Andrea Ravo Mattoni

<div>Making the great classics of painting accessible by giving them new life in the street, this is the philosophy that drives Andrea Ravo Mattoni. Coming from a family of artists, “Ravo” naturally immersed himself in the world of painting from an early age. First as a graffiti artist then in a more classical way at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera where the Italian painter devotes himself to oil and acrylic. It is by merging these two passions that Andrea Ravo Mattoni creates her style "dal classicismo al contemporaneo" and an ambitious project: to recreate great masterpieces of the past sprayed on the walls in order to make them accessible to all. “We have so much beauty behind us that we can flood the world with poetry. My project is ambitious, but I consider it above all as a mission. I feel like a conductor who likes to present Beethoven. "<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/andrea-ravo-mattoni/">Discover Andrea Ravo Mattoni</a></div>

<div>Peinting by Andrea Ravo Mattoni</div>

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<br>One of the famous copies by Andrea Ravo Mattoni made with spray paint, perfectly imitating the great classics of art history, magnifying their dimensions.</div>

Caravaggio: Conversione di San Paolo

Predica di San Giovanni Battista

<div>The work of this Italian artist is characterized by transferring to the public space the works of the great masters of art history with the aim of democratizing this heritage. The artist works with spray paint since he comes from the world of traditional graffiti and another of the objectives of the work is to destigmatize the use of sprays.<br><br>It is the first time that this renowned artist paints in Spain and he has done so with a piece inspired by ‘The triumph of Bacchus’, a work by the Spanish artist Velázquez that is preserved in the Prado Museum and was created in 1629.&nbsp;</div>

Il Trionfo di Bacco (i Bevitori)

<div>It is with one of Caravaggio's most famous works that Ravo pays homage to Arvi, a company that has adopted Ravo's wall and is active in the pegged wine trade, by painting Michelangelo Merisi's Bacchus on its façade. The subject is probably the same as "Il Suonatore di Liuto", "Ragazzo morso da un ramarro", "Fanciullo con un canestro di Frutta", and other masterpieces by the 16th-century painter; some identify him as Mario Minniti, a painter, friend and perhaps lover of Caravaggio himself, and others (including Ravo) as the castrato Pedro Montoya, at that time a cantor in the Sistine Chapel.&nbsp; Ravo wanted to highlight the character with the elements in the foreground, isolating the central figure and sacrificing the dark background. This allows the painting to emerge more strongly from the concrete wall. This stylistic choice also reflects the evolution of Ravo's poetics, which lately focuses on subjects and details.&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Caravaggio "Bacco" 1595

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