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      <description>A New York, une oeuvre de Caroline Bergonzi pr&amp;eacute;sent&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; la r&amp;eacute;sidence de l'Ambassadeur de Monaco aupr&amp;egrave;s de l'ONU 
Sur la photo: M. et Mme l'Ambassadeur avec Caroline Bergonzi

Apr&amp;egrave;s une magnifique exposition de peinture, en mai dernier, visit&amp;eacute;e par plus de 300 personnes, dans le quartier en vogue du Meat Packing, &amp;agrave; Manhattan, l'artiste mon&amp;eacute;gasque Caroline Bergonzi a expos&amp;eacute; une toile &amp;agrave; la r&amp;eacute;sidence de l'Ambassadeur de la Principaute de Monaco aupr&amp;egrave;s de l'Organisation des Nations-Unies et de Madame Gilles Noghes, &amp;agrave; l'occasion de la r&amp;eacute;ception annuelle offerte &amp;agrave; l'occasion de l'Anniversaire de l'Av&amp;egrave;nement de SAS le Prince Albert II.</description>
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Sur la photo: M. et Mme l'Ambassadeur avec Caroline Bergonzi

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      <description>&amp;quot;FROM SCRATCH&amp;quot; - MAI 2008 
Une &amp;eacute;tude en noir et blanc de l&amp;rsquo;art du mandala. 
L&amp;rsquo;exposition aura lieu &amp;agrave; la galerie ARIUM, du 1er au 30 mai, et le vernissage le 1er mai, de 18 &amp;agrave; 21 heures, lors d&amp;rsquo;une r&amp;eacute;ception suivie d&amp;rsquo;un concert par le compositeur argentin FERNANDO OTERO, au piano, accompagn&amp;eacute; du violoniste NICK DANIELSON. A l&amp;rsquo;initiative de l&amp;rsquo;artiste, une partie des ventes sera consacr&amp;eacute;e au soutien de l&amp;rsquo;art et de la culture duTibet, &amp;agrave; travers le Rubin Museum et la &amp;laquo; Tibet House &amp;raquo;. 

&amp;ldquo;FROM SCRATCH&amp;rdquo; est une double r&amp;eacute;f&amp;eacute;rence. Dans son premier sens, ce th&amp;egrave;me d&amp;eacute;crit les m&amp;eacute;thodes utilis&amp;eacute;es par l&amp;rsquo;artiste, dans son r&amp;eacute;cent travail de textures, d&amp;rsquo;acrylique noire et d&amp;rsquo;encre de Chine, trait&amp;eacute;es en &amp;eacute;paisseurs ou en transparences, d&amp;eacute;licatement d&amp;eacute;pos&amp;eacute;e au pinceau ou griff&amp;eacute;es au couteau. Cette expression peut se traduire par (faire/ partir/repartir) &amp;laquo;de rien&amp;raquo;. Elle &amp;eacute;voque la capacit&amp;eacute; de CAROLINE BERGONZI &amp;agrave; se r&amp;eacute;inventer, perp&amp;eacute;tuellement, dans sa recherche du &amp;laquo; vrai, de l&amp;rsquo;essentiel, au de-l&amp;agrave; d&amp;eacute;sillusions, et m&amp;ecirc;me, d&amp;rsquo;une certaine fa&amp;ccedil;on, de la beaut&amp;eacute;. Cette derni&amp;egrave;re s&amp;eacute;rie prolonge la lign&amp;eacute;e de son style, de courbes puissantes et de corps &amp;eacute;clatants, avec de tout nouveaux contrastes et un mouvement encore am&amp;eacute;lior&amp;eacute;. Sa palette, limit&amp;eacute;e au noir (sur blanc), met en valeur l&amp;rsquo;aisance qu&amp;rsquo;elle a encore gagn&amp;eacute;e dans l&amp;rsquo;improvisation. 

Ses nouvelles toiles seront r&amp;eacute;v&amp;eacute;l&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; New York, le 30 avril &amp;agrave; la presse et le 1er mai au public. 

Ses deux derni&amp;egrave;res expositions se sont d&amp;eacute;roul&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; NY, en Septembre, sur les 230m&amp;sup2; de la &amp;ldquo;L Gallery&amp;rdquo;, &amp;agrave; Tribeca, puis au &amp;ldquo;National Art Club&amp;rdquo;. 

