Ikea Animation Studios
2018 – Single edition
Author: Francesco Tagliavia
Ikea Animation Studios
In the series Logoratio the artist borrows recognizable features, taken from famous brands, to transfigure their meaning. Using a variety of pre-existing signs, which inevitably contain information about the character and identity of the associated brand, Francesco Tagliavia mixes and decontextualizes them. Although the hybridizations are unprecedented, the compositions are immediately recognizable.
His combining the power of different symbols and meanings, the artist creates images that are at the same time unique but familiar, close to everyday life but that trigger short-circuits of meaning. Francesco Tagliavia, remixing the signs of famous brands, brings to the surface a different key to interpret the contemporary.
Bio
Francesco Tagliavia is a Sicilian born, Milan based multidisciplinary designer, which sounds impressive but mostly means that he’s quick to learn and easily bored. Thanks to this, his work spans a variety of mediums, including film direction, photography, graphic and fashion design.
His creative career began as part of the collective, “Nuovo Cinema Casalingo,” where he made films that explored the contradiction between comedy and drama.
He received his Bachelor’s from the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania and is currently studying Fashion and Textile Design at NABA in Milan.
EXPOSITIONS:
2021 Blue Memes
Jaguart The Italian Talent Road Show Powered by Artissima Fair
Curated by Artissima Fair Massimo Ligreggi Gallery, Catania Solo show
2021 Travel Diary
NFT virtual exhibition Powered by Snark Art Curated by Sonia Belfiore Decentraland Museum District Collective show
2020 JAGUART
Jaguart The Italian Talent Road Show Sponsored by Jaguar
Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa Chalet De L’ange, Courmayeur Collective show
2020 JAGUART
Jaguart The Italian Talent Road Show Sponsored by Jaguar
Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa GAM, Turin
Collective show
2019 Higher Resolution
Togheter with Matteo Guarnaccia Curated by Hypen Labs
Tate Exchange, London Collective show
2018 That’s IT!
Togheter with Angelo Licciardello Curated by Lorenzo Balbi MAMbo Museum, Bologna Collective show
2015 A Sicilian Walk
Curated by Giusi Diana Fabbriche Chiaramontane, Agrigento
Collective show
2014 Give Way to Give a Way Curated by Giuseppe Lana Schau Fenster, Berlin Collective show
