Ericailcane biography of alberta

During my research for Street Sketchbook it was a pleasure to travel to Bologna last year to meet three artists whose work I love; Ericailcane, Blu and Dem.

It was great to spend days there, to see the way they worked and interview them.

Modart magazine asked me to write a few words about Erica il Cane in one of their recent issues….

Erica il Cane

The Italians have coined some evocative nicknames for their artists; like Botticelli, which means, “little barrels”, Uccello meaning “bird” (he had a thing for painting birds apparently), and Masaccio, which means “messy”.

Today we should add Erica il Cane, “Erica the dog”, to that esteemed list. Originally formed as an artists’ group, the name now refers to just one Bologna-based artist, although from his output you’d suspect he had more than one pair of hands.

Erica il Cane’s work takes on many forms, from delicate etchings to vast murals, as well as otherwor