40 Anni Fosforescenti

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**La Pupazza on display for her "40 Phosphorescent Years"**

On February 6, 2025, street artist La Pupazza turns 40 and has envisioned an art birthday celebration in the town where she was born. The exhibition titled "40 Phosphorescent Years" will take place in Tricase, in the splendid setting of the loggia of Palazzo Gallone, featuring paintings and design works. The event is organized with the support of the LAAD Association and sponsored by the Region of Puglia and the Municipality of Tricase.

The exhibition, curated by Milan-based art manager Elena Vukosavljevic, will be inaugurated on Thursday, February 6, at 7 PM, with a presentation by painter Pasquale Scarciglia, who first met the artist during her initial official outing over 15 years ago at the Maccagnani Gallery in Lecce and has since devotedly followed and supported her.

Phosphorescent truly describes the life of the street artist. At 8, she painted ceramics in the workshop of master Agostino Branca; at 15, she had students lining up at her school desk, asking her to decorate their diaries; at 17, she painted her first mural; at 24, held her first exhibition; at 30, collaborated with an international brand; at 35, her style was significantly defined and powerful; at 40, she became the only Italian artist to exhibit her works alongside those of Banksy and Andy Warhol at the recent exhibition in Rome at Palazzo WeGil.

A magnificent fortysomething with the spray can always in hand—more mature and aware—yet with the charm of a child, enchanting us with works of immeasurable imagination and a uniquely recognizable style. As Elena Vukosavljevic describes: "La Pupazza sees the world through a very personal lens that transforms the visible and interprets it as a colorful universe where everything evolves, everything transforms, everything moves; art that appears funny on the surface, but at the same time, stems from the artist's internal journey of accepting her own diversity, not without moments of torment. Her creativity is urgent, exploding onto any surface as if it were essential to her survival. For La Pupazza, painting is as vital as breathing.”

On this occasion, a magazine will be presented, compiling the confessions and testimonies of art critics, friends, and family; a shop will feature t-shirts, gadgets, prints, and many other branded products; exclusively, you can read "Phosphorescent Darkness," her latest collection of poems with a foreword by her father, Alfredo De Giuseppe, a central figure in the artist's universe.

After the extraordinary success of the traveling exhibition “Molto Sugo” —which toured through Italy up to Milan—and her acclaim in Rome at WeGil alongside icons such as Banksy and Warhol—a major event in Salento for an important artist who has already left a significant mark on the contemporary modern art scene.

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