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Sanremo 2021, the latest painting by Achille Lauro: “God bless only us, human beings”

A painting, the fifth closed the Sanremo of Achille Lauro. And, on the stage of the Ariston, metaphorically, a rose killed him. The thorns, the blood, the bare belly. And, in the background, It’s life. Achille Lauro sang one of his best known songs. First, however, he let a dancer dance to the music, injuring himself, too, with a red rose. “Our time has come, our very end in this strange fairy tale. The greatest story ever told. Dissimilar masks recite for the accomplishment of the same great work.

Tragedy and comedy. Essence and existence. Understanding and misunderstanding. Elements too large to be understood by a deadly orchestra, ”said Lauro’s recorded voice, while the screen went dark and the colors disappeared.

Achille Lauro, in the last painting as in the past ones, has declined art in its most varied expressions. He used dance, music, poetry and performance art. He sang, composed in a wine-colored dress. He tore off his shirt and, while recorded criticisms demolished the character, he engraved his chest with the thorns of a rose. Red, like the blood that has started to flow. “Our time has come,” he declaimed again, before taking his leave in silence, one last time, “Guilty, innocent. Actors, listeners. Saints, sinners. All together on the same path of stars. In front of the gates of Heaven. All with the same weak flesh. The same rose that pierces our chest. Together, kneel before the curtain of life. And so be it. God bless Us Only. Human beings”, Lauro closed, a (profane) Christ ready to wash away every guilt, every weakness of humanity.

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