Francesco Vezzoli is an Italian artist and filmmaker based in Milan. Through artfully, obsessively embroidered portraits, Vezzoli explores both the glamour that surrounds celebrities and the loneliness and transigence of their fame. Next to his film and video works, the needleworks of Milan-based artist Francesco Vezzoli constitute a second important artistic output. He addresses ongoing preoccupations with the fundamental ambiguity of truth, the seductive power of language, and the instability of the human persona.