Rea! Art Fair 2021 Catalogue
ReA! Art Fair draws inspiration from the original concept of the Biennale: a platform to celebrate emerging artists without a gallery or museum mediating the exchange between creators and their audience. Now in its second year, ReA! is pulling broadly from the current climate, attempting to showcase the “harmony” which can be created when cultural limitations are removed: an ergonomic society which is free of oppressive categorizations, one where a collection of narratives can emerge and exist together, without division. What separated the fair is the emphasis we place on Artists and individual creators, not only their selected works. . The reason why the exhibition spans so many types of artworks, ranging from oil paintings to performing arts, is because we aim to change society’s point of view about the value of art. It isn’t just about collecting or decorating your home, but rather about creating a connection with the world as a political being where one begins to own, sustain and encourage ideas.
ReA! Art Fair draws inspiration from the original concept of the Biennale: a platform to celebrate emerging artists without a gallery or museum mediating the exchange between creators and their audience. Now in its second year, ReA! is pulling broadly from the current climate, attempting to showcase the “harmony” which can be created when cultural limitations are removed: an ergonomic society which is free of oppressive categorizations, one where a collection of narratives can emerge and exist together, without division. What separated the fair is the emphasis we place on Artists and individual creators, not only their selected works. . The reason why the exhibition spans so many types of artworks, ranging from oil paintings to performing arts, is because we aim to change society’s point of view about the value of art. It isn’t just about collecting or decorating your home, but rather about creating a connection with the world as a political being where one begins to own, sustain and encourage ideas.
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Matteo Casali (b. 1994) is an Italian artist based in Venice, where he’s currently
completing his MA in Fine Art (Painting) at the Academy of Fine Arts. Casali has taken
part in various group exhibitions, solo shows and workshops, and completed an art
residency organised by the Magazzeno Art Gallery. His works are also featured in diverse
publications and catalogues.
Matteo’s research, which he calls The Synthetic Reality, is based on the study
of the human body inside of a non-place. The concept is of significant interest to the
artist and was introduced by Marc Auge - a contemporary French anthropologist, who
in his essay and book of the same title Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology
of Supermodernity coined the phrase non-place to refer to spaces where concerns
of relationships, history and identity are erased. Examples of a non-place would be a
motorway, a hotel room, an airport or a supermarket. Casali’s artworks focus on figures,
confined or perhaps simply residing within the surface of the canvas. In his Orrizonte
tra Quattro Mura we observe the figure, confined within the non-space, hopefully
looking towards the horizon. The space or rather a non-place in which the figures
from the artist’s paintings are placed is synthetic and almost virtual; they lose their
identities and are seeking a new one. Identifying with those figures comes naturally
to me, as we all feel lonely and suspended in a kind of void sometimes due to various
life circumstances; this feeling of loneliness and isolation acts as a basis for Matteo’s
paintings. When it comes to technical depiction, strong contrasts of colours, especially
between the abstract background and the preliminary figure, forces it to blend with the
entity it’s placed within and is, therefore, the visual manifestation of the concept that
interests the artist. The scenes depicted in Casali’s paintings derive from his everyday
life, with a prominent contrast between calmness and tension.
— Text by Maria Myasnikova
1 Orizzonte tra quattro mura
2020
Acrylic and oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
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