Huffington Post's "Opiemme Writes Poetry And Letterforms Across Italy" article was written on October 23rd, 2013 by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo.
Italy is given a makeover top to bottom all thanks to the unique street artist, Opiemme. He set out on a country-wide road trip to beautify the streets this summer with his "journey through painting and poetry," a project inspired by poets he loves. His graffiti work covers fourteen cities with words from Italian literature, including Rome. His masterpieces are scattered on the walls and sidewalks of densely populated areas where people can interpret the meanings behind the paint. Opiemme's messages usually revolve around spiritual love, wisdom, and government corruption. "Opiemme says he likes to explore the border between poetry and image, public and private, and to use the printed word as a graphic element on which to build more meanings, even as he sometimes disconnects the letters from their original context", the article reports. That through his kilometer wide murals, a certain environmental or social theme will be understood. It is the virtuoso of artists like Opiemme who shape the world around them according to their eye. No matter if they paint the alleys or the Sistine Chapel.
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