B i a g i o M a s t r o i a n n i
Neofuturist
Painter – Illustrator – Printmaker

Life in the Big Cities
The mass immigration from economically weak countries, refugees fleeing wars, persecution, and climate change, the pandemic, the lockdown, and the growing poverty and unemployment have recently created much social unrest, racism, and conflicts among the poor. I was inspired by living in London, observing, exploring, and conducting research on the streets and in museums. I collaborate and work with journalists, writers, and editors of renowned magazines (Naked Punch Magazine).
For this theme, I created works mainly in oil and acrylic on canvas, cardboard, and paper, as well as prints and ink drawings on paper. The sizes range from around 40 x 50 cm to 110 x 180 cm.
The tragic events that have taken place in recent years in the major industrialized cities of the North—hypocrisies, marginalization, misinformation, and the loneliness that have emerged through these events—City Life in the Big Cities also shows the viewer the beautiful side of these events, told in a poetic way, finding beauty in everything, a whole world to discover.
I aim to achieve a greater purpose: to document the emotions, challenges, and issues, the hopes and conflicts that we face.
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Victim of information, Etching, hart ground,
27 x 35 cm, 2017

Mindfullness, Etching, hart ground,
27 x 35 cm, 2017


The Futurist, Etching, hart ground,
24 x 30 cm, 2018
The Smile, Etching, hart ground,
25 x 30 cm, 2018


Persecution, Etching, hart ground,
21 x 24,5 cm, 2015
Crime Novel, Etching, hart ground,
21 x 24,5 cm, 2015

Gomorra, Etching, hart ground,
29 x 30 cm, 2015

Food cultures in a big city, Etching, aquatint and
hart ground, 15 x 18 cm, 2012

Systemic, Screen Print, 24,5 x 35 cm, 2019


Systemic 2, Screen print,
Version Blue, 35 x 24,5 cm, 2019
Systemic 2, Screen print,
Version Purple, 35 x 24,5 cm, 2019

Retail Terrorism- Candles and flowers,
Photo etching, 25 x 29 cm, 2017

