Carapelli for Art 2018 Winners Announced

David Casini and Alessandro Bozzoli have won the first edition of Carapelli for Art, a prize promoted by Carapelli Firenze for its 125th anniversary. The competition, themed 'Maestria, tradizione e qualità,' had two categories: Open (494 professional artist entries) and Accademia (83 students from Italian fine arts academies, representing 29 countries). The total prize money was €10,000, awarded to winners, special mentions (Aischa Gianna Muller and Marcello Spada), and second and third prizes (Cecilia Mentasti and Davide D'Amelio). The jury included Federica Boràgina, Giulia Brivio, Matteo Innocenti, and Gabriele Tosi. Casini won the Open category with 'Pratomagno' (2018), combining olive wood craftsmanship with an iPad screen. Muller received a special mention for her Land Art-inspired transformation of Italian agricultural landscapes. Spada's 'Per un'oliva pallida io posso realmente delirare' (2018) humorously references the 1967 'Gastronomo d'Oro' prize awarded to Ugo Tognazzi. In the Accademia category, Bozzoli (Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera) won for 'Divina Colorum,' translating Dante's poem into chromatic grammar. Mentasti (Brera) won second prize for 'Ovunque ma non qui,' using the ancient encaustic technique. D'Amelio (Termoli, 1990) won third prize for 'De Pisis #01,' a painting critiquing visual hierarchies.