The story goes that, as a kid, I wanted to become a painter (and a goal-keeper, an astronaut and a superhero… but that’s another matter). While never being anything more (or better) than an amateur, I dabbled into different forms of visual art. Among these, since the early 2000’s, computer graphics has become a sort of side-job, with numerous commissions received mostly by academic institutions, for book covers, publicity and branding. All the rest, paintings, collages, furniture, pottery and else remained a hobby.
I have selected a few of my favourite works in these two galleries.
COMPUTER graphics
Proceedings from the 9th International Congress on Musical Semiotics “Music, Senses, Body” (full project)Conference “Doctors in Performance” – Poster, abstract book and badge (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Official poster and badge (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Retro posters, Art Nouveau and Art Deco (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Retro posters, Cuban Revolution and Constructivist (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Retro posters, Futurist and German Expressionist (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Retro posters, Traditional Indian and New York School (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Retro posters, Psychedelic and South-African anti-Apartheid (full projects)13th World Congress of Semiotics -Retro posters, Victorian and Swiss Modernist (full projects)Monograph “Basics of Animal Communication” (cover artwork)Monograph “Quando la musica è bestiale per davvero” (cover artwork)Essay collection “Philosophies of Performance” (cover artwork)Proceedings from ICoN 2014 (full project)Festschrift book “La coscienza di Gino” (full project)Handbook “Culture and Communication of Taste”, Lithuanian version (full project)Logo for HARPS, research institute in performance studiesBrand identity for a Fantasy Football team – jersey, homepage and logo (full projects)Monograph “Piano Performance in a Semiotic Key” (full project)Essay collection “Global Signs” (full project)Merchandise for B&B “La maison des artistes”Concert poster for JEMS (Jazzoo Eclectric Manimalist Selftet)CD release “(R)esistere” – cover, booklet and disc (full projects)Poster for lecture/concert series “National characters in music” (full project)Brochure for lecture/concert series “National characters in music” (full project)Poster for 9th International Congress in Musical Semiotics “Music, Senses, Body” (full project)Journal Synteesi, special issue on rhetorics (cover artwork)Logo for the 10th International Congress in Musical Semiotics (Vilnius-Kaunas, Lithuania)Monograph “Of Birds, Whales and Other Musicians” (cover artwork)Posters from 3 editions of the International Congress of Numanities, 2014-2016 (full projects)Proceedings from the 9th World Congress of Semiotics “Communication, understanding, misunderstanding” (3 volumes, full projects)
various artworks
“Come closer”. Tritic – paper, cardboard, acrylic, ink, salt.“Come closer”. Tritic – paper, cardboard, acrylic, ink, salt. “Come closer”. Tritic – paper, cardboard, acrylic, ink, salt.“Small, great stars”. Newspaper, ink, with “objet trouvé” haiku “Restore tomorrow”. Newspaper, ink, with “objet trouvé” haiku“To describe and to doubt”. Newspaper, ink, with “objet trouvé” haiku“Build, repair?”. Paper, cardboard, acrylic, ink, tape. “It is possible”. Paper, cardboard, ink.“Self portrait” and untitled. Oil pastels. “Sax player” and “Piano player”. Oil pastels.Optical illusions. Pencil, ink.Dining table“Blackbird” and “Single pigeon”, from the series Songs. Ink, acrylic.“Wild horses” and “Snow deer”, from the series Songs. Ink, acrylic.Untitled photosUntitled photosPottery. Ceramic colors.Series Verses. Transparencies and glueWorking deskCoffee table“Home split home”. Dyptic – paper, cardboard, stickers.“It’s ours, it’s all ours”. Diptych – Paper, cardboard, plastic, salt, acrylic“Almost Brown”. Paper, cardboard.“New Yolk”. Paper, cardboard, acrylic, stickers.“Monster Delicious”. Paper, cardboard, acrylic.ApothecaryNight table
Dario Martinelli 