La cr&amp;eacute;ativit&amp;eacute; de l&amp;rsquo;artiste r&amp;eacute;side au niveau de sa pens&amp;eacute;e, curieuse, ludique et passionn&amp;eacute;e, et s&amp;rsquo;applique &amp;agrave; tout ce qu&amp;rsquo;elle entreprend. Au cours des ans, elle a d&amp;eacute;velopp&amp;eacute; de tr&amp;egrave;s nombreux projets aussi bien dans l&amp;rsquo;art que la mode et le design. Passionn&amp;eacute;e par les m&amp;eacute;canismes humains et la psychologie, elle a imagin&amp;eacute;, fin2006, un programme &amp;eacute;ducatif pour transformer le stress en cr&amp;eacute;ativit&amp;eacute; 

Pour conclure ce vernissage, CAROLINE BERGONZI a voulu inviter le compositeur argentin FERNANDO OTERO et le violoniste NICK DANIELSON, pour leur propre musique, intense, pure et passionn&amp;eacute;e, leur son contemporain inspir&amp;eacute; par le tango des rues de Buenos Aires. 

* * * 

&amp;quot;FROM SCRATCH&amp;quot; - MAY 2008 
MONACO ARTIST CAROLINE BERGONZI NEW WORK 
FROM A BLACK &amp;amp; WHITE STUDY OF THE MANDALAS 
Donation of part of the sales to the Rubin Museum and Tibet House in support of Himalayan art &amp;amp; culture. 

This exhibition runs at ARIUM gallery from May 1 to 30, 2008. 
Opening Reception with the artist: May 1 from 6 to 9PM, followed by a chamber concert at 8PM with Argentinian composer and performer FERNANDO OTERO and violinist NICK DANIELSON. 
Private viewing and appointments between the artist and press will be taken April 30. 


FROM SCRATCH is a search to explore and journey through illusions, beauty and other ornaments, towards authenticity and pure power. CAROLINE BERGONZI&amp;rsquo;s latest work is the result of a new exploration of the mandala process and its impact. The artist remains true to her style of intense curves and sharp body shapes, with an even stronger contrast, as she limited her palette to black (on white). Opposites meet, spar and clash. FROM SCRATCH also refers to the wide range of techniques she used: black acrylic and Chinese ink, treated in thick or transparent layers, smoothly brushed or scratched with a pointy knife. 

Last September, CAROLINE BERGONZI revealed a solo exhibition at the 2,500 square foot space of L Gallery, in Tribeca, immediately followed by an invitation to show at the National Art Club. The artist&amp;rsquo;s multifaceted creativity expands to include a rich and diverse body of work in the arts, including fashion and design. Passionate about human mechanisms and psychology, she also designed a unique educational program a year ago. 

FERNANDO OTERO is the performer and composer BERGONZI chose to invite, with tango (and NYC Ballet) violinist NICK DANIELSON, for the splendid rawness of their music, as they are one of her main inspirations. &amp;ldquo;Fernando Otero is one of the most intense, present and passionate person I have ever met. His music never fails to infiltrate my mind, my heart, and awaken a storm of emotions.&amp;rdquo; OTERO, whose new album &amp;ldquo;Pagina De Buenos Aires&amp;rdquo; (Nonesuch) was hailed by The New York Times as &amp;ldquo;a heroically ambitious tango record, with a scope that reaches beyond the usual connotations of the style&amp;rdquo; is known for his deeply sensitive and challenging tango music and improvisations, which also involve aspects of classical chamber music and jazz. 

* * * 

B I O G R A P H I E 

&amp;laquo; Par mon travail, je veux inviter les visiteurs &amp;agrave; s'ouvrir, r&amp;ecirc;ver, sentir et jouer. Je m&amp;rsquo;adresse &amp;agrave; quiconque veut explorer son propre voyage cr&amp;eacute;atif. Mon art est &amp;agrave; la fois une exploration quotidienne du myst&amp;egrave;re de vie, et un acte d'amour.&amp;raquo; 

En dix ans, CAROLINE BERGONZI a d&amp;eacute;fini un style en d&amp;eacute;veloppant une oeuvre riche et vari&amp;eacute;e. La peinture, depuis sa premi&amp;egrave;re exposition, en 2002, mode, avec 400 pages de magazines, costumes, bijoux, logos, design. Comme elle croit que l&amp;rsquo;art peut gu&amp;eacute;rir, lib&amp;eacute;rer et &amp;eacute;panouir, elle a m&amp;ecirc;me invent&amp;eacute; un programme &amp;eacute;ducatif pour &amp;laquo; transformer le stress en cr&amp;eacute;ativit&amp;eacute; en 90mn &amp;raquo;. 

