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Le Corbusier e Pablo Picasso e    nik sPAtAri
            non li temeva poiché sapeva di    last August 24 left us the calabrian painter, sculptor and architect who was not
            poter competere con loro senza    afraid to confront le corbusier and Picasso
            cedimenti. Era un valoroso, un
            autentico fuoriclasse ed insieme      The deceased Nicodemo Spatari, renamed Nik when his free spirit began to
                                                    travel the world, was an uncommon man, because within him burned the sacred
            a sua moglie Hiske, nome di       flame of the will of power. He was a chameleon spirit and therefore also an architect,
            una strana divinità, ha deciso    an archaeologist, an engineer, a husband, a visionary, a dreamer, a modern apostle,
            di tornare nella sua terra natia e   a wandering pilgrim, an enlightened, a shady, in short a rainbow man. Never black,
            fondare la sua basilica, MuSaBa.   never white, never gray, simply a volcano of colors. Along the way he crossed many
            Dentro le rovine del santuario    “greats” like Le Corbusier and Pablo Picasso and he was not afraid of them because
            di Santa Barbara ha sfidato       he knew he could compete with them without giving in. He was a valiant, a true
            Michelangelo Buonarotti Il        champion and together with his wife Hiske, the name of a strange divinity, he decided
            Magno, dipingendo il sogno di     to return to his native land and found the MuSaBa. Inside the ruins of the sanctuary
            Giacobbe sul soffitto di quella   of Santa Barbara he challenged Michelangelo Buonarotti the Great, painting Jacob’s


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