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October 30, 2007- November 13, 2007
Reception: November 1, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Carla Abbondi, Gianluigi Alberio, Ivan Bono, Pierluigi De Lutti, Giovanni Garasto, Mellà, Alessandro Paseri, Stefano Reja
CVB Space (Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery)
407 W 13th St Stefano Reja Research on Race |
The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery presents Wild, a multimedia group exhibition featuring eight contemporary Italian artists who analyze and interpret the definition of “wild.” From abstract paintings and installations to expressive photography, works on view contradict and captivate through energetic and intense artistic perspectives. Featured artists include: Carla Abbondi, Gianluigi Alberio, Ivan Bono, Pierluigi De Lutti, Giovanni Garasto, Mellà, Alessandro Paseri, Stefano Reja. Wild will be onview Wednesday, October 30, 2007 through Tuesday, November 13, 2007, with an opening reception held on Thursday, April 26, from 6pm to 8pm.
For Wild, each artist expresses his or her own interpretation of "wild" using a different medium. Carla Abbondi creates Alma Blanca, an electric sculpture, using optical fibers to give a raw, organic quality to the work. Alessandro Paseri manipulates photographic work to exaggerate the surreal, while Giovanni Garasto presents an unaltered photograph of a young child with unruly hair and bloody nose. Ivan Bono captures a more primitive and literal interpretation through a fusion of cave painting and modern typographic techniques with bold color. Stefano Reja's Research on Race presents a distorted and layered photographic portrait; deconstructing and reconstructing the actual versus perceived identity of the individual. The result is a simultaneously striking and restless voyeuristic encounter. Pierluigi De Lutti and Mellà render abstract expressionist interpretations that are energetic and pulsating. Gianluigi Alberio portrays "wild" as an untamed animal, the cheetah.
Wild can be defined as something uncontaminated and uncontrolled, in both a symbolic and physical sense. “Throughout life, individuals, especially artists, experience many aspects of this phenomenon,” states Curator Stefania Carrozzini. “Artists capture this notion of what is unconventional and exciting, or slightly exotic, by creating artwork in a contained way; a painting or installation, for example.” The exhibition is essentially a paradox, a series of preserved expressions meticulously arranged in a controlled and unnatural environment.
Wild is an exhibition organized by D’Ars Foundation & IEP International Exhibition Project (Milan – New York – Beijing). A catalogue accompanies the exhibition and is available at The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery.
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