Passionn&amp;eacute;e par l&amp;rsquo;&amp;ecirc;tre humain, et en perp&amp;eacute;tuel renouveau, elle s&amp;rsquo;inspire des th&amp;eacute;ories scientifiques comme spirituelles, plonge au del&amp;agrave; des cultures vers ce qui est propre &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;Homme. Artiste depuis le plus jeune &amp;acirc;ge, CAROLINE BERGONZI est la rencontre de plusieurs traditions. Elle combine fonds noirs baroques m&amp;eacute;ridionaux, sensualit&amp;eacute; passive, zen, de ses silhouettes, corps magnifiques recroquevilles ou &amp;eacute;tires a l&amp;rsquo;extr&amp;ecirc;me, symboles m&amp;eacute;taphysiques, le tout avec un &amp;eacute;clat et une impeccable finition &amp;laquo; couture &amp;raquo;. 

Enfant sensible, curieuse et &amp;eacute;nergique, elle a grandi sous le ciel m&amp;eacute;diterran&amp;eacute;en, dans la Principaut&amp;eacute; de Monaco. Apr&amp;egrave;s 17 ans dans cette ville paisible et internationale, elle est all&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; Paris, pour acqu&amp;eacute;rir les outils qu&amp;rsquo;elle a jug&amp;eacute; n&amp;eacute;cessaire &amp;agrave; sa libert&amp;eacute;. En parall&amp;egrave;le de ses &amp;eacute;tudes en grande &amp;eacute;cole puis &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;Institut Fran&amp;ccedil;ais de la Mode, pour un troisi&amp;egrave;me cycle de management, elle a &amp;eacute;tendu son exp&amp;eacute;rience dans des environnements tels que IN VIVO pour les jeux vid&amp;eacute;o ou le studio de Haute Couture de Christian Lacroix. Quelques dipl&amp;ocirc;mes et missions plus tard, en Chine et en Italie, elle a choisi New York. Elle n&amp;rsquo;a pas r&amp;eacute;sist&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; ses masses humaines, ses rythmes et sa mosa&amp;iuml;que illimit&amp;eacute;e de cultures. La r&amp;eacute;alit&amp;eacute; brutale de ce nouvel environnement, urbain &amp;amp; mental, l&amp;rsquo;a invit&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; s&amp;rsquo;immerger dans la philosophie empirique, la psychologie et la spiritualit&amp;eacute;. Tel l'ange du film &amp;laquo; les Ailes de D&amp;eacute;sir &amp;raquo;, elle a &amp;eacute;chang&amp;eacute; sa perspective c&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;brale contre une exp&amp;eacute;rience du vivant, et y a d&amp;eacute;couvert une palette compl&amp;egrave;te d'&amp;eacute;motions. De la peur a l&amp;rsquo;amour, en passant par la solitude, la joie, la douleur, le plaisir ou encore la paix int&amp;eacute;rieure. Elle les a enregistr&amp;eacute;es et les exprime en croquis &amp;amp; tableaux. 

Symboliste, CAROLINE BERGONZI recherche la v&amp;eacute;rit&amp;eacute; que cachent illusions, craintes, manipulations, masques et jeux. Influenc&amp;eacute;e par les travaux de Karl Jung &amp;amp; Joseph Campbell, sa logique est empreinte d&amp;rsquo;arch&amp;eacute;types, et son inspiration quotidienne des mythes, films, livres, r&amp;ecirc;ves et de son exp&amp;eacute;rience de la fluidit&amp;eacute; du kung fu et du tango. Pour elle, le monde est un organisme &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique, de rythmes et de flux. Actions et r&amp;eacute;actions. Fusion et transformation. Le yin &amp;amp; le yang, l'harmonie des contrastes. Le cycle de vie : naissance, cr&amp;eacute;ation, transformation, destruction et renaissance. 

