Una Storia Americana | Two Italian Illustrators in New York: Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli

Una Storia Americana. Two Italian Illustrators in New York: Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli 

Italian Cultural Institute in New York

January 29, 2016 – March 11, 2016

Opening on Friday January 29^th, 6-8pm

The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to host the exhibition Una Storia Americana, which will focus on a selection of works produced in the last five years by the two Italian illustrators Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli.

These artists are two of the most well-known Italian illustrators in the United States. Their work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, MTA Transit, New York Magazine, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Penguin Books, Time Out New York and Washington Post, and other important advertising companies, magazines, books and newspapers.

Their style is distinct and original; Ponzi’s lyrical images are characterized by delicate colors and conceptual metaphors, while Zagnoli’s illustrations are identifiable for their soft and boldly colored shapes.

Corraini Editore will publish a catalogue with interviews by Steven Guarnaccia and Paul Backley made expressly for the exhibit. The exhibition and the catalogue are curated by Melania Gazzotti.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zangoli will give a presentation at the Society of Illustrators in New York on January 27^th at 6:30 pm. The lecture will be moderated by the illustrator Josh Cochran.

Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli will be present at the opening reception at the Italian Cultural Institute on January 29^th

We are grateful to our main sponsors of the event:

Ubi Banca; Eataly, New York; Di Nigo Consulting, Brooklyn.

Info: 

Italian Cultural Institute

686 Park Ave.

New York, NY 10021

http://www.iicnewyork.esteri.it/IIC_Newyork

Contact:

Melania Gazzotti 

[email protected]