MATTEO MANDELLI aka YOU
Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Contemporary | 2022
Crypto Tramp | 2022
YOU is an Italian artist and voyager b. March 4, 1988.
“I was born in the zodiac sign of art. Many times I have heard the artistic call but the background noise of everyday life, the responsibilities and the desire to make my parents proud, have meant that I did not listen to me completely. However, there comes a time when what you feel inside becomes more important than what you see outside and you understand that the outside is only a reflection of what we think and experience. It was from that moment that I decided that ART would be the instrument through which I would express my world. ”
“I try to stay out of journalistic daily life, anxious and negative inputs. I travel because I’m sure it is the greatest nutrition that a man can give to his brain and to his soul. I ask a lot of questions to get to the bottom of things and I always observe asking myself why and how. Having the ability to see something different gives the artist the duty of proposing his visions to the observer and moving something, creating vibes and question marks… making the observer himself a part of the art.”
Like in a Tarkovsky film, he tell us I 2022
One year ago he started to take planes and trains to show his strong messages to the world through performances and street art.
Crypto Tramp n°5 | 2022
Why YOU? Because we are relation, so our exterior world is a simple consequence of how we relate to our inner self. This is why one of his main characteristics are the mirrors. A clear provocation to the neighbor who is called to become aware of the real world. Insofar as the artist has the gift of seeing things in another way, he has the moral duty to propose changes in moods, points of view and question marks to the observers. The only important thing in this world is YOU.
He found the tool to express his spiritual approach through provocation and his goal is build a community decentralized of people to travel with.
His famous quotes is:
‘’I can’t draw, I can’t sculpt, I can’t do illustrations and even 3d, luckily for this there are painters, sculptors and designers… I am just an artist’’
Crypto Tramp n°4 | 2022