DICTIONARY & MY DICTIONARY
(from Cy to Co)

Cy

Cycle a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
I call “Cyclic Works” those created using a series of repetitive acts. “Cyclic Art” and “Cyclic Works” are the temporary terms authorized by me to label my Art.

D

Damien male name.
“Hey Damien” is a project in which some ideas and Art Works of Fabio Meneghini are intentionally joined to some ideas and Art Works of other contemporary artists

Diagonal joining the horizon at an angle different from the vertical one.
My way to take pictures is to take them while inclining the camera diagonally. The horizon is then reoriented later using Photoshop®

Doodle to draw lines, figures and shapes casually while doing or thinking about something else or because one is bored.
See Scrawl

E

Error a thing done wrongly. Error/correction/error/correction/error/correction/error/correction/error/correction. The most frequent sequence in everyday human life. Errors are almost certainly positive events that may occur while doing something related to Contemporary Art (no correction needed).

Essential absolutely necessary, extremely important, vital. Necessary basic element or thing.
Essential components of my art are scrawls and photographs: these are the basic elements used to construct the ultimate Art Work.

Event a thing that happens, especially something important; but also: Event an incident.
Both types of “events” are favorable and hoped for in Contemporary Art.

F

Foundation the action of founding an institution, an organization, an Art Movement, etc.
Re-Foundation the need for a person to re-direct, re-think, re-enforce, re-declare, re-start, re-study himself and finally the way of living and performing art.

G

Gratitude the feeling of being grateful or the desire to express one’s thanks.
I want to express my personal gratitude to many Artists, Contemporary Art Curators, Art Gallery Owners and Museum Heads. They were and still are an immense fount of knowledge and a source of inspiration for me.

H

Hey used to call attention
See Damien

Horizontal parallel to the horizon (Vertical perpendicular to the horizon).
Horizontal/Vertical or the usual manner in which pictures are exhibited and observed. See diagonal

Hurried done quickly or too quickly.
The final realization steps of the whole creative process are carried out in a hurried manner without hesitations or rethinking.

I

Ideology a set of ideas or beliefs that form a basis of an economical or political theory or that are held by a particular group or person.
Actually I’m searching for an art in which the creative and the destructive processes almost co-exist or are placed in sequence with the final goal to offer enough “free space” for a personal approach.

J

Jeff male name

K

Kandinsky
When some Art Works live longer than some fragments of Ideas (or: I hope that my Paintings and Photographs live longer than my Dictionary).

L

Legitimate that can be defended; reasonable.
I always need a sort of legitimization for everything I create. Sometimes this constitutes a sort of brake or a limiting factor for the creative processes.

M

Montblanc famous brand of writing instruments.
All my scrawls are realized with my Montblanc and many of my Art Works require a final step with my Montblanc. As in a cyclic activity, the starting and the ending points are similar or coincident.

P

Photograph a picture formed by means of the chemical action of the light on film, and then transferred to specially prepared paper.
One of the techniques employed by me to produce some of the basic images utilized for what I call “Cyclic Art”.

Photoshop® software utilized for elaboration of images.
It is utilized in many of my projects for the creative and destructive process carried out on photographs and scrawls.

Presence the state of being present in a place.
The constant presence of colors, motifs, combinations, rules and steps in my Art is handled in a wide variety of ways, preferably in a cyclic way.

Project a piece of work, etc that is organized carefully and designed to achieve a particular aim.
Contemporary Art projects must involve creativity, repetitive acts, errors and something unexpected. Can they be “organized carefully”? Can they be called projects?

R

Ready fully prepared for something or to do something.
It took years before I was really ready or  dared to put some of my Art Works, acts, phrases, dialogs, ideas and requests on the WEB.

Red of the color of fresh blood or similar color.
One of the three colors, along with black and white, utilized in almost all my recent Works. Acrylic red paint made with a red colored substance produced by chemical processes from an organic acid.

Repeat to say or write something more than once. To do or make something more than once. To happen more than once.
When I repeat some acts or works, and this happens frequently, I have to do it better with small differences. More experience lies in these small differences.

S

School an institution for educating children.
There are no schools but only the personal one that you belong to by birth. No-School Art System.

Spy a person who tries to get secret information about another country, organization, etc. A person who secretly watches and report on what others do, where they go, etc.
As a rule, in Cyclic Art I generally spy on myself.

Scrawl to write or drawn something in a rough, careless or hurried way.
One of the main sources employed to produce some of the basic images utilized for what I call “Cyclic Art”.

Scribble to write something quickly in an untidy way. To draw marks that do not mean anything.
See Scrawl

Size the dimension, extent or amount of something or somebody.
There are endless problems with the size of contemporary art pieces; my Works always appear to me as being a little bit smaller than I want.

Spontaneous done, happening, said, etc. because a sudden impulse from within, not planned or caused or suggested by something/somebody outside.
Sudden impulses, like errors, are almost certainly positive events that may occur while doing something related to Contemporary Art (no stop needed).

T

Table a piece of furniture consisting of a flat top supported on one or more legs.
Almost all my creative and productive processes are done on a big table.

Titled having a title

U

Untitled having no title.
Not titled yet, undefined by a title, unrestricted by a title, unwrapped by a title, undervalued by a title, unfaithful by a title, unfinished, unfamiliar, unending, unenviable, unexpected title.

Upheaval a great or complete change involving disturbance, confusion, trouble.
Disturbance, confusion and trouble, once again, are positive aspects which occur while doing something related to Contemporary Art. See Error.

V

Victim a person, an animal or a thing that is injured, killed or destroyed as the result of crime, bad luck, an accident, etc.
See Error.

W

White the very palest color.
One of the three colors, along with black and red, utilized in almost all my recent Works.    

999 – nine hundred ninety-nine

999 nine hundred ninety-nine.
The large mines from which I take the basic images for the works. Actually I utilize a collection of scrawls, named 999 Untitled, and a collection of photographic pictures, named 999 Photographs.

A

Adolescence the time in a person’s life when he or she develops from a child into an adult.
My collection of scrawls as well my creative photographs originate from adolescence. A lasting Wealth!

Action the process of doing something; using energy or influence.
Not new but unavoidable.

Acrylic made of a substance produced by chemical processes from an organic acid. Acrylic painting painting made with a substance produced by chemical processes from an organic acid.

Aptitude natural ability or skill at doing something. Aptitude to assemblage, aptitude to action, aptitude to err, aptitude to sudden impulses (?), aptitude to reaction …

Audience a group of people who have gathered together to hear or watch somebody or something.
Now you! Thank you for visiting www.art-of-this-year.com
Continue to be part of my audience by contacting the e-mail address: fabio@art-of-this-year.com.

B

Biography the story of a person’s life.
Fabio Meneghini (b. 1962, Padua, Italy).
Photographer in his teens.
Surgeon dedicated exclusively to Aesthetic Facial Surgery, a form of sculpture (actually fifteen hours a week are devoted to this activity).
Contemporary Art Artist (actually twenty two hours a week are devoted to this activity).

Black the very darkest color; the opposite of white.
One of the three colors, with white and red, utilized in almost all my recent Works.    

C

Concept an idea or a principle relating to something abstract. Conceptual based on concepts.
Not new but unavoidable.

Contemporary Art
When some fragments of Ideas live longer than some pieces of Art