MI RICORDO • 2016-2024
A series of 12-foot by 5-foot watercolor/ink paintings produced at the American Academy in Rome in the Visiting Artists and Scholars program capture iconic images from the films of Italian directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Paolo Sorrentino. These are accompanied by short [one to two minute] videos by author and essayist, Francis Levy.
Francis Levy speaks to the history and meaning of Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg's famous collaboration, the Aracoeli Steps, modernism, Kierkegaard and Yeats. Painting detail by Hallie Cohen.
One Arte, 2024 Ink on Yupo, 60”x 122”
Passeggiata, 2023 Ink on Yupo, 60” x 144”
Pussy Riot, 2022 Ink on Yupo, 60” x 144”
The Unknown Masterpiece (Hadrian & Antinous), 2020
Ink on Yupo, 60” x 144”
Mi Ricordo Teatro #5, 2019
Ink on Yupo, 60” x 144”
Mi Ricordo III, 2018
Ink on Yupo, 60" x 144"
Pluperfect, 2017
Ink on Yupo, 60" x 144"
Mamma Roma, 2016
Ink on Yupo, 60" x 144"