort"

Glichee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 305 gms fine art paper - Photography, digital rendering , digital collage, signed on the front

Aristotles invented word physiologists ( ‘fysi / physis / fysis’ ) to identify people that used to contemplate Nature aimed to propose and construct the first legislative forms of politics in the ancient Athens city, and through the relation nature, body, soul, nature has been initially called “**Physis”**. Organic body and our way of act as the first sign of soul existence.

Life motion define my ‘Physis’. Vision of Nature that brings me to my body awareness; **soul** and body are the same thing, and are not disconnected as every organ is linked within the other one and allows me to **breath**.

* https://www.albertoballocca.com/orama-2/

'Physis'

Glichee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 305 gms fine art paper - Graphite drawing, Photography, digital rendering , digital collage, signed on the front

  
"I tend to inform my technique with unconventional media usages when I’m at work, with the aim to generate something unexpected, but always linked to my sense of self; both on figurative and abstract representations, with traditional or digital mediums. I believe this is the dimension of knowledge, the complete mixture and free-will expansive behavior in the studio during the creative act, through the opened Ark of Art."

  
* https://www.albertoballocca.com/island-of-pun/

'Ark of Knowledge'

13th Effort is a powerful mixedmedia canvas I made back in 2021; mixture of the charcoal drawing of the sculpture of Giambologna 'Ercole e Il Centauro Nesso' in Florence, preserved in the Loggia dei Lanzi united with wall-enamels, natural pigments, acrylics, collages, sprays, synthetic paint and manual collages that generates compositional effects aimed to add on the timeline a non-existing part to the classical Greek myth of the 12 efforts of the hero Hercules. The 13th one. 

  
The Greek hero who, together with Achilles, favored the creation of the model of the warrior par excellence, had to overcome 12 absurd and humiliating efforts to redeem himself from madness, but the story of the son of Zeus does not end positively. An homage to the ancient and powerful Greek mythology, 13th Effort, draws your attention to the sense of courage in life in general, adding a new philosophical bridge to the mythological description of courage, deeply conceived.

'13th Effort' Overview

_"Hiero and glyphs are two separated words that generate that one we use to indicate the vast, complex and fascinating ancient Egyptian language mechanism and world, but, what does these two separate words can \*accidentally mean, within more analytical and contemporary terms?"_

This work is inspired by the figure of the ancient Egyptian scribes, responsible for the hieroglyphic transcriptions on behalf of the pharaoh and the ruling royal courts.

  
* https://www.albertoballocca.com/the-scribe/

"The Scribe"

Nature is mother of no one, but of what surrounds human species in term of everything we can experience, human species included, which means that he does not perceived it as a figure to '\*whom to refer to', in order to protect oneself or to cradle some 'romantic' thoughts, because Nature is an immutable background that no man nor any god made.

  
* https://www.albertoballocca.com/sacred-roots/

'Sacred Roots'

Medium format mixedmedia painting performed on unprimed cotton canvas. Starting from the central side of the canvas you can see an emulation of the architecture of the ancient "Porta Principalis Sinistra" which allowed access from the north to the "Iulia Augusta Taurinorum" (_Roman civitas now known as Turin_), you will discover one of the most symbolic itinerary to visit one of the most iconic cities in Europe for the ancient Egyptian culture collection and preservation

* This artwork is On hold at 'Gallery Suite x Air bnb experience' apartment .
* https://www.albertoballocca.com/art-and-tourism/

'Braking Symbols' x Art Bnb Project

This artwork is part of the private collection of **_Museo Materiali Minimi d'Arte Contemporanea (MMMAC) of Paestum - Capaccio (SA)_**. You can enquire to the museum or to the artist for every specific request about 'Katàgma'.

_This work was born as one of several preparatory sketches made by the artist for a larger canvas based on the same inspirational source and compositional structure, but evolved and concluded as a unique piece._

\*'Kàtagma' is also available on a larger canvas version.

* https://www.albertoballocca.com/katagmaxmmmac/

'Kàtagma' x Museo Mmmac

_"Ancient Egyptians believed that a man's memory was tied more to the things he had written than to the monuments he had erected. Phoenicians and Greeks knew how to demonstrate this belief. Every block of historical traces we learn to unfold linguistic processes and evolution are sublimated within every medium I used to perfom Alef."_

This sculpture is inspired by the evolutionary process behind the birth of the letter A.

Phoenicials traced the head of the ox, which they pronounced 'Alef'.

With the Greeks, Alef became written, but in 'Alpha', with another well-known sign and nowadays, in the alphabet we all know, we use and write A letter as it is the first one of the word Alef..

* https://www.albertoballocca.com/sculptures/

"Alef"

Semi-abstract composition performed on canvas inspired by the Egyptian myth of Sokaris and its symbol, the onion.

The Onion is the only vegetable capable of living underground, on the ground or in the open air, on a stem: all characteristics that evoked the potentialities of the god Sokar so this composition presents a series of symbolic elements that recall to the shape of an onion near to the hieroglyphic inscription of Sokaris.

* https://www.albertoballocca.com/onion/

"Onion" 

Jinzo is a japanese term meaning 'made by humans'. This work has been created without any external references. Jinzo's headgear represents the protection of the intellect: elements that make up his body are ferrous and electronic scraps taken from my father's workshop who is a craftsman.

* https://www.albertoballocca.com/jinzo/

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