Showing posts with label exhibition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exhibition. Show all posts

Thursday, September 14, 2017

GORDON MATTA-CLARK_GALERIE SHULTE BERLIN

On 9th September I went to the opening of Gordon Matta-Clark's exhibition  at Shulte  Gallery in Berlin.  It's a strange exhibition, but the Matta-Clark's work is very interesting.
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943 - 1978, New York) was a conceptual artist best known for his so-called “building cuts,” a series of site-specific projects, which he carried out in the late 1970s involving the dissection of abandoned buildings.
Matta-Clark never practiced architecture, but instead devised "anarchitecture," an alternative use of buildings. The films and photo collages he made of his “building cuts” dovetail with the experimental, disorienting quality of the architectural cuts, likewise constituting a denunciation of the function of architecture.
The Notion of Mutable Space is both a fundamental element and a postulation in Gordon Matta-Clark’s thinking. It is also the title of the comprehensive exhibition at Galerie Thomas Schulte with over 100 original works, which broaches the subject of Matta-Clark’s architectural concept and how it finds expression in his oeuvre and practice.
Until November 4, 2017
GALERIE THOMAS SCHULTE GMBH / CHARLOTTENSTR. 24 / D–10117 BERLIN

Garbage Wall, 1970

Garbage Wall, 1970

Garbage Wall, 1970









Tuesday, June 21, 2016

LIKE A BIRD, NOT A FEATHER-LORCAN O'NEILL GALLERY ROME

Normally it is bad to be late, but sometimes it can be a real opportunity. I knew that the opening of the exhibition "Like a bird, not a feather" was at 6pm, but one thing lead to another and by the time I got there it was 9. As soon as I entered the courtyard to leading to Lorcan O' Neill's gallery in vicolo dei Catinari, the lights were turned off. Mad at myself I was about to leave, but Mr O'Neill kindly offered to reopen he gallery for a quick visit. Not only that, he even took the time to briefly introduce the works on show. How lucky and pleased was I to have a private visit of the gallery on a opening night!
 The exhibition is a selection of pieces selected by previously shows exhibited at the gallery.
On the floor of the first room is displaied a sculptur by Richard Long: "Roman Line"-serpentino stones, on wall behind we can see three works by Giorgio Griffa. Richard Long is one of the most prominent members of a generation of artists who revolutionised the art world in 1970's. Combining elements of Arte Povera, minimalism and conceptual art, he has been in the vanguard of Land Art since 1967. Long works with nature and creates a spiritual bond with the hearth, reviving and materialising the idea that nature has always been present in artistic activity.
Giorgio Griffa is one the most radical artists of the avant-garde working in Italy since the 70s. His paintings employ a gestural series of marks in bright and intense acrylic colours on raw, unstretched canvas. In the same room there are also some works by Martin Creed, an artist who sees no distinction between visual art and music, his pieces range from compositions for orchestra to performances with his band and dancers, from architectural commissions and public monuments to paintings, sculpture, installation and film.
The second room is dedicated to the german artist Anselm Kiefer. His work combines painting, photography, book and sculpture. Kiefer's existential work of memory expands to a spiritual quest fuelled by great myths and cabalistic mysticism.
In the third room are on display four works by Luigi Ontani: "Erme Bonaventura", "Angelo rivelato", "autoritratto con tavolozza dei colori viventi" and "Tavolozza dei colori Nominali"
where are depicted characters who have to name a color.  Luigi Ontani is considered one of the most influential and innovative Italian artists working today. He has been working across multiple media since 1965 experimenting photography, creating life-size prints, performance, video and film. He is best know for his Tableaux Vivants, works in which he is the subject, where he combines Western and Eastern iconographical traditions while referencing historical, allegorical and mythological themes.
Richard Long: Roman Line-Serpentino stones, 2016
Giorgio Griffa: Obliquo(acrilico on linen, 1973); Canone Aureo 482(Acrylic on canvas, 2015);
Canone Aureo 874(Acrylic on canvas, 2015)
Richard Long:Untitled (River Avon mud, China clay, binder and paint on canvas, 2013)

Richard Long:Untitled(River avon mud on handmade, 2005)

Martin Creed: Work No. 1588(iron Beams, 2013)
Work No.2199 (Gesso on canvas, 2015)

Martin Creed: Work No.2097-No2096-No2095 (Acrylic and pencil on canvas, 2014)

Anselm Kieffer: San Loreto (oil on canvas, 2009)

