Arduino Cantafora and Alessandro Mendini: Cose, Case, Citt脿
Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea is proud to
present Cose, Case, Citt脿 (Things, Houses, Cities),
the double personal exhibition of the artists Arduino Cantafora
and Alessandro Mendini, curated by Ivan Quaroni. The show
brings together works from various periods, that embody different aspects, even
counterposed, of the Postmodern visual culture on the border between art and
architecture.
Both architects, artists and writers, but also refined
intellectuals, Alessandro Mendini and Arduino Cantafora test themselves, through
their works, in a rapid confrontation of styles, languages and antithetical
obsessions.
Two souls of Postmodernism, that of Mendini,
Post-Avant-Garde and Neo-Futuristic, and that of Cantafora, anachronistic,
retrospective, classic: the former looks ahead, invents the concepts of Cosmesi
Universale (Universal Cosmetics) and Design Pittorico (Pictorial Design), the
latter returns to the craft, to the relationship with the optical reality. Two
souls, the Neomodern and the traditional, that have coexisted in
Postmodernism, as well as the Transavanguardia, the Anacronisti, the
Citazionisti and the Nuovi Nuovi did before, embodying the various aspects of
the same attitude towards the re-proposal and the re-thinking of the history of
art.
On show, Arduino Cantafora鈥檚 paintings of silent city views from the series Domenica Pomeriggio (Sunday Afternoon), next to the complex compositions of the Teatri Di Citt脿 (City Theatres) and a selection of smaller works dedicated to interior views. Alessandro Mendini, instead, will exhibit works on wood and on canvas, painted with a special nitro paint, some objects and prototypes, as well as a series of drawings from the past years. His works will be included in a site-specific polychrome wall painting.
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Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea is proud to
present Cose, Case, Citt脿 (Things, Houses, Cities),
the double personal exhibition of the artists Arduino Cantafora
and Alessandro Mendini, curated by Ivan Quaroni. The show
brings together works from various periods, that embody different aspects, even
counterposed, of the Postmodern visual culture on the border between art and
architecture.
Both architects, artists and writers, but also refined
intellectuals, Alessandro Mendini and Arduino Cantafora test themselves, through
their works, in a rapid confrontation of styles, languages and antithetical
obsessions.
Two souls of Postmodernism, that of Mendini,
Post-Avant-Garde and Neo-Futuristic, and that of Cantafora, anachronistic,
retrospective, classic: the former looks ahead, invents the concepts of Cosmesi
Universale (Universal Cosmetics) and Design Pittorico (Pictorial Design), the
latter returns to the craft, to the relationship with the optical reality. Two
souls, the Neomodern and the traditional, that have coexisted in
Postmodernism, as well as the Transavanguardia, the Anacronisti, the
Citazionisti and the Nuovi Nuovi did before, embodying the various aspects of
the same attitude towards the re-proposal and the re-thinking of the history of
art.
On show, Arduino Cantafora鈥檚 paintings of silent city views from the series Domenica Pomeriggio (Sunday Afternoon), next to the complex compositions of the Teatri Di Citt脿 (City Theatres) and a selection of smaller works dedicated to interior views. Alessandro Mendini, instead, will exhibit works on wood and on canvas, painted with a special nitro paint, some objects and prototypes, as well as a series of drawings from the past years. His works will be included in a site-specific polychrome wall painting.
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