Andrea Ravo Mattoni, San Michele, Campobasso, 2019.

The photo of this authentic masterpiece, which combines classic art and street art, is very popular on the web. This is St. Michael defeating the rebel angels. It’s not in a church, it’s not in a museum, but on an anonymous building on the outskirts of Campobasso.
It’s wonderful, isn’t it? Art comes out of the usual places of culture, to talk to people, to connect with society, to the community, to make sense and bring beauty to the gray suburbs of modern cities.

The author is Andrea Ravo Mattoni, an artist from Varese, who was inspired by “San Michele” painted by Luca Giordano in 1663, in an attempt to make “classical art a social art”.
What is he doing in Campobasso? It is here for a special project, ImbrARTiamo, of Malatesta Associati in collaboration with the municipality of Campobasso.
The purpose is noble: to redevelop, through street art, the Fontana Vecchia area, outside the city center, with works inspired by the “Mysteries” of Campobasso.

To know more:
The Malatesta Association has really changed the face of the city of Campobasso, redeveloping entire popular neighborhoods thanks to street art. The Draw the Line street art festival has become over the years one of the most important street art events in Europe, with the participation of artists from all over the world.

https://www.facebook.com/malatesta.associati/
https://www.facebook.com/drawthelinefestival/
Evangelista, T & Fratangelo, L 2018, ‘Draw the Line. Cambiare il volto alla città’, ArcheoMolise, 31, pp. 60-73.

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