CATTANI Silvio
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Blu | 2011 | Acrylic and Paper on Panel | 154 x 104 cm |
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Giallo | 2011 | Acrylic and Paper on Panel | 154 x 104 cm |
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Rosso scuro | 2011 | Acrylic and Paper on Panel | 154 x 104 cm |
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CATTANI Silvio CV
1947 |
Born in Trento, Italy Graduated from Istituto Statale d’Arte, Urbino, and Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy |
Einzelausstellungen/Solo Exhibitions (Auswahl/Selection)
2012 |
LEE galerie BERLIN, Germany |
2011 |
The Italian Pavilion Turin, 54th International Art
Exhibition, Art Biennale, Venice, Italy |
2010 |
Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, USA |
2009 |
Festival dei 2Mondi, Spoleto, Italy |
2008 |
Bocca Bookshop, Milan, Italy |
2007 |
Foundation Sparkasse, Rheda Wiedensbrueck, Germany |
Öffentliche Arbeiten/Public Works
Stained glass windows for the Oncological Center, S.
Chiara Hospital, Trient, Italy
Mosaic decoration for the Rest Home, Avio, Trient, Italy
Stained glass windows for Guardia di Finanza Headquarters,
Ancona, Italy
Mosaics for the Public Hospital, Ala, Italy
Stained glass windows for the Rest Home, Mezzocorona, Italy
Exterior mosaics for the State Jail, Perugia, Italy
Steel and Glass Sculptures for the School of Engineering,
Università di Trento, Trient, Italy
Steel and glass works for Provincia di Trento, Via
Acconcio offices, Trient, Italy
Stained glass windows, Cassa Rurale Bank, Rovereto, Italy
Mosaics and ceramics for the new Law Court building,
Frosinone, Italy
Mosaics and ceramics for the Headquarters of the Polizia
di Stato, Rome, Italy
Bibliographie/Bibliography
G. Belli, L. Serravalli, Cattani, Giongo, Vitturini, exh. cat.(MART/Archivio del ‘900, Rovereto(TN), 1989), Rovereto (TN) 1989.
G. Belli, L. Serravalli, Cattani, exh. cat. (Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, 1989), Trento 1989.
L. Lambertini, Silvio Cattani, exh. cat. (Galleria Sindoni, Asiago, 1995), Rovereto (TN) 1995.
I. Bartsch, B. Bandini, Silvio Cattani. Blaue Meditationen, exh. cat.(Museum am Ostwall,Dortmund, 1995), Faenza 1995.
AA.VV., Silvio Cattani. Mescolanze, exh. cat. (Assozation Bergmann, Fellbach, 1998), Fellbach 1998.
G. Belli, Smarrirsi nel colore, Trento 2001.
M. Scudiero (a cura di), Arte trentina del ‘900. 1950-1975, exh. cat.(Palazzo Trentini, Trento,2001), Trento 2001.
AA.VV., Situazioni. Trentino Arte 2003, exh. cat. (MART, Rovereto (TN), 2003), Milano 2003.
L. Lambertini, I colori della pietra, Rovereto (TN) 2005.
AA.VV., Silvio Cattani. Che forma ha il mondo, exh. cat. (Studio 53 Arte, Rovereto (TN), 2007), Rovereto (TN) 2007.
L. Lambertini, Silvio Cattani. Meteore, exh. cat. (Libreria Bocca, Milan, 2008), Rovereto(TN) 2008.
About His Work
"The starting point is completely mental, as is the arrival point, and is the result of the inner dynamic of symbols and colours, from which, consequently, sorcery conjures up poetic proposals and sublimated allusions, enough to provoke and awaken the fantasy and imagination. From here, a trip into the unconscious introduces us to the core of the mystery of time, nature and human experiences. There is a reason why in most of Cattani’s works, alongside the various ogival forms of several paintings, different archetypes are depicted and expressed through an abstract and calibrated synthesis".
(Text by Luigi Lambertini 2004)
"In
Cattani’s works the graphic sign operates on the surface,
depositing on
it forms born from dreams, from dream anxiety that leads to
consciousness, the archetypal images of life, hidden in the distinct
magma of pulses".
(Gabriella Belli, 2001)
"Rules do not exist
in Cattani’s works and forms do not always obey the logic of
a
civilized imaginary because they take shape in ways that are constantly
different and contrary".
(Ingo Bartsch, 2006)