Tante stelle
from 13 April 2019 to 30 July 2019
Foiano della Chiana
Mostra "Tante stelle"
‘Tante Stelle’ is the title of the group exhibition, curated by Vittoria Coen, which the Galleria Alessandro Bagnai is opening on Saturday 13 April, featuring medium- and large-scale works by Sandro Chia, Stefano Di Stasio, Aldo Mondino, Gian Marco Montesano, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino and Salvo, created mainly during the 1980s and 1990s.
The historical climate of the time was one of a renewed vitality in painting and a rediscovery of figuration, which saw the experience of historical Conceptual art, in some ways, as having been superseded. Colours, forms, allegorical and symbolic meanings populate the canvases of these great artists, who are very different from one another but united by a profound experience and constant exploration.
In the work "Bachi. Grand Rabbi of Constantinople", Mondino showcases his intercultural curiosity and his love of the exotic, whilst Montesano transports us to scenes of times gone by, to a Paris of yesteryear, in his "Café De Flore".
Ontani presents a Nativity scene in the style of an altarpiece—mysterious and allegorical—which dominates the space, alongside Paladino’s monumental triptych from 1982, nearly six metres long, created as a three-dimensional painting incorporating sculptural elements.
The vortex of brushstrokes in Chia’s 1983 work appears powerful and forceful, very different from the almost metaphysical scene by Di Stasio, who paints “L’ora del rito”, a disturbing prelude to unknown experiences, whilst Salvo’s work, created in 1981, envelops a common setting such as a bar in intimacy.
‘Tante Stelle’ is presented in the spirit of the gallery’s previous activities; in 2007, with the exhibition ‘Tutte Stelle’—a clear homage to the cycle of works of the same name by Mario Schifano—it exhibited works by Italian and international artists. A love of painting is, therefore, at the heart of this exhibition project—that painting which re-emerged in the 1980s with renewed vigour, and which made the artistic exploration of the artists represented here today the defining feature of an era. It is a style of painting bold in colour and line, with a recognisable, indeed unmistakable, signature—almost a cultural revolution, because it is international in nature, and because it puts an end to the dominance of historical minimalism and extreme conceptualism. Transavantgarde and Anachronism are some of the ‘brands’ that have marked a turning point in the art world, one that is unlikely to be repeated. Oil on canvas, oil on panel, oil on linoleum, and watercolour on paper once again become the media, the materials of art. The large scale of the works on display in this exhibition makes the seven artists’ deep conviction in pursuing this path all the more compelling, even more so today, in the age of digital technology, holograms and the virtual.
Mostra "Tante stelle"
Bachi, 1997
olio su linoleum e oggetto
190 × 140 cm
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