Anselm Kieffer: Gilgamesch im Zedernwald (Paint and charcoal on black and white photograph, 1969-2009)
Anselm Kieffer:Voyage au Bout de la Nuit (Paint and charcoal on black and white photograph, 1998)
Luigi Ontani: Autoritratto con tavolozza dei colori viventi(black and white photography on canvas)
Tavolozza dei colori Nominali (
policrome ceramic sculpture, 1969-2015)
Luigi Ontani:Tavolozza dei colori Nominali (policrome ceramic sculpture, 1969-2015)

Luigi Ontani:Erme Bonaventura (Polychrome ceramic sculpture)

Luigi Ontani:Angelo Rivelato (Colour photograph, 1975)
LOCARN O'NEILL GALLERY
VICOLO DEI CATINARI,3
UNTILL SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
http://www.lorcanoneill.com/

Friday, March 11, 2016

BOWIE BEFORE ZIGGY. PHOTO BY MICHAEL PUTLAND


Bologna-La Galleria ONO arte contemporanea presenta Bowie before Ziggy. Fotografie di Michael Putland mostra- omaggio a David Bowie che, attraverso le immagini e le memorie del fotografo britannico, racconta un giorno nella vita di Bowie, poco prima che questi prendesse gli abiti e le sembianze di Ziggy Stardust.
Le foto sono state infatti scattate nell’allora residenza di Bowie, Haddon Hall, il 24 aprile del 1972. Solo da poche settimane le registrazioni di Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars erano terminate  e, il disco, sarebbe stato pubblicato poco dopo. Il 28 aprile infatti esce il primo singolo dell’album, “Starman”. Quel 24 aprile, Bowie, nella calma che precede la tempesta che lo avrebbe reso un fenomeno planetario, dipinge il soffitto di casa sua indossando un abito disegnato insieme all’amico stilista Freddy Buretti. Lo stesso abito che usava sul palco, in quel periodo, e che sarebbe stato immortalato nella cover di Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. È un Bowie molto rilassato, quello che accoglie Putland, avviato all’apice della sua popolarità e già molto sicuro della sua immagine. Un’immagine e un immaginario che sta costruendo da anni, utilizzando non solo la musica ma anche tabiti e trucco .
ONO arte, insieme a Michael Putland, dedica una mostra a David Bowie – ampliata da qualche scatto pre e post Ziggy Stardust e da altri provenienti dallo Station to Station Tour – dopo averne dedicate altre due nel passato all’artista recentemente scomparso. La prima risale al 2012 ed era legata alla cosiddetta trilogia Berlinese, quando Bowie era forse nel suo periodo di minor popolarità. Il primo infarto che lo aveva colpito nel 2004 aveva azzerato le sue performance live e le uscite discografiche. Con la mostra si vuole testimoniare l’influenza che Bowie ha avuto non solo nel mondo della musica ma anche nel costume, nella società e nella cultura in genere, e non solo nel mondo occidentale. Bowie a Berlino inventa e reinventa se stesso e soprattutto codifica, a modo suo, il significato di “Europa e di europeo” estrapolandone un concetto che è presente nei dischi della Trilogia. L’intuizione dell’importanza estetica di Bowie nel panorama culturale europeo trova riscontro quando, pochi mesi dopo l’apertura della nostra mostra di Bologna, inaugura, al Victoria & Albert Museum di Londra la mostra David Bowie Is, che apre di fatto la porta principale dei musei alla cultura popolare. Siamo nel 2013 e l’8 gennaio dello stesso anno, senza nessuna campagna promozionale, esce The Next Day penultimo disco di Bowie. La copertina è una rivisitazione della cover dell’album ‘Heroes’ - per la quale fu scelta una foto di Masayoshi Sukita con un quadrato bianco che copre la parte centrale dell’immagine. Oltre alla copertina del disco anche il primo singolo, We are we now, è un chiaro riferimento al suo periodo berlinese come momento culminante, dal punto di vista creativo, umano e personale, della sua carriera. 

