Arduino Cantafora: Anamnesi
Antonio Colombo presents Anamnesi, a solo show by Arduino Cant脿fora curated by Ivan Quaroni. The exhibition, which opens on Thursday 20 February 2025, is a chance to discover the work of an artist who with great originality intertwines the art of drawing and painting with the representation of architecture and memory.
The title of the exhibition, Anamnesi, refers to the concepts of reminiscence and recollection, central to the artist鈥檚 pictorial practice. 鈥淔or me, memory is also anamnesis, a curing remembrance,鈥� Cant脿fora says, emphasizing the central role of drawing as a tool of reflection and comprehension of the real.
Besides two large works from the past 鈥� La citt脿 banale (The Banal City, 1980) and Stanza di Citt脿 鈥� Roma (City Room 鈥� Rome, 1983), presented respectively at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 1980 and at the Venice Art Biennale in 1984 鈥� the show features a selection of more recent pieces, created from 2020 to 2025, depicting everyday locations like domestic interiors, building entrances, stairwells and urban corners, transformed into representations that reveal an intense focus on details and the character of spaces. Cant脿fora鈥檚 painting, in fact, embodies an ability to combine analytical precision and imagination in visual narratives filled by a sense of expectation.
A student and collaborator of Aldo Rossi, Cant脿fora has always stood out for the rigor and sensitivity with which he interprets architecture, objects and urban spaces. His artistic research, influenced by the traditions in painting that range from Lombardy in the 1500s and 1600s to Divisionism, from Purism to the Metaphysical, reflects painstaking attention to detail and suspended atmospheres, reminders of Renaissance piazzas and metaphysical compositions.
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Antonio Colombo presents Anamnesi, a solo show by Arduino Cant脿fora curated by Ivan Quaroni. The exhibition, which opens on Thursday 20 February 2025, is a chance to discover the work of an artist who with great originality intertwines the art of drawing and painting with the representation of architecture and memory.
The title of the exhibition, Anamnesi, refers to the concepts of reminiscence and recollection, central to the artist鈥檚 pictorial practice. 鈥淔or me, memory is also anamnesis, a curing remembrance,鈥� Cant脿fora says, emphasizing the central role of drawing as a tool of reflection and comprehension of the real.
Besides two large works from the past 鈥� La citt脿 banale (The Banal City, 1980) and Stanza di Citt脿 鈥� Roma (City Room 鈥� Rome, 1983), presented respectively at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 1980 and at the Venice Art Biennale in 1984 鈥� the show features a selection of more recent pieces, created from 2020 to 2025, depicting everyday locations like domestic interiors, building entrances, stairwells and urban corners, transformed into representations that reveal an intense focus on details and the character of spaces. Cant脿fora鈥檚 painting, in fact, embodies an ability to combine analytical precision and imagination in visual narratives filled by a sense of expectation.
A student and collaborator of Aldo Rossi, Cant脿fora has always stood out for the rigor and sensitivity with which he interprets architecture, objects and urban spaces. His artistic research, influenced by the traditions in painting that range from Lombardy in the 1500s and 1600s to Divisionism, from Purism to the Metaphysical, reflects painstaking attention to detail and suspended atmospheres, reminders of Renaissance piazzas and metaphysical compositions.
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