![]() IO looks like me because maybe I am not that good at drawing and the easiest thing to do is to draw what you are most familiar with, there is definitely so much of me in it. I wouldn’t say that the stories in IO are my direct experiences, but rather are the result of my own reasoning, thoughts or intimate stories of other people. When I started thinking about the character, I wanted something universal. The character on the cover of your comic book IO – who is constantly dealing with his sexuality – looks like you, somehow there is something about you and your personal experience? Certainly, King Koala Press had the courage to invest in my first long comic book work, it was a leap of faith for both of us. I think I am my own first censor, I have never had a particularly negative response to my works, maybe they interest some people more and others less. Sex and eroticism have always been a part of my life, the attraction I have for this world has spilled over spontaneously into my research and work. What was your first approach to eroticism?įortunately or unfortunately, pornography. ![]() In IO strikes the initial irony but also a violent psychology in which the reader can see himself and compare his own personal experiences related to sexuality.Ĭollater.al asked Luca Loreti a few questions to learn more about his research. 23, at Vetra Recicli in the Navigli area, from 7 p.m. Loreti’s first comic book, titled IO has recently turned one year old and in the last weeks has been the protagonist of several drawing sessions organized in Turin and Milan, where he will be featured on Thursday, Feb. Among other subjects, we frequently find the cat and the mouse, characters inspired by “ Itchy & Scratchy”, the Simpsons cartoon. The simplicity of the forms and their immediate recognition are the methods by which he represents the subjects in the works: sex toys and physical elements that refer to eroticism and the sexual sphere. Luca Loreti’s works – pictorial, sculptural and illustrative – are often monochromatic and with flat backgrounds, several influences emerge including those from the tattoo’s world and Japanese Ukyo-e prints. The comic book format, allows Loreti to deal with his own obsessions: sex, mechanics, food, history and punk music, but also to talk about what doesn’t directly involve his private life. The Milanese visual artist and cartoonist focuses his research on investigating the world around him and the relationship that we have with it, focusing in particular on the sexual sphere. ![]() ![]() Crude and explicit, Luca Loreti‘s (1990) erotic illustrations strike the audience with an ironic and dramatic language. ![]()
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