Where ever art goes, people go and so was it penultimate week when art lovers, diplomats and others gathered at the Consulate General of Italv, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos  for a solo exhibition by  Italian born Gigi Micheletti.

The event which was organized by Mrs. Mia El Khoury Comazzi, Gigi Micheletti’s representative  featured some of the latest offerings from the artists. According to her, the exhibition intends to promote Micheletti as an artist especially among so many well known Nigerian artists, to show them his art work, well mixed colors, and the outstanding imagination he had solely put on canvas.

Micheletti was  listed  amongst the artists  in one  of the most  important Italian  Art Magazine ‘’ARTE”. 1000 artists participated and he was between the 120 semi finalists del Premio Arte 2013, selected by the editors of “ARTE”, Cairo Fditore.

Art collectors and lovers in the country were stirred by the unusual ideas from the works, as they felt the cozy ambience in an art world with delicious Italian delicacies and fine champagne. Irene Fowler, a lover of art described the works as “captivating” adding that she likes the way he blends the classical with the abstract.

For Rabah Mudah, “Gigi’s works is a perception, the bringing of the sub-conscious into reality, it’ is a dream”.

For the artist who confessed that he is inspired by one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century Jimmy llendrix. “I have been living and working in Nigeria for over thirty years, my experience with the busy life around here keeps me painting as well’”, says Micheletti.