Francesco D'Isa is an Italian artist, writer, journalist, and art curator.

Francesco D'Isa
Born (1980-09-22) 22 September 1980 (age 43)
Firenze, Italy
Known forPainting, Digital Art, Literature, Philosophy
Websitegizart.com

Art career

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He studied philosophy in Florence, Italy. He is a self-taught artist. [1] He is a pioneer of digital art in Italy, but his drawing abilities let him work with traditional media as well.[2] He was the co-founder of the Italian art and literature magazine "Mostro,"[3] where he published his first artworks. After that, his digital and traditional artworks were featured in many magazines around the world, like "Expose III", Ballistic Publishing (US); "Pixel Surgeons: Extreme Manipulation of the Figure in Photography", Mitchell Beazley Art & Design, Octopus ed. (UK); "Black Magic, White Noise",[4] "Illusive 3",[5] Die Gestalten Verlag (Germany); "Design 360°", SanDu Culture ed. (China); GQ magazine[6] (Italy); Inside Art (Italy).[7] His accolades in contemporary art practice has been recognised with several art prizes. He has exhibited internationally from Italy,[8][9][10] Germany,[11] Holland,[12] Switzerland,[13] England, US, Australia, Russia, and South America. His theory and practice have been extended as a workshop leader and lecturer in multimedia, especially in the field of AI, where he works both as an artist and a theorist[14]. In 2007, he became "Pornpope" founding the porn-artistic collective Pornsaints.[15][16][17][18][19] Francesco D'Isa serves as the editorial director for the cultural magazine L’Indiscreto[20] and contributes writings and illustrations to various magazines, both in Italy and abroad. He is a professor of Illustration and Contemporary Plastic Techniques at LABA (Brescia).

Publications

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In 2010, his comic "I., a comic drawn by everyone" become a regular blog[21] of the Italian online newspaper Il Post; in November 2011 "I." has been published as an illustrated book by Nottempo (Italy).[22] In 2013, his short stories has been published in "Selezione Naturale", Effequ (Italy)[23] and "Toscani Maledetti",[24] Piano B (Italy) and his short comic "Liebe macht nicht frei, baby!" as ebook for Retina Comics.[25] His first novel, "Anna - storia di un palindromo" has been published in 2014 by Effequ (Italy),[26] his second novel, "Ultimo piano (o porno totale)", by Imprimatur (Italy) in 2015,[27] the third "La Stanza di Therese", by Tunué (Italy) in 2017.[28]His philosophical essay "L'assurda evidenza"[29] was published by Tlon Editions in 2022. Most recently, he released the graphic novel "Sunyata"[30] with Eris Edizioni in 2023, one of the first comic books created with AI published in Italy[31], and the essay "La rivoluzione algoritmica delle immagini"[32] for Sossella Editore (2024).

Bibliography

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  • "I.", (Nottetempo, 2011) ISBN 9788874523351
  • "Anna - storia di un palindromo" (Effequ, 2014) ISBN 978 88 98837 083
  • "Ultimo piano (o porno totale)" (Imprimatur, 2015) ISBN 978 8868302696
  • "Forse non tutti sanno che a Firenze..." (Newton Compton, 2015) ISBN 978 8854182189
  • "Corso di psicologia generale e applicata" (Hoepli, 2015) ISBN 978-8820366438
  • "È facile vivere bene a Firenze se sai cosa fare" (Newton Compton, 2016) ISBN 9788854195264
  • "La stanza di Therese" (Tunuè, 2017) ISBN 9788867901012
  • "L'assurda evidenza" (Edizioni Tlon, 2022) ISBN 978-8831498463
  • "Sunyata" (Eris, 2017) ISBN 979-1280495723
  • "La rivoluzione algoritmica delle immagini" (Sossella, 2024) ISBN 979-1259980601

Notes

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  1. ^ "Francesco D'Isa statement at beinArt". Beinart.org. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Francesco D'Isa statement at MOCA". Beinart.org. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Rivista Mostro". Inventati.org. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  4. ^ ""Black magic, White Noise" Die Gestalten Verlag". Gestalten.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  5. ^ ""Illusive 3" Die Gestalten Verlag". Gestalten.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Interview with GQ Italy". 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. ^ I'm featured on Inside Art this month! (3 June 2010). "Interview with INSIDE ART". Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  8. ^ Piacere Magazine (ITA) [dead link]
  9. ^ "Rialto Sant'ambrogio (Roma, Italy". Rialtosantambrogio.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Exibart". Exibart. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Galerie ZERO". Zero-project.org. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Sexy Art Gallery". Sexy Art Gallery. 1 September 2005. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  13. ^ Museum of Porn in Art [dead link]
  14. ^ Dini, Antonio (20 March 2023). "Speculare sul futuro". Tech4Future. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Interview with OLOGY magazine". Drupal.omnibucket.com. 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  16. ^ Contact Fleshbot: Comment (24 January 2007). "Fleshbot on Pornsaints". Fleshbot.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  17. ^ "Gram Ponante on Pornsaints". Gramponante.com. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  18. ^ "Artartart". Artartartgallery.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  19. ^ "Pornsaints". Pornsaints. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  20. ^ "Contatti". L'INDISCRETO (in Italian). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Francesco D'Isa | Il Post". Ilpost.it. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  22. ^ "I". Edizioninottetempo.it. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  23. ^ Selezione Naturale Archived 11 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine (Effequ)
  24. ^ Toscani Maledetti Archived 23 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Piano B.
  25. ^ "Liebe macht nicht frei, baby!" (Retina Comics, Italian/English)
  26. ^ Anna - Storia di un palindromo
  27. ^ Ultimo piano (o porno totale)
  28. ^ "La stanza di Therese di Francesco D'Isa". Tunué (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  29. ^ "L'assurda evidenza. Un diario filosofico – Francesco D'Isa". Shop Tlon (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Sunyata". Eris Edizioni (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  31. ^ "Un libro realizzato con IA scatena la rivolta della scena fumettistica italiana" (in Italian). 13 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  32. ^ "La rivoluzione algoritmica delle immagini - Luca Sossella editore - Intelligenza artificiale". Luca Sossella editore (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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