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Enrico Castellani (1930- 2017)<br />
Castellani est né en 1930 à Castelmassa en Italie. Il étudie l’art, la sculpture et<br />
l’architecture à la Royal Aca<strong>de</strong>my of Art et à la National Aca<strong>de</strong>my of Art en Belgique. En<br />
1959, il fon<strong>de</strong> l’éphémère, mais très influente, galerie Azimut et son journal du même nom<br />
aux côtés <strong>de</strong> son ami Piero Manzoni. Milan <strong>de</strong>vient le centre névralgique du mouvement<br />
international ZERO, qui propose <strong>de</strong> faire table rase <strong>de</strong> l’expérience artistique passée<br />
fondée sur la mise en avant du progrès social <strong>de</strong> l’homme.<br />
Pour Manzoni, Castellani et Bonalumi, cette mise à zéro se traduit par une peinture<br />
monochrome, dédiée aux effets <strong>de</strong> la lumière et <strong>de</strong> l’espace. Figure majeure <strong>de</strong><br />
l’<strong>abstraction</strong> européenne d’après-guerre, il est considéré comme l’un <strong>de</strong>s artistes italiens<br />
<strong>les</strong> plus innovants. Ses travaux sont exposés et collectionnés par <strong>les</strong> plus prestigieux<br />
musées du mon<strong>de</strong>, dont le Museum of Mo<strong>de</strong>rn Art et le Guggenheim Museum à New<br />
York, le Centre Georges Pompidou <strong>de</strong> Paris et le Ste<strong>de</strong>lijk Museum d’Amsterdam.<br />
Castellani was born in 1930 in Castelmassa, Italy. He studied art, sculpture and<br />
architecture at the Royal Aca<strong>de</strong>my of Art and the National Aca<strong>de</strong>my of Art in Belgium.<br />
In 1959, and alongsi<strong>de</strong> Piero Manzoni, he foun<strong>de</strong>d the short-lived but thoroughly<br />
influential Azimut Gallery and its eponymous newspaper. Milan became the nerve<br />
centre of the international ZERO movement, which proposed a total overhaul of the<br />
artistic experience, based on enhancing mankind’s social progress.<br />
For Manzoni, Castellini and Bonalumi, this total overhaul was translated by a<br />
monochromatic painting style, <strong>de</strong>dicated to the effects of light and space. A major<br />
figure of the post-war European abstract art scene, Castellani is consi<strong>de</strong>red as one<br />
of Italy’s most innovative artists. His work is exhibited and collected by some of the<br />
most prestigious museums in the world, including the Museum of Mo<strong>de</strong>rn Art and<br />
the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the<br />
Ste<strong>de</strong>lijk Museum in Amsterdam.<br />
Note :<br />
Castellani commence à interagir avec la surface <strong>de</strong> la toile dans sa série Angular, au<br />
moyen <strong>de</strong> l’utilisation <strong>de</strong> clous, d’effets <strong>de</strong> relief, ainsi que par un jeu basé sur <strong>les</strong><br />
variations <strong>de</strong> lumière. L’œuvre Senza titolo (sans titre) montre l’intérêt <strong>de</strong> l’artiste pour<br />
le rythme et l’espace grâce à un subtil jeu <strong>de</strong> tensions sous-jacentes.<br />
Castellani started to interact with the canvas’ surface in his series Angular. Using nails<br />
and the curve of the canvas, the effect of light changes <strong>de</strong>pending on the angle and<br />
perception of the viewer. Senza titolo (Untitled) reveals the artist’s interest in rhythm<br />
and space thanks to a subtle play of implicit tension un<strong>de</strong>rlying.<br />
Enrico Castellani<br />
Senza titolo, 1988<br />
Signed on the lower right<br />
Embossing on paper<br />
63,2 x 78,2 cm I 24.9 x 30.8 in<br />
Certificate<br />
This artwork is registered in the Archivio Enrico Castellani, un<strong>de</strong>r application no. 88-039<br />
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