Beppe Mecconi - Marcia Theophilo

UT PICTURA POESIS.
SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE SOUL

When in 1933 Filippo Tommaso Martinetti dreamed up the Gulf Award,
already in that dream of his he certainly sensed and predicted the arrival of Beppe Mecconi.
The brilliant inventor of Futurism deplored the finite paucity of figurative texts and words
written to sing its prodigious enchantment.
And today an ideal connection in this regard seems to animate every work of Mecconi.
He uses other people's words and paints their feelings. The chosen verses, certainly beloved, are those of
whoever lived here, by birth or by voluntary choice, forever or only for a few hours,
a few days at least, but also of those who have never really stopped here, if not
in Mecconi's soul. To the poets, to them, with them and for them are Mecconi's paintings, which
they reveal a sincere and impulsive love for this place and for poetry.
Poetry read and listened to, which becomes an integral part of the finished work, not only because
It is from this that it takes its starting point and stimulus, but precisely because it is stated in the painting, transcribed
from the painter's hand, delivering its purest meaning.
Dazibao of the soul, Mecconi's paintings become a conduit for a sensitive universe, where
The world of ideas corresponds to the phenomenology of reality. And that's no small thing.
The artist, the true artist, is given the rare opportunity to depict the essence of the world,
to show the weight and dimension of imponderable, light and volatile feelings because they are made
of immaterial and impalpable matter, like dreams.
Looking at Mecconi's paintings is the most sincere invitation I feel like making today.
Look and see, to listen to its colors and smell the words.

Andrea Marmori, Art Historian, Director of the Amedeo Lia Museum; La Spezia
• He has always drawn and painted. He has exhibited in countless competitions, impromptu exhibitions, and group exhibitions.
and solo exhibitions, in Italy and abroad. His paintings are exhibited in private and public collections.
• Creator and organizer of events, exhibitions, conferences, shows and demonstrations. Founder
employer of cultural associations.
• He has written and illustrated over 20 children's books translated in Brazil, Mexico, Poland and France.
- In 1991 he received the “UNICEF - Paint our Birthday” Award
- In 2006 he presented some fairy tales at the Turin Book Fair.
- For his fairy tales in 2014 he received the “Zebrino - Montale fuori di casa” Award.
- His stories appear in various publications.
• He writes and directs documentary films, also for RAI.
• He directed the "Compagnia teatrale delle Briciole" of Lerici, SP for over 20 years.
• He took part in the films: “In the lost city of Sarzana” by Luigi Faccini, “Captain Basilico 2” and
“12 12 12” (also as screenwriter) both by Massimo Morini.
• Between 1994 and 1996 he wrote daily for Il Secolo XIX.
• He worked as a graphic designer and taught advertising graphics.
• For 24 years he taught creative languages ​​in public schools and private institutes.
• In 1994 he received the official diploma of the United Nations Children's Fund from UNICEF.
• Since 2004 he has collaborated with Projeto Libertade, an NGO that deals with childhood problems in
Vila Vintèm favela in Rio de Janeiro.
• From 2002 to 2013 he was President and Cultural Director of the Paleontological Museum in
Lerici Castle, producing education, science, artistic and cultural events.
As the leader of “Pangea”, the Network of Italian Natural History Museums, it has planned campaigns
of dinosaurian excavations with important scientific results, such as the discovery of the most important
Titanosaur cemetery in the world in Argentine Patagonia.
• Since 2014 he has returned to staging musical theatre shows.
• In February 2017 his first novel “Trabastìa - one hundred years of ordinary people” was published
for which, in 2018, he received the “Montale Fuori di Casa” Award and the “Manfedo Giuliani” Trophy.
• Since September 2017 he has been Editorial and Artistic Director of the Töpffer publishing brand, which
deals with illustrated books.
• In February 2019, the results of the national competition, which he created, dedicated to Unaccompanied Migrant Minors was exhibited at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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