BROADWAY GALLERY 473, BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10013 Orari Galleria: Mart – Sab 10:00 – 18:00 www.broadwaygallerynyc.com
HAPPINESS Inaugurazione: 17 Aprile, ore 18 - 20
Con l'Alto Patrocinio dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York City
A cura di Stefania Carrozzini
“Ho sempre considerato l'arte il principale mezzo che gli esseri umani hanno per comunicare tra loro, sentendosi inseriti nella storia e in armonia con la natura. E in questa comunicazione risiede la felicità”. Pierre Restany
“La natura della felicità è la stessa dell'arte: entrambe sono forze rivoluzionarie che muovono dal pensiero e dall'emozione e mettono in gioco valori quali la libertà e la verità. Arte e felicità sono strumenti per comprendere il mondo e la natura umana. Condividono due aspetti fondamentali dell'essere: da una parte il desiderio d'immortalità, di durata nel tempo, l'aspirazione a raggiungere uno stato ideale, quello dell'opera che rappresenta il Tutto, vuole dire il Tutto, la felicità ed infelicità, luce e tenebre. Dall'altra parte vi è la consapevolezza della durata, della caducità, del tempo, di tutto ciò che è effimero, transitorio, terreno. L'artista quando è immerso nel suo lavoro, è totalmente calato in una dimensione che anela alla felicità come stato originario dell'essere, della sua intelligenza creativa. Nel profondo dell'essere umano l'aspirazione alla felicità regna senza riserve. E' nostro compito difenderla da chi vorrebbe soffocarla.” (tratto dal catalogo ). HAPPINESS è corredata da catalogo con testo introduttivo di Stefana Carrozzini.
THE CARROZZINI VON BUHLER GALLERY
For Immediate Release 10/12/2007 Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery
WILD
“Tyger, Tyger, burning bright in the forest of the night, what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” - William Blake
OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 13 OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 6pm – 8pm
NEW YORK, NY (October 12, 2007) — The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery is proud to presents Wild, a multimedia group exhibition featuring eight 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 on view Wednesday, October 30, 2007 through Tuesday, November 13th, 2007, with an opening reception held on Thursday, April 26th, from 6pm to 8pm. The word 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 and gallery director 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 environment and unnatural environment. 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” distorts and layers a photographic portrait; deconstructing and reconstructing the actual versus perceived identity. The result is a simultaneously striking and restless encounter with the voyeur. Pierluigi De Lutti and Mellà render abstract expressionist interpretations are violent and amazing. Gianluigi Alberio defines wild by an untamed animal, the cheetah.
Wild is a part of program of special poetry lectures events organized by D'Ars Foundation & IEP International Exhibition Project (Milan – New York – Beijing). An extensive catalogue accompanies the exhibition and is available at The Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery. The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery / CVB Space is a 5000 square foot art studio, art gallery, film/photo location, and event space in Manhattan's Meatpacking district. It is owned and directed by artist Cynthia von Buhler. Stefania Carrozzini is the director of International Exhibition Project at The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery. Carrozzini has been an art critic since 1994 as well as the founder and director of the International branch D'Ars, which brings European art to the United States and American art to Europe. Carrozzini lives and works in Milan and New York City. The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery is located at 407 West 13th Street, between 9th Ave. & Washington St. Subway: A, C, E, or L to 14th Street at 8th Ave. Exhibitions hours are Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturday from 1PM – 6PM and by appointment. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The cocktail reception for Awakening is sponsored by Italian Products. For more information, please call 646.336.8387, visit www.cvbspace.com, or email cvbspace@drawbridge.com.
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