La peinture et le dessin restent ses moyens d'expression pr&amp;eacute;f&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;s, pour leur d&amp;eacute;concertante simplicit&amp;eacute; dans ce monde high tech. Face &amp;agrave; cette petite surface blanche, l&amp;rsquo;artiste doit pleinement assumer courage, libert&amp;eacute; et responsabilit&amp;eacute;. Cercles, cocons dans des carr&amp;eacute;s, carr&amp;eacute;s dans des cercles, elle creuse l'intensit&amp;eacute; de l'instant. 

* * * 

B I O G R A P H Y 

In three decades, Caroline Bergonzi has proved her multi-facet creativity through a rich and diverse body of work, including styling for fashion magazines, costumes, jewelry, graphic and web design, and a first creativity educational program. Since her first art show, in 2002, she has revealed remarkable paintings and continuously reinvented herself. 

She draws from both science and spirituality igniting her passion for the human being, in the deepest layers, the ones we all share, the essence that bonds our diverse cultures. An artist since the earliest age, Caroline is a confluence of traditions; combining southern European baroque black backgrounds with the eastern passive sensuality of her silhouettes; metaphysical elements with the sparkly glamour from her fashion experience and magnificent body shapes. 

A sensitive, curious and energetic child, she grew up under the blue Mediterranean sky, in the Principality of Monaco. After 17 years in this peaceful and international city, she moved to Paris, to acquire the tools she judged necessary to preserve her freedom. Greeting the challenges of business school &amp;amp; postgraduate studies in fashion management, she remained active and blossomed in creatively opposing environments such as an underground video games team and a major Parisian Haute Couture studio. After graduating, she spent time in China and Italy, and chose New York as her new home, for its human masses, rhythms, and unlimited mosaic of cultures. The brutal reality of this new urban &amp;amp; mental environment encouraged a deeper immersion in empiric philosophy, psychology and spirituality. As the angel of the movie &amp;quot;Wings of Desire&amp;quot;, she swapped her cerebral, wide perspective for a true experience of being alive, meeting a full range of emotions, from fear to love, including loneliness, joy, pain, pleasure or peace. She recorded and expressed them through sketches &amp;amp; paintings. 

As a symbolist, Caroline expresses feelings using human shapes aiming for truth, uncovering illusions, masks, fears and manipulations, to reach out. Thinking in terms of archetypes, her daily inspiration comes from myths, movies, books, dreams and the empiric experience of kung fu, tango or swimming. To her, life is all about rhythm, flux, energies. Actions and reactions. Fusion and transformation. The yin &amp;amp; yang harmony of the contrasts. The too often forgotten cycle of life, rebirth, destruction &amp;amp; creation. Painting and drawing remain her favorite mediums of expression allowing for full freedom &amp;amp; responsibility as an artist and to focus a concentrated impact within the frame. Circle shapes, cocoons in squares, squares in circles. The full intensity of an instant. 


STATEMENT 

I believe that art can heal. 
I believe that the symbolic level is a universal and peaceful space where to stand and meet. From there, I paint my perception of the &amp;ldquo;invisible&amp;rdquo;, feelings and thoughts, energy and sensations, to show, share and inspire. These images come from within, sometimes completely improvised, and allow a heart to heart communication. 
I believe that our bodies are our first homes, shells, vehicles, and that our senses allow our primal communication with the &amp;ldquo;outside world&amp;rdquo; and other beings. Through our addictions to stress, our busy minds absorb all the available life force and govern our decisions. I believe that, too often in our megalopolis &amp;amp; structuring cultures, the bodies are suppressed. 
I believe that my paintings are charged with a graphic playfulness and a nurturing sensuality. Through my work, I want to invite the viewers to open themselves up, to dream, trust, feel and play. I address whoever is willing to explore life and their own creative journey. 
My art is both a daily exploration within of the mystery of life, and an act of love. 

www.carolinebergonzi.com 
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      <itunes:summary>&amp;quot;FROM SCRATCH&amp;quot; - MAI 2008 
Une &amp;eacute;tude en noir et blanc de l&amp;rsquo;art du mandala. 
L&amp;rsquo;exposition aura lieu &amp;agrave; la galerie ARIUM, du 1er au 30 mai, et le vernissage le 1er mai, de 18 &amp;agrave; 21 heures, lors d&amp;rsquo;une r&amp;eacute;ception suivie d&amp;rsquo;un concert par le compositeur argentin FERNANDO OTERO, au piano, accompagn&amp;eacute; du violoniste NICK DANIELSON. A l&amp;rsquo;initiative de l&amp;rsquo;artiste, une partie des ventes sera consacr&amp;eacute;e au soutien de l&amp;rsquo;art et de la culture duTibet, &amp;agrave; travers le Rubin Museum et la &amp;laquo; Tibet House &amp;raquo;. 

