Italy

Tom Porta

Varese

PUNTO SULL'ARTE International Contemporary Art

Painting

Incomplete

Old Samurai I

Young Samurai I

Church

8:15 Sunny

Two girls

Young Samurai II

Charge

Kabuto

Mittsu

White Tabi

Bushido

The Golden Line

Japanese Garden 

Golden glance

Sisters 

Bad Horsie

TABI is not only an exhibition, it is a departure and return in continuum. From the choice of the subject, to the first sketches, to the preparation of canvas and materials, up until the final varnishing which entrusts a precious past moment to the present, TABI is the entirety of works, and every work is TABI, a journey. Every journey, however, is also another type of suffering: it manifests itself as a lack and feeds on both wonder and pain. Japan, with the originality of its culture and of its social structures, as well as the strength of its traditions, has the capacity to frequently leave us amazed. Technology and digital screens make it an easily accessible destination every day. Japan is already here, just a click away, but barely a few millimeters deep. How then could we ever truly understand a utopia which today is expressed so impalpably? In a time like that in which we live, where every form of transcendence is easily lost, fear and worries of loss have no geographical boundaries or established goals and TABI's poetic journey offers something that goes beyond everyone's lives, transporting us to a higher place than the real world. 

TOM PORTA possesses a strange and surprising power through which he can lead us from a highly personal point to shared and universal emotions. TABI is a journey towards a truly beloved Japan, never really let go of, a perhaps unresolved journey, made up of images and profound suggestions which, involving the imagination of an entire generation as well as the artist’s lived experience, have the strength to give the viewer a sense of belonging. 

TABI is an irrevocable drive and a tangible desire, it is the luggage of an artist, TOM PORTA, prisoner soul, who holds so many things close and who, having left for a distant land, perhaps never really returned from it .


Tabi - The Journey

Tabi - The Journey

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