Italian Beauty
dal 15/2/2012 al 4/4/2012
Segnalato da
15/2/2012
Italian Beauty
Ronchini Gallery, London
The inaugural show featuring works by leading Italian contemporary artists Giulio Paolini and Domenico Bianchi alongside Italian architect and design pioneer Gio' Ponti is presented in collaboration with Studio La Citta'.
curated by Marco Meneguzzo
Since its inception in 1992 in Umbria, Italy, Ronchini Gallery has
been dedicated to exploring pioneering movements at the
forefront of Italian contemporary art practice whilst also
representing international artists. Subscribing to the highest
standards of curatorship and scholarship, the gallery provides a
rigorous context in which its artists can be viewed. A second
gallery space will open at 22 Dering Street, London, on 17
February 2012.
Director, Lorenzo Ronchini explains the move into Northern
Europe, ‘Ronchini Gallery has always been about progression. A
gallery in London opens a lot of doors for us. People ask if
opening a new space is a daunting prospect, but I would be more
afraid to remain only in Italy.’
The inaugural show, Italian Beauty, featuring works by leading
Italian contemporary artists Giulio Paolini and Domenico Bianchi
alongside Italian architect and design pioneer Giò Ponti, is
presented in collaboration with Studio La Città and Curator Marco Meneguzzo. The exhibition is part
of a series which demonstrate Ronchini’s commitment to developing a broader understanding of
Italian contemporary art in Northern Europe.
Italian Beauty is a curatorial project with the critical aim of investigating the idiosyncrasies of Italian
art of the mid-20th and 21st centuries, by comparing artists from different generations joined by a
common thread. The title Italian Beauty refers to the level of research and interest in the shape,
completeness, and unity that characterised Italian art in the past.
This first show highlights a shared emphasis on the mode of creation and contrasts the artists’
disparate techniques and concerns with art historical and classical influences. The works investigate
the importance of production as an influence on the creative process. Bianchi’s low level
intervention, abstract work with wax, and Paolini’s studies into the act of exhibiting are
contextualised by Ponti’s statement when he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris Expo 1925,
‘industry is the style of the 20th century, its mode of creation.’
Image: Domenico Bianchi, Untitled, wax and palladio,
2010, 140x110cm, courtesy Ronchini Gallery
Press Preview: 16 February 2012
Ronchini Gallery
22 Dering Street, London
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am-6pm
Free admission