&amp;ldquo;FROM SCRATCH&amp;rdquo; est une double r&amp;eacute;f&amp;eacute;rence. Dans son premier sens, ce th&amp;egrave;me d&amp;eacute;crit les m&amp;eacute;thodes utilis&amp;eacute;es par l&amp;rsquo;artiste, dans son r&amp;eacute;cent travail de textures, d&amp;rsquo;acrylique noire et d&amp;rsquo;encre de Chine, trait&amp;eacute;es en &amp;eacute;paisseurs ou en transparences, d&amp;eacute;licatement d&amp;eacute;pos&amp;eacute;e au pinceau ou griff&amp;eacute;es au couteau. Cette expression peut se traduire par (faire/ partir/repartir) &amp;laquo;de rien&amp;raquo;. Elle &amp;eacute;voque la capacit&amp;eacute; de CAROLINE BERGONZI &amp;agrave; se r&amp;eacute;inventer, perp&amp;eacute;tuellement, dans sa recherche du &amp;laquo; vrai, de l&amp;rsquo;essentiel, au de-l&amp;agrave; d&amp;eacute;sillusions, et m&amp;ecirc;me, d&amp;rsquo;une certaine fa&amp;ccedil;on, de la beaut&amp;eacute;. Cette derni&amp;egrave;re s&amp;eacute;rie prolonge la lign&amp;eacute;e de son style, de courbes puissantes et de corps &amp;eacute;clatants, avec de tout nouveaux contrastes et un mouvement encore am&amp;eacute;lior&amp;eacute;. Sa palette, limit&amp;eacute;e au noir (sur blanc), met en valeur l&amp;rsquo;aisance qu&amp;rsquo;elle a encore gagn&amp;eacute;e dans l&amp;rsquo;improvisation. 

Ses nouvelles toiles seront r&amp;eacute;v&amp;eacute;l&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; New York, le 30 avril &amp;agrave; la presse et le 1er mai au public. 

Ses deux derni&amp;egrave;res expositions se sont d&amp;eacute;roul&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; NY, en Septembre, sur les 230m&amp;sup2; de la &amp;ldquo;L Gallery&amp;rdquo;, &amp;agrave; Tribeca, puis au &amp;ldquo;National Art Club&amp;rdquo;. 

La cr&amp;eacute;ativit&amp;eacute; de l&amp;rsquo;artiste r&amp;eacute;side au niveau de sa pens&amp;eacute;e, curieuse, ludique et passionn&amp;eacute;e, et s&amp;rsquo;applique &amp;agrave; tout ce qu&amp;rsquo;elle entreprend. Au cours des ans, elle a d&amp;eacute;velopp&amp;eacute; de tr&amp;egrave;s nombreux projets aussi bien dans l&amp;rsquo;art que la mode et le design. Passionn&amp;eacute;e par les m&amp;eacute;canismes humains et la psychologie, elle a imagin&amp;eacute;, fin2006, un programme &amp;eacute;ducatif pour transformer le stress en cr&amp;eacute;ativit&amp;eacute; 

Pour conclure ce vernissage, CAROLINE BERGONZI a voulu inviter le compositeur argentin FERNANDO OTERO et le violoniste NICK DANIELSON, pour leur propre musique, intense, pure et passionn&amp;eacute;e, leur son contemporain inspir&amp;eacute; par le tango des rues de Buenos Aires. 

* * * 

&amp;quot;FROM SCRATCH&amp;quot; - MAY 2008 
MONACO ARTIST CAROLINE BERGONZI NEW WORK 
FROM A BLACK &amp;amp; WHITE STUDY OF THE MANDALAS 
Donation of part of the sales to the Rubin Museum and Tibet House in support of Himalayan art &amp;amp; culture. 

