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HOW DO YOU LIVE ROME AS AN ARTIST? with low-impact materials. I do not use resins, solvents, cooking,
Rome is immanent, the scenario does not change and it remains sprays. I use little plastic for packaging that I try to recycle end-
more or less the same. All of this is beauty. The Genius Loci not only lessly before sending it to the bin. I minimize processing residues.
in Roman sense but extended to all the cultures that have inherited It is a break with the previous art. I considered modernism fini-
it makes the landscape recognizable. shed and it was necessary to think about the next world.

WHAT DOES CATALANI WANT TO EXPRESS WHICH ARE YOUR TOPICS?
WITH HIS ART? Pastes, Vegetables, Hens, Islands, Video Walls, Clouds, Nudes,
That we have an immeasurable heritage to defend, to be aware Roses, Architectures, Divinities, Anchovies, Planets, Maps, Cal-
of and to study the steps. Let’s approach it by reducing the back- le, Landscapes, Grapes, Boats, Sheep, Penguins, Monochromes,
ground noise, the continuous roar of our society. Pines, Marine Mammals, Families, Comics. The most varied
depending on the historical context that surrounded me and the
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT FEELS TO LOOK suggestions of response that were born in me. Always archetypes
ONE OF YOUR WORKS? of our memory that bring form, color and matter to the eye.
To read a work whoever the artist is, you need a pre-culture. Art
triggers questions, opens horizons and infinite levels of interpre- WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND
tation. A work can cause pleasure or displeasure, if it makes you TO A YOUNG ARTIST?
yawn it is a failed work. Don’t be afraid to be stubborn, to work hard, to walk alone
and express your own thoughts. When you can, act in com-
WHAT ARE YOUR TECHNIQUES? mon with others since individualism can be a very dange-
I work with ancient techniques that are re-kneaded in the present rous trap.

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