( THE PAST ) Damisela Pastors Lugo

Damisela Pastors Lugo is a painter of Cuban origin. Has won numerous prizes in art exhibitions and competitions and participates in the Venice Biennale.

The artist sophistication and precision of her technique combined with an outgoing, her wok begins with technical precision and expands into an imaginative, expressive language uniquely her own.

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THE ARTIST  Damisela Pastors Lugo is a painter of Cuban origin. The sophistication and precision of her technique combined with an outgoing, imaginative, and fantastical style make Damisela a uniquely personal artist in the field of contemporary fine arts. She describes herself as a “lover of cows,” and the deep affection she feels for this mammal has led her to create several collections where the cow always appears in the background. Damisela has won numerous prizes in art exhibitions and competitions and participates in the Venice Biennale.

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EXHIBITIONS AND EVENT

1st Biennale of Creativity Verona 2013, 2nd Biennale of Creativity Palermo 2014, Exhibition in Bologna at Galleria Farini Concept in May 2015, Exhibition in New York with the event “Il Salotto delle Eccellenze” also featured in the magazine Livein in December 2017, Biennale Milano October 2017, “London Calling” with Amanda Lear 15 May 2017, Art Festival with Alviero Martini 10 February 2017, Museo dall’Espacio de Exposition France 2017, Spoleto Arte New York 18 March 2017, Pro-Biennale with Vittorio Sgarbi Milan 2017, “Art is Life” by Damisela Pastors Milano Art Gallery April 2017, “La Bonbonniere in Sanremo” Art Festival 10–24 February 2017 exhibition extended until 8 March, Exhibition at Hotel Michelangelo New York 18 March 2017, Solo exhibition Milan 3–28 April 2017, Milano Art Gallery Milan 2017, “Spoleto Arte meets Dali and Van Gogh” “Figueres and Arles” 28 April 2017, “London Calling” Crypt Gallery London 13–21 May 2017, “Pro-Biennale” Palazzo Grifalconi Loredan Venice 8–17 June 2017, “Spoleto Arte” Palazzo Leti Sansi Spoleto 1–27 July 2017, “Biennale Milano” Brera Site Milan 11–15 October 2017, “Miami Meets Milano” Hotel Victor Miami 6–10 December 2017, “Carnival of Art” Scuola Grande San Teodoro Venice 2–4 February 2018, BUH12 exhibition in Padua also featured in the magazine Livein in March 2018, “Cow Parade” in Valenciennes 2013 with the cow “Hasta la Victoria Siempre” sponsored by Eiffage Travaux Publics nord, “Cow Parade” in Deauville Cannes 2015 with the cow “Beatles” sponsored by Hublot.

THE PARTICIPATION IN THESE NUMEROUS EVENTS HAS GRATIFIED MRS. PASTORS RECEIVING NUMEROUS AWARDS AND AS MANY AWARDS FROM PEOPLE LIKE :

*Vittorio Sgarbi who also dedicated a video of eulogy available on the Internet, *Salvo Nugnes-*Roberta di Camerino, *Alviero Martini-*Galleria Farini Concept, *Francesco Alberoni, *Maria Emilia Ciannavei, *Elena Gollini, *Livein di Matteo Tornielli, *Gobbo Salotti, *Paolo Levis, *Veronique Maury, *Cow Parade, *The son of José Van Roy Dalí, *Caterina Randazzo.

AWARDS :

*1 Biennale d’Arte Creatività Verona 2014, *Arte Expo Gallery la Palma d’Oro Montecarlo 20 settembre 2014, *Arte Expo gallery 1 Grand Prix la Côte d’Azur 18 aprile 2015, *2′ Premio d’Arte International Palermo 25 gennaio 2015, *Premio Monte Carlo hotel Metropole 2016, *Spoleto Arte 2′ Premio di Classifica presso Palazzo Leti Sansi a Spoleto Luglio 2017.