This exhibition runs at ARIUM gallery from May 1 to 30, 2008. 
Opening Reception with the artist: May 1 from 6 to 9PM, followed by a chamber concert at 8PM with Argentinian composer and performer FERNANDO OTERO and violinist NICK DANIELSON. 
Private viewing and appointments between the artist and press will be taken April 30. 


FROM SCRATCH is a search to explore and journey through illusions, beauty and other ornaments, towards authenticity and pure power. CAROLINE BERGONZI&amp;rsquo;s latest work is the result of a new exploration of the mandala process and its impact. The artist remains true to her style of intense curves and sharp body shapes, with an even stronger contrast, as she limited her palette to black (on white). Opposites meet, spar and clash. FROM SCRATCH also refers to the wide range of techniques she used: black acrylic and Chinese ink, treated in thick or transparent layers, smoothly brushed or scratched with a pointy knife. 

Last September, CAROLINE BERGONZI revealed a solo exhibition at the 2,500 square foot space of L Gallery, in Tribeca, immediately followed by an invitation to show at the National Art Club. The artist&amp;rsquo;s multifaceted creativity expands to include a rich and diverse body of work in the arts, including fashion and design. Passionate about human mechanisms and psychology, she also designed a unique educational program a year ago. 

FERNANDO OTERO is the performer and composer BERGONZI chose to invite, with tango (and NYC Ballet) violinist NICK DANIELSON, for the splendid rawness of their music, as they are one of her main inspirations. &amp;ldquo;Fernando Otero is one of the most intense, present and passionate person I have ever met. His music never fails to infiltrate my mind, my heart, and awaken a storm of emotions.&amp;rdquo; OTERO, whose new album &amp;ldquo;Pagina De Buenos Aires&amp;rdquo; (Nonesuch) was hailed by The New York Times as &amp;ldquo;a heroically ambitious tango record, with a scope that reaches beyond the usual connotations of the style&amp;rdquo; is known for his deeply sensitive and challenging tango music and improvisations, which also involve aspects of classical chamber music and jazz. 

* * * 

B I O G R A P H I E 

&amp;laquo; Par mon travail, je veux inviter les visiteurs &amp;agrave; s'ouvrir, r&amp;ecirc;ver, sentir et jouer. Je m&amp;rsquo;adresse &amp;agrave; quiconque veut explorer son propre voyage cr&amp;eacute;atif. Mon art est &amp;agrave; la fois une exploration quotidienne du myst&amp;egrave;re de vie, et un acte d'amour.&amp;raquo; 

En dix ans, CAROLINE BERGONZI a d&amp;eacute;fini un style en d&amp;eacute;veloppant une oeuvre riche et vari&amp;eacute;e. La peinture, depuis sa premi&amp;egrave;re exposition, en 2002, mode, avec 400 pages de magazines, costumes, bijoux, logos, design. Comme elle croit que l&amp;rsquo;art peut gu&amp;eacute;rir, lib&amp;eacute;rer et &amp;eacute;panouir, elle a m&amp;ecirc;me invent&amp;eacute; un programme &amp;eacute;ducatif pour &amp;laquo; transformer le stress en cr&amp;eacute;ativit&amp;eacute; en 90mn &amp;raquo;. 

Passionn&amp;eacute;e par l&amp;rsquo;&amp;ecirc;tre humain, et en perp&amp;eacute;tuel renouveau, elle s&amp;rsquo;inspire des th&amp;eacute;ories scientifiques comme spirituelles, plonge au del&amp;agrave; des cultures vers ce qui est propre &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;Homme. Artiste depuis le plus jeune &amp;acirc;ge, CAROLINE BERGONZI est la rencontre de plusieurs traditions. Elle combine fonds noirs baroques m&amp;eacute;ridionaux, sensualit&amp;eacute; passive, zen, de ses silhouettes, corps magnifiques recroquevilles ou &amp;eacute;tires a l&amp;rsquo;extr&amp;ecirc;me, symboles m&amp;eacute;taphysiques, le tout avec un &amp;eacute;clat et une impeccable finition &amp;laquo; couture &amp;raquo;. 

