{"id":15447,"date":"2025-03-03T16:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=15447"},"modified":"2025-03-03T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:55:30","slug":"the-48th-arte-fiera-light-and-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=15447","title":{"rendered":"The 48th Arte Fiera: Light and Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Held from 7th to 9th February 2025, the 48th Arte Fiera<\/a><\/span> in Bologna primary presented Italian art from the 20th and 21st century. In these days, 176 galleries welcomed 50.000 national and international visitors. The Main Section was, like always, split in two parts by the locations. Art mainly of the 20th was in one hall and the contemporary part in the other. This separation was not stringent, since several foundations, editors and art academies had their spaces in the more historical hall. Additionally, there was the section \u201cMultipli\u201d and, within the Main Section, several galleries joined the \u201cPercorso\u201d, a choice of curated stands which presented artworks matching the given subject of \u201cCommunity\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Admirers of contemporary art found their centre of interest in the neighbouring space. Here the Main Section was garnished with the curated departments of \u201cFotografia e immagini in movimento\u201d (Photography and moving Images), \u201cPittura XXI\u201d (Painting 21) and the new \u201cProspettiva\u201d (Perspective). The latter was dedicated to emerging artists and therefore directed to a possible future art marked. However, also the contemporary painting section was not too traditionally bound to the canvas. This department was curated by Davide Ferri, who will follow the outgoing artistic director, Simone Menegoi. Menegoi was artistic director of the Arte Fiera since 2019. He escorted the art fair through the difficult time of the pandemic and consolidated the oldest Italian art show to a market specialised on Italian art.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A glowing Reception<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Directly in front of the entrance, light welcomed the visitor in the \u201ccontemporary\u201d hall. Vistamare<\/a><\/span> installed Rosa Barba<\/a><\/span>\u2019s neon \u201cPensiero Spaziolungo\u201d. While Barba reflects on space, light, time and distance, Marcello Maloberti<\/a><\/span> likes to be lost in thought with his neon \u201cSovrapensiero\u201d, close to the first one at the Galleria Raffaela Cortese<\/a><\/span>. At the same booth Silvia B\u00e4chli<\/a><\/span> unfolds her \u201cFarbfelder\u201d (Colour Fields).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A little bit further, at the stand of Pinksummer<\/a><\/span>, flaunted another neon. It was composed of 285 red elements, which together form the word \u201cComunista\u201d. The title of Anna Scalfi Eghenter<\/a><\/span> work is \u201cCommunio pro indiviso\u201d and refer to Italian law, describing the rules of collective property, where every single owner is a \u201ccomunista\u201d. But this is not all: to create the neon, people could buy parts in pre-sale, allowing the production and exhibition of the work.<\/p>\n

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Greetings from Sicily<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The stand of the Quam<\/a><\/span> gallery shined brightly, but without fluorescent tubes. Entering the booth gave the impression stepping on a balcony in sunlight. This effect was achieved by pictures of Federico Severino<\/a><\/span>: abstract, mostly monochrome paintings, primary in yellow and orange shades. So, the gallery from Sicily brought a little bit of the south Italian island\u2019s sunshine to the cloudy January of the north.<\/p>\n

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Painting as Scupture<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Diego Sold\u00e0<\/a><\/span> at the gallery Atipografia<\/a><\/span> works with colours as well. In superposing a new layer of tempera colour every day, the artist \u201cbuilds\u201d rather sculptures than paintings. The series is titled \u201cGeologia della Pittura\u201d (geology of painting) the colour becomes independent of the canvas and is a consistent continuation starting with the impressionists, who gave the canvas a kind of epidermis of colour.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Marco Abbamondi<\/a><\/span>\u2019s pictures at Andrea Ingenito contemporary art<\/a><\/span> are not liberated from the canvas when regarded format and support. Though the artist doesn\u2019t use traditional colours, but pigments and earths from specific locations. Fixing them with cement and cork powder, he creates colourful undulated reliefs, which arouse the longing to touch them. They seem to be so velvety-soft.<\/p>\n

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Colourful Destruction<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Andrea Botto<\/span><\/a> deals with the aesthetic of creative destruction. The Galleria Cartacea<\/a><\/span> presented a series of photographs showing various explosions. \u201cUnderground Blast\u201d depicts a controlled detonation in the Brenner Basistunnel with the resulting light. \u201cKA-BOOM #76\u201d illustrates the colourful fireworks of the \u201cSciuta di San Paolo\u201d during the festivities in honour to the saint in Palazzolo Acredine, Sicily. \u201cShell of shells\u201d is an explosion of colours, a photograph of fireworks in Malta. Completed was the series by explosive devices made of clay. For the artist there is a deep connection between the burned clay, the imitated detonators and the grounds, where they might explode.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Greta Sch\u00f6dl<\/a><\/span> highlights her visual poetry with gold leaf and gives it an almost audible touch. Herewith, her works have a transcendental shine. This year, the Richard Saltoun Gallery<\/a><\/span> brought the limited edition of her \u201cFantastic Animals\u201d from 1970, printed in 2024.<\/p>\n

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In the huge halls of the Arte Fiera were many other interesting artworks, which didn\u2019t fit into our subject of light and colours. Therefore, have a look at our photo gallery with noteworthy artworks and from an performance.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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