HUMANITÅ – this is not a selfie 2018
resin, pure gold leaf
50cm x 50cm x 150cm
Edition of 1
HAVE YOU EVER DUG UNDERNEATH THAT SURFACE CALLED SKIN TO DISCOVER YOUR TRUE NATURE? THE GENERATION IN WHICH WE LIVE IS INCREASINGLY STUCK IN A SORT OF COMPULSIVE CONSUMERISM; ESPECIALLY UNDER THE AESTHETIC PROFILE, THERE IS A RUN-UP TO BE SOMEONE ELSE OR SOMETHING ELSE.
ACCORDING TO ME, IT IS URGENT THE EXIGENCE TO REMOVE THE MASK THAT EVERYONE WEARS IN ORDER TO REALIZE THAT, BEHIND THAT SUPERFICIAL LAYER, THERE IS A WONDERFUL UNIVERSE CALLED “BEING”. AND “BEING” IS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY, LIKE GOLD. IT IS THE ONLY WEAPON THAT CAN PROTECT US, THE ONLY PEN ABLE TO WRITE OUR HISTORY AND SAFE GUARD OUR UNIQUENESS.
HUMANITÄ – THIS IS NOT A SELFIE” BECOMES THE SPOKESPERSON OF A PROFOUND REFLECTION ON BEING AND HAVING, ON THE MAGNIFICENT AND THE ORDINARY, ON THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY, ON THE COHERENCE AND THE CONTRADICTIONS THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED OUR HUMANITY DURING THE CENTURIES.
COLONNA (pillar) 2019
Ø VARIABLE DIAMETER – HEIGHT 3.65 M – POTS, PANS, RED ENAMEL
©2019 – EDITION OF 1
(COURTESY BY ANTONELLO COLONNA COLLECTION)
A LARGE CENTRAL INSTALLATION “COLONNA” IN WHICH A PILE OF POTS AND PANS GO TO CREATE A HINGE, THE BACKBONE OF THE PLACE THAT PUSHES UPWARD TO SEEK A CONNECTION WITH THE SKY TO BE THE NUTRITION OF DREAMS.
THE WORK WAS REALIZED DURING THE ART RESIDENCE ZOLLE ORGANIZED BY ADA – ART ADVISOR AND STARRED CHEF ANTONELLO COLONNA.
A YOUNG WOMAN, 17 YEARS OLD, AN ISLAND, THE KSC, A SPACE SHUTTLE: THE ATLANTIS 2017
45CM X 67,5CM – HAHNEMÜHLE ULTRASMOOTH FINEART PAPER ON / DIBOND – 2 / 5
30CM X 40CM – HAHNEMÜHLE ULTRASMOOTH FINEART PAPER ON / DIBOND – 1,3,4,5 / 5
©2017 – EDITION OF 5
THERE’S A WORLD—THE ONE THEY’VE ALWAYS TOLD US TO LOOK AT–MADE OF EYES THAT LOOK JUST THE VISIBLE. A WORLD OFTEN SHINING, CHAOTIC SOME TIMES AND EXUBERANT, IN WHICH CONFLICTS ARE ALWAYS FAR FROM US, ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE (SOMETIMES NAUSEATING AND REDUNDANT).
IT IS THE SKY ABOVE OUR HEADS, EVERYTHING WE SEE LOOKING UP, IMAGINING THE UNBRIDLED GLITTER OF THE UNKNOWN.
THEN THERE’S THE WORLD WE DON’T SEE. RIGHT BELOW US. OR MAYBE ABOVE (IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THEY WEIGH THE DISLIKED IDEAS). THAT’S WHERE THE THINGS WE WANT TO HIDE ARE. IT IS RIGHT THERE, TRAMPLED BY OUR FEET, THAT THERE ARE WARS (ESPECIALLY INTERIORS) THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE CONTINUE TO IGNORE, THE SOLUTIONS WE HAVE NEVER SOUGHT.
Note: The text above was written by the Artist. No modification was made by COCA.
Viola Pantano
Italy
INSERTED BY EXIBART AMONG THE “222 EMERGING ARTISTS ON WHICH TO INVEST IN 2018”, VIOLA PANTANO IS AN ITALIAN ARTIST.
SINCE 2008 SHE IS ACTIVE IN FAIRS, SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS. ART IS THE ONLY WAY … FROM PHOTOGRAPHY TO VIDEO-ART, FROM PERFORMANCE TO INSTALLATION.
THE COEXISTENCE OF ALL THESE FORMS OF EXPRESSION IS WHAT HAS CHARACTERIZED, OVER TIME, AND STILL CHARACTERIZES MY BEING. IT IS ONLY THE RESULT OF A VISCERAL DESIRE TO KNOW THAT LED ME TO SCOUT VARIOUS FORMS OF ART WHICH COHABIT NOW IN A SORT OF BALANCE -FOR ME A PERFECT BALANCE. A BALANCE ABLE TO GIVE ME THE FREEDOM TO WANDER ENORMOUSLY IN IMAGINING A WORK. I LOVE TO EXALT IN AN ALMOST OBSESSIVELY WAY SOME THE SPECIFIC SOCIAL AND STYLISTIC CONNOTATIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. OBVIOUSLY, IN A FIRST VISION, WHAT EMERGES FROM THAT IS A TOTALLY TRANSFIGURED REALITY. I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT SO ALTERED. OFTEN I LIMIT MYSELF TO GRASPING A GESTURE I HAD SEEN ON THE STREET OR A REFLECTION ON THE EVERYDAY LIFE FACTS.