Enfant sensible, curieuse et &amp;eacute;nergique, elle a grandi sous le ciel m&amp;eacute;diterran&amp;eacute;en, dans la Principaut&amp;eacute; de Monaco. Apr&amp;egrave;s 17 ans dans cette ville paisible et internationale, elle est all&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; Paris, pour acqu&amp;eacute;rir les outils qu&amp;rsquo;elle a jug&amp;eacute; n&amp;eacute;cessaire &amp;agrave; sa libert&amp;eacute;. En parall&amp;egrave;le de ses &amp;eacute;tudes en grande &amp;eacute;cole puis &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;Institut Fran&amp;ccedil;ais de la Mode, pour un troisi&amp;egrave;me cycle de management, elle a &amp;eacute;tendu son exp&amp;eacute;rience dans des environnements tels que IN VIVO pour les jeux vid&amp;eacute;o ou le studio de Haute Couture de Christian Lacroix. Quelques dipl&amp;ocirc;mes et missions plus tard, en Chine et en Italie, elle a choisi New York. Elle n&amp;rsquo;a pas r&amp;eacute;sist&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; ses masses humaines, ses rythmes et sa mosa&amp;iuml;que illimit&amp;eacute;e de cultures. La r&amp;eacute;alit&amp;eacute; brutale de ce nouvel environnement, urbain &amp;amp; mental, l&amp;rsquo;a invit&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; s&amp;rsquo;immerger dans la philosophie empirique, la psychologie et la spiritualit&amp;eacute;. Tel l'ange du film &amp;laquo; les Ailes de D&amp;eacute;sir &amp;raquo;, elle a &amp;eacute;chang&amp;eacute; sa perspective c&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;brale contre une exp&amp;eacute;rience du vivant, et y a d&amp;eacute;couvert une palette compl&amp;egrave;te d'&amp;eacute;motions. De la peur a l&amp;rsquo;amour, en passant par la solitude, la joie, la douleur, le plaisir ou encore la paix int&amp;eacute;rieure. Elle les a enregistr&amp;eacute;es et les exprime en croquis &amp;amp; tableaux. 

Symboliste, CAROLINE BERGONZI recherche la v&amp;eacute;rit&amp;eacute; que cachent illusions, craintes, manipulations, masques et jeux. Influenc&amp;eacute;e par les travaux de Karl Jung &amp;amp; Joseph Campbell, sa logique est empreinte d&amp;rsquo;arch&amp;eacute;types, et son inspiration quotidienne des mythes, films, livres, r&amp;ecirc;ves et de son exp&amp;eacute;rience de la fluidit&amp;eacute; du kung fu et du tango. Pour elle, le monde est un organisme &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique, de rythmes et de flux. Actions et r&amp;eacute;actions. Fusion et transformation. Le yin &amp;amp; le yang, l'harmonie des contrastes. Le cycle de vie : naissance, cr&amp;eacute;ation, transformation, destruction et renaissance. 

La peinture et le dessin restent ses moyens d'expression pr&amp;eacute;f&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;s, pour leur d&amp;eacute;concertante simplicit&amp;eacute; dans ce monde high tech. Face &amp;agrave; cette petite surface blanche, l&amp;rsquo;artiste doit pleinement assumer courage, libert&amp;eacute; et responsabilit&amp;eacute;. Cercles, cocons dans des carr&amp;eacute;s, carr&amp;eacute;s dans des cercles, elle creuse l'intensit&amp;eacute; de l'instant. 

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B I O G R A P H Y 

In three decades, Caroline Bergonzi has proved her multi-facet creativity through a rich and diverse body of work, including styling for fashion magazines, costumes, jewelry, graphic and web design, and a first creativity educational program. Since her first art show, in 2002, she has revealed remarkable paintings and continuously reinvented herself. 

She draws from both science and spirituality igniting her passion for the human being, in the deepest layers, the ones we all share, the essence that bonds our diverse cultures. An artist since the earliest age, Caroline is a confluence of traditions; combining southern European baroque black backgrounds with the eastern passive sensuality of her silhouettes; metaphysical elements with the sparkly glamour from her fashion experience and magnificent body shapes. 

