The completion of a series begun in December 2021 under the title Histoire des monstres, based on fifteen plates from Ulyssis Aldrovandi’s Monstrorum Historia (Bononia 1642), which went through several variations and, finally, a change of title to Monstrum nostrum, echoing Pope Francis’ speech at the Rencontres méditérranéennes in Marseille, in September 2023.
Seeing no further possible variations, with those that are my artistic tools, I put an end to the series. I will have produced 36 pieces on the subject, in addition to the six in the Les bêtes de Batz series.
I hope to have contributed to the current debate: who are the monsters?
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Histoire des monstres 02, Don’Ana-Andura Piscis, 2021, 24×42.
Here the link to the 2021 series.
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Nuovi mostri 04, Sète-Elephas Marinus, 2023, 30×40.
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Nuovi mostri 05, Mèze-Draco marinus, 2023, 30×40.
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HdM 16 bis, Maguelone-Monstrosus Cyprinus, 2023, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 19, Maguelone-humana facie, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 20, Rosignano Solvay-Sus marinus, 24×42, 2024.
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Histoire des monstres 21, La Spezia Fincantieri-Niliaca parei, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 22, Marinella di Sarzana-Vituli marini, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 23, San Terenzio-Rosmarus bellua, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 24, Nisida-Orobonis Piscis, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 25, La Bufalara-Aper Marinus, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 27, Finistère-Orca Balaenam, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 31, Arles-Cetus capillatus, 2024,24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 32, Aigues Mortes-Monstrosus Cyprinus, 2024, 24×42.
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HdM 22 bis, Marinella di Sarzana-Aper Marinus, 2024, 24×42.
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Histoire des monstres 34, 2024, 26×42.
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“C’è un grido di dolore che più di tutti risuona e che sta tramutando il mare nostrum in mare mortuum; il Mediterraneo da culla della civiltà a tomba della dignità. È il grido soffocato dei fratelli e delle sorelle migranti”.
Dal discorso del papa alla sessione finale degli incontri del Mediterraneo, Palais du Pharo, Marsiglia, 23 settembre 2023 (il testo integrale: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/speeches/2023/september/documents/20230923-marsiglia-rencontres-mediterraneennes.html).
Le texte intégral du discours du pape:
https://www.la-croix.com/religion/Discours-pape-Pharo-texte-integral-2023-09-23-1201283980.