SELECTED MARKET VALUTATIONS OF THE ARTIST

VITTORIO SGARBI 

The most important Italian Art critic

“He is an artist full of vitality and energy, recomposing nature with forms that appear surreal but in reality they are very rational and orderly. In which there is a representation of an absolutely contemporary world, with reference to the roots of the animal world; there is the presence of animals with which the artist lived, where she felt protected by them. All this allows a “feast”, a day without social order, without having to respond to the rules that guide and limit our lives. There is a sort of primary instinct of existence and the assembly of the various elements positioned in a fun way recalls the “fantasy of Chagall”, only it is a much”.

VIDEO

THEY WROTE ABOUT HER

Vittorio Sgarbi, Francesco Alberoni, Alviero Martini, Roberta Camerino

“Surprising and irreverent is the creativity that drives Damisela Pastors to propose works all linked by the common thread of color and love for cows, the Cuban artist’s extraordinary abstract ability revolves a multitude of devices and surprising worlds around the mammal, ranging from the myths of ancient Egypt to colorful Caribbean paradises, technique, science, fauna and parallel universes are mixed in particularly rich compositions that differ in the techniques used, moving from pointillism with a precise juxtaposition of colors to design with the innovative idea of transforming the legs of small tables into bovine legs, unique and sui generis, exciting, pleasant and innovative is the art of Damisela Pastors”

CITATIONS AND TEXTS WRITTEN BY

ROBERTA DI CAMERINO

Daughter of the famous designer Roberta di Camerino

The art of Damisela Pastors can certainly be defined as original and surprising, made unique and inimitable by the leitmotiv of love for cows. His works are presented as an explosion of colors, a true chromatic mix through which these animals are depicted in their different facets, taking inspiration from the world of fashion as well. It is no coincidence that in many of his canvases they can see the many ideas taken from this sector: in some cows are personified and are transformed into sensual female figures wearing bright and multicolored costumes, in others women are depicted, on precious ones backgrounds in gold and silver, in poses of typical fashion figures, dressed in elegant dresses, in which the dappled skin is reproduced and in others their stylized form, of which she feels, as defined by herself, deeply “in love”. In these masterpieces Pastors surely manages to mix fashion and art, in a wonderful and extraordinary union.

ALVIERO MARTINI 

World famous designer 

The works of Damisela Pastors succeed in capturing the observer through the story of a fantastic and serral world where the memory of ancient Egypt is confronted with our daily life and contemporaneity. Flying cows, dancing cows, floating cows, color and move freely and wisely in the artist’s canvases. Damisela tries to tune into the pantheistic shocks. It immerses itself in nature, in animals and in the air. There is no trace of the human being in the paintings of Damisela. There are cows, a metaphor of purity and innocence. His good, pure and transparent style is inspired by the works of Franz Marc who in 1912 founded, with Kandinsky, the group Der Blaue Reiter (the Blue Knight), whose goal was “the animalization of art”.

A fundamental element of his artistic production is the lively and intact color, which recalls the Cuban land and which makes me think of the precious animal prints created by the designer Roberto Cavalli. His works are surprising, gritty and animalistic. In conclusion we recall that the cow is venerated in numerous cultures and religions, including Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and past cults such as those of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and ancient Rome. In fact, Gandhi said: “one can measure the greatness of a nation and its moral progress by the way it treats its animals. Protecting the cow means protecting everything that lives and is imposing and weak in the world. The cow represents the entire subhuman world. 

FRANCESCO ALBERONI 

Known sociologist and writer 

Damisela Pastors Lugo is a talented artist who paints a fantastic and surreal world animated by magical creatures who are full of life and joy. In his paintings there is an explosion of color and euphoria that recalls the bright colors of the work “Joie de vivre” by Matisse. Pastors Lugo is in love with life, beauty and nature. The painter immerses herself in the purity of the animal world to search for a profound serenity and to strengthen her soul. 

“Happiness can only be cultivated with an attitude of sincerity towards ourselves and of openness to the world, to others, seeking beauty, appreciating gratefully what is given to us. We open ourselves to happiness when we appreciate life ”. 