A sensitive, curious and energetic child, she grew up under the blue Mediterranean sky, in the Principality of Monaco. After 17 years in this peaceful and international city, she moved to Paris, to acquire the tools she judged necessary to preserve her freedom. Greeting the challenges of business school &amp;amp; postgraduate studies in fashion management, she remained active and blossomed in creatively opposing environments such as an underground video games team and a major Parisian Haute Couture studio. After graduating, she spent time in China and Italy, and chose New York as her new home, for its human masses, rhythms, and unlimited mosaic of cultures. The brutal reality of this new urban &amp;amp; mental environment encouraged a deeper immersion in empiric philosophy, psychology and spirituality. As the angel of the movie &amp;quot;Wings of Desire&amp;quot;, she swapped her cerebral, wide perspective for a true experience of being alive, meeting a full range of emotions, from fear to love, including loneliness, joy, pain, pleasure or peace. She recorded and expressed them through sketches &amp;amp; paintings. 

As a symbolist, Caroline expresses feelings using human shapes aiming for truth, uncovering illusions, masks, fears and manipulations, to reach out. Thinking in terms of archetypes, her daily inspiration comes from myths, movies, books, dreams and the empiric experience of kung fu, tango or swimming. To her, life is all about rhythm, flux, energies. Actions and reactions. Fusion and transformation. The yin &amp;amp; yang harmony of the contrasts. The too often forgotten cycle of life, rebirth, destruction &amp;amp; creation. Painting and drawing remain her favorite mediums of expression allowing for full freedom &amp;amp; responsibility as an artist and to focus a concentrated impact within the frame. Circle shapes, cocoons in squares, squares in circles. The full intensity of an instant. 


STATEMENT 

I believe that art can heal. 
I believe that the symbolic level is a universal and peaceful space where to stand and meet. From there, I paint my perception of the &amp;ldquo;invisible&amp;rdquo;, feelings and thoughts, energy and sensations, to show, share and inspire. These images come from within, sometimes completely improvised, and allow a heart to heart communication. 
I believe that our bodies are our first homes, shells, vehicles, and that our senses allow our primal communication with the &amp;ldquo;outside world&amp;rdquo; and other beings. Through our addictions to stress, our busy minds absorb all the available life force and govern our decisions. I believe that, too often in our megalopolis &amp;amp; structuring cultures, the bodies are suppressed. 
I believe that my paintings are charged with a graphic playfulness and a nurturing sensuality. Through my work, I want to invite the viewers to open themselves up, to dream, trust, feel and play. I address whoever is willing to explore life and their own creative journey. 
My art is both a daily exploration within of the mystery of life, and an act of love. 

www.carolinebergonzi.com 
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      <description>Members of the renowned Monte Carlo Ballet Company were delighted to join the New York-based Monaco Government Tourist Office at a cocktail party to promote the Principality. 

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo were performing in San Francisco on the west coast and representatives attended the cocktail with Cindy Hoddeson, the lady in charge of business tourism. It was organised with the Soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; des Bains de Mer (SBM), the Fairmont Monte-Carlo and M&amp;eacute;tropole hotels, and the cultural and conference centre, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco. 
Around 50 business incentive agents and other key clients of the Principality attended the event. Later guests enjoyed a performance of Jean-Christophe Maillot's &amp;quot;Altro Canto&amp;quot;. It was being shown for the first time in the US as part of the San Francisco Ballet's 75th anniversary celebrations. 

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo are at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco until April 6th. 

Pictured left at the cocktail are Cindy Hoddeson with dancers Jens Weber and Asier Uriagereka of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Members of the renowned Monte Carlo Ballet Company were delighted to join the New York-based Monaco Government Tourist Office at a cocktail party to promote the Principality. 

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo were performing in San Francisco on the west coast and representatives attended the cocktail with Cindy Hoddeson, the lady in charge of business tourism. It was organised with the Soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; des Bains de Mer (SBM), the Fairmont Monte-Carlo and M&amp;eacute;tropole hotels, and the cultural and conference centre, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco. 
Around 50 business incentive agents and other key clients of the Principality attended the event. Later guests enjoyed a performance of Jean-Christophe Maillot's &amp;quot;Altro Canto&amp;quot;. It was being shown for the first time in the US as part of the San Francisco Ballet's 75th anniversary celebrations. 

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo are at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco until April 6th. 

Pictured left at the cocktail are Cindy Hoddeson with dancers Jens Weber and Asier Uriagereka of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.</itunes:summary>
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