The fifth edition of the PAG starts with the third guest of the festival: Basik.
Basik, active since the early nineties as a writer, has developed his personal style from spray paint to a wider range of techniques over the course of the years, mixing his past as a writer with suggestions from medieval art, modern, contemporary art and typography. The essential characteristics of his works suggest subtle influences from graphic design. His figurative works, lately, have focused in particular on the gestures of the hands and draw inspiration from the distinctive features of popular culture, religious imagery and symbolism. At the end of the nineties he was awarded by the specialized magazine Aelle as one of the three most influential Italian writers. In 2007 his works are present on the occasion of the collective Street Art Sweet Art at the PAC (Contemporary Art Pavilion) in Milan. Basik, among the many cities, has exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and Berlin. (Antonio Giordano Prize, September 2018)