Generally people seems to believe that evil has a unique face which is to say that people believe that evil people are either ugly, deformed or dress a certain way. In my opinion, people seem to believe that evil people are like the creatures of mythology or fairy tales – that they may have tell-tale signs that they are evil. However, many of the world’s horrific killers seem to get away with their crimes due to their ability to blend in with their society as either the beautiful couple or…

I will be a published writer as of June 1, 2013, via an essay entitled Art Education.

My recent artwork is also featured in the Summer 2013 issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly -- and I won the award for best mixed media artist.  Check out the links, below!

My writing, under Features…

http://www.artbymona.com/Abstract-Art-information.php

Modern Art

"Something different from a Photograph"

Modern art is an interesting term. The novice to the art world is likely to say that modern art refers to all art produced in very recent years -- say, since the turn of the 21st Century. But an art scholar would certainly take issue with that, pointing out that the Modern Art Period is generally considered to have ended in about the 1970’s and that art produced today is more precisely called…

BadPatti’s Art and Everything Blog

Welcome to my brand-new site and blog. You may know me as Olfacta, author of OlfactaRama, or if you know me personally, by other names. 

Today, kiddies, we are going to talk about digital photography.

Digital photography and digital music have a lot in common. The sine wave (look it up) in film photography and analog music is smooth and continuous. The “wave” is digital anything isn’t.  It’s…

A Roma, presso Palazzo Montecitorio, l'1 marzo 2013 Andrea Benetti è stato ricevuto da una delegazione di Funzionari della Camera dei Deputati per l'acquisizione dell'opera di Andrea Benetti e per le relative firme. L'opera è entrata a fare parte della Collezione della Camera dei Deputati, insieme ai nomi più prestigiosi della pittura moderna e contemporanea. Dopo la cerimonia di acquisizione, Andrea Benetti è stato accompagnato a…

Il 22 marzo 2013, a Roma, presso l'Ambasciata argentina, si è svolta l'acquisizione di un'opera di Andrea Benetti, da parte dello Stato argentino. L'opera intitolata “Matite spezzate” fa un chiaro riferimento al tema dei Desaparecidos durante il regime militare che si instaurò in Argentina dal 1976 al 1983, guidato dal gen. Videla. Duranti gli anni della dittatura militare vi furono circa 30.000 Desaparecidos, persone scomparse e…