“Falling in love happens only if we find what we were looking for. It is like a puzzle in which, at a certain point, the other person reveals the missing piece, the one that suddenly shows us the whole drawing. Which, in the case of love, is the design of our life ”. The works of Damisela Pastors Lugo are a manifestation of love and energy that makes the soul of those who know how to observe vibrate. 

SALVO NUGNES 

Know Italian celebrities Manager 

Surprising and irreverent is the creativity that pushes Damisela Pastors to propose works all linked to the thread Rouge of color and love for cows. The extraordinary attractiveness of the Cuban artist manages to revolve around the mammal a lot of amazing gimmicks and world, ranging from the myth of ancient Egypt to the colorful Caribbean paradises. Technique, science, fauna and parallel universes are mixed in particularly rich compositions that also differ with respect to the techniques used, passing from pointillism, with a precise combination of colors, to design with the innovative idea of transforming the legs of the tables into bovine legs . The art of Damisela Pastors is unique and sui generis, exciting, pleasant and innovative. 

MARIA EMILIA CIANNAVEI 

Art Curator 

Instinctive and at the same time reflective, the art of Damisela Pastors Lugo contains in these distinctive features her eclectic creative ability. His works are original, unconventional, influenced by the colors of primitive art and releasing a mix of variegated and innovative colors. The viewer becomes the protagonist of wonderful scenarios set in real but also unreal places, immersing himself completely in nature and thus feeding his imagination and creativity. 

Pastors’ works are exceptional, a mixture of references and references that feed his imaginative vein, an excellent expression of his artistic ability. What is striking in his paintings is passionate spontaneity, the originality of his inspiration and his vital personality. 

CHIARA BRUNATO 

When was the great passion for art born, especially for painting? How does it develop then also in design? 

There is no precise date, a year zero. I have always felt this need. As a child I spent most of the time in the garden, with pencils in hand: I spent whole days drawing. I won my first contest as a child, with the design of a bull, the second with that of two children, the third with one from a country house. I always felt the need to describe what was around me through art: the ticket for my escape from reality was pencils. Art that I express through different means: mine is an all-round vision, which does not want to stop on a unique technique, but which instead wants to experiment, create. 

How does he enter the world of art, but above all, when he discovers that something has changed and success is coming? 

As I said before, I begin to express what I feel through art as a child. It was, for me, a way to take refuge in a worldof my own. It was the cows that kept me company on those
long afternoons. They protected me, they cuddled me, and it was in their maternal embrace that I found peace, that I found myself. They were my best friends, I spent most of the time with them, they seemed to understand me and welcome me like a hug.

In reality, everything changed only four years ago. I started painting my beloved cows again and success has arrived. In 2014 I take part in the Biennale of Creativity of Verona, and at that time Professor Sgarbi was looking for artists with new, fresh ideas of something new. And here I am: the cows again brought me luck. 

His works are the summary of creativity and the joy of living. How important are your Cuban origins in your artist career? 

Undoubtedly it counts a lot: Cuba is where I was born and where I spent my childhood, my youth. I grew up in a rural, country setting. I spent hours and hours drawing cows in the open air in the company of my friends, and I believe that this is fully seen in my works. Then, to tell the truth, I think my determination also counted a lot: I have a strong character, I know who I am and where I want to go, I realize my abilities. I’ve overcome a lot of obstacles and I don’t want to stop right now. 

Professor Sgarbi’s criticisms usually come strongly to artists, writers and politicians. In his case, as shown by the video he is shooting on the web, the great art critic has words of praise and compliments; what emotions do you feel? 

I am delighted with the words of Professor Sgarbi, and I must say that what he says in the video is a precise and faithful portrait of my person and my artistic path. It is as if he had read me inside, as if he knew every single part of me and my way of experiencing art. It is a strange feeling that I feel regarding the video, because I see it all myself. 

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