ANDREA LIMAURO, ART
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African Civil Wars Series

About:
One of my earliest childhood memories is that of my father leaving our Rome apartment in his uniform one day in 1982 to go on a peace-keeping mission with the Italian army to Lebanon - a country I didn't know anything about and whose civil war was too complicated for any adult to try to explain to me.  I was 6 years old, my father would be away for 1 year, I was proud, confused and scared. That experience made me very interested in politics, civil wars and social strife and changed the course of my life in unexpected ways.  About 15 years later I would find myself working for 6 months in Angola during the country's 33 years war working on humanitarian and public health programs.  Later in 2002 I spent 3 months in Sierra Leone at the tail-end of the war there researching the process of family reunion and social reintegration of former child soldiers. 
The "Civil War" Series is partly loosely based on memories, research, emotions and photos from my time in Angola and Sierra Leone.

"Limauro.. knows the background of the story he tells. With "Mare Nostrvm" he places it in a context as wide as the sea"
Washington Post
Mark jenkins
October 21, 2018


​"Both menacing and beautiful.. strong.. Limauro's work is well researched and necessarily emphatic"
Washington CityPaper
Erin Devine

October 19, 2018
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  • paintings
    • Civil War Series >
      • American Civil War
      • African Civil Wars
    • Climate Change >
      • A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats - Climate Change
      • Climate Change Series
    • Migration >
      • Mare Nostrvm Series
    • Other Paintings & Commissions
    • Pre-2017 paintings
  • Installations/Video
  • Art curation
    • NoMa Lobby Project
    • Welcome to the Resistance
  • About
    • Bio/CV
    • Reviews
  • *Store*