La mostra (12 marzo – 30 aprile 2016) è composta da 27 fotografie di Michael Putland in diversi formati e il lavoro grafico di Terry Pastor, designer che realizzò la copertina di Ziggy Stardust e Hunky Dory

David Bowie at home- Beckenham-Kent 1972:





 David Bowie performing live at Earls Court London on 14th May 1973:
  David Bowie performing live at Wimbley Arena 1976:
 David Bowie Frias Club Aylesbury-UK1972:
 Annie Lennox and David Bowie performing at Freddy Mercury tribute-Wembley Stadium 1992:

Covers by Terry Pastor


Wednesday, October 7, 2015

"BILD" - SERGIO GOGLIA EXHIBITION

Friday, october 6th, opened the exhibition "BILD",the new solo show by the photographer SERGIO GOGLIA, curated by KROMÃŒA in collaboration with ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER GLI STUDI FILOSOFICI DI NAPOLI.
The exhibition is part of the project PHILOSOPHART – IL CULTO DELL’IMMAGINE NELLA SOCIETÀ ODIERNA
 The exhibition presents the most recent works of the artist, devoted to investigate the contemporary meaning and idea of beauty, image and representation, in general and of the self. The solo show, according to the main concept of the project PhilosophArt – matching philosophical and artistic analysis – aims to offer a photographic meditation on the subject of Il culto dell’immagine nella società odierna. Critical text by Diana Gianquitto.
From October 6th 2015 the exhibition will be held at.
Spazio Kromìa
Napoli, via Diodato Lioy 11 (piazza Monteoliveto)
www.kromia.net
 Venerdi 2 ottobre ha inaugurato la mostra “BILD”,la nuova personale del fotografo SERGIO GOGLIA, curata da KROMÃŒA in collaborazione con ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER GLI STUDI FILOSOFICI DI NAPOLI.
La mostra rientra nel progetto  PHILOSOPHART – IL CULTO DELL’IMMAGINE NELLA SOCIETÀ ODIERNA
 In mostra, la più recente produzione dell’artista, tesa a indagare senso e idea contemporanei della bellezza, dell’immagine e della rappresentazione, in generale e del sé. La personale, in linea col principio portante del progetto PhilosophArt – unire l’analisi della filosofia a quella dell’arte – vuole offrire una riflessione fotografica sul tema de Il culto dell’immagine nella società odierna. Dal testo critico di Diana Gianquitto: “La bellezza dei corpi, l’armonia estrema, l’euritmia e la perfezione riferiti alla figura del sé, con l’uso cultuale dagli esiti spesso paradossalmente materialistici che ne fa la società odierna, divengono nelle impeccabilmente esatte visioni di Sergio Goglia riflessione privilegiata sulla fenomenologia e immaginario sociologici contemporanei, ma inevitabilmente, data la portata atemporale del tema e grazie alla profondità di trattazione del fotografo, assurgono a meditazioni più ampie, oltre che sul concetto di narcisismo in ogni epoca e declinazione - in primis archetipicamente mitologica e psichica - anche sulla funzione e il carattere ontologico dell’arte in sé”. Dal 6 Ottobre 2015 la mostra sarà visitabile presso lo spazio Kromìa
Napoli, via Diodato Lioy 11 (piazza Monteoliveto)
www.kromia.net






Monday, August 31, 2015

CHINA THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Last week to visit this wonderful exhibition at the Metropolitan museum.
 The exhibition explores the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. In this collaboration between The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art, high fashion is juxtaposed with Chinese costumes, paintings, porcelains, and other art, including films, to reveal enchanting reflections of Chinese imagery. From the earliest period of European contact with China in the sixteenth century, the West has been enchanted with enigmatic objects and imagery from the East, providing inspiration for fashion designers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent, whose fashions are infused at every turn with romance, nostalgia, and make-believe. Through the looking glass of fashion, designers conjoin disparate stylistic references into a pastiche of Chinese aesthetic and cultural traditions. The exhibition features more than 140 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear alongside Chinese art. Filmic representations of China are incorporated throughout to reveal how our visions of China are framed by narratives that draw upon popular culture, and also to recognize the importance of cinema as a medium through which to understand the richness of Chinese history.
 The exhibit closes on September 7th

Left:Roberto Cavalli evening dress  fall/winter 2005-06 - Right:Li Xiaofeng


Juo Pei evening dress spring/summer 2007 haute couture

Left: Dior cocktail dress 1951 - Right:Chanel dress 1956

Givenchy evening dress fall/winter 1997-98 haute couture

Johon Galliano for Dior evening dress fall/winter 1997-98

Johon Galliano for Dior evening dress Spring/Summer 2003

Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent evening dress fall/winter 2004-05

Jean Paul Gaultier evening dress fall/winter 2001-02 haute couture

Ralph Lauren evening dress fall/winter 2011-12

Valentino - Shanghai collection 2013

Evening coat 1925
See also:http://www.scostumista.com/2012/12/li-xiaofeng-made-in-china.html
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