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Abstraction. Colour. Pattern
A young Carla Accardi in 1947 was among the founders of the Forma 1 group ( along with Turcato, Dorazio, Consagra, Sanfilippo, Perilli and others). This group represented the first moment of Italian re-proposal of the question of abstraction. In the ’50s her work matured until reaching the formulation of the famous ‘grovigli’ (tangles) white […]
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Il mercato dell’arte nel 2021
“Il locale diventerà il nuovo globale” Il CEO di Sotheby’s dal 2019, Charles Stewart dice che “più a lungo si mantengono i lockdown e le restrizioni in vigore, più si indeboliscono le abitudini pre-COVID. Nel 2020, sfidando la crisi sanitaria internazionale, Sotheby’s si è affidata ad un nuovo format di asta, creando il “livestream sale”, […]
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Salvo
The aparent ingenuity of Salvo is given by his apprehension of simplicity without reflecting a maestro who has learned to elude complexity. Behind the simplifications present in his painting lies an analytic conscience of the past, a silent knowledge fueled by the unwinding roots of tradition. He manages to use in our modern times absolute […]
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Toti Scialoja
This roman based painter and poet reffered to as an original and multifaceted artist has switched from expressionism to abstractionism in painting and from nonsense poetry and limericks to theatre set-up. During his time as teacher and headmaster at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome he had many contemporary artists like Mario Ceroli, Pino […]
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Ludwig Wilding
Wilding is associated with the german school of op art, a form of abstract art that uses optical illusions. This art form finds it’s roots within tromp l’oeil and derives from the constructivist practices of Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus. The best method used to arrive to the desired optical illusion is to create effects using pattern […]