Purple Magazine

francesco vezzoli

ART interview by OLIVIER ZAHM during the confinement period, the italian artist and filmmaker FRANCESCO VEZZOLI produced an original online series on love in partnership with the prada foundation I have loved. I have fallen in love. I have rejected love. But mostly, the love I have offered has been rejected. I have tended to fall in love with men who were either too handsome, too powerful, or too rich for me. I have basically been cruising for a bruising for my entire life. My mistake… … I would say receiving love can be one of the most important things in life. If you are not loved back, it merely becomes an exercise in pain, therefore something to avoid. Love hurts. Full stop. Love can literally break your heart. Love may even break your life. And these are not the lyrics of a ’90s pop song… But I’m not afraid…

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