November 8, 2017 - February 10, 2018 Cortesi Gallery, Corso di Porta Nuova 46/B, Milano, 20121
Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Ne ho solo 80‌ Grazia Varisco
PRESS RELEASE
Grazia Varisco - ne ho solo 80… November 8, 2017 - February 10, 2018 Opening: Wednesday, November 8, 6:00 – 8:30 PM At its recently opened Milan venue, Cortesi Gallery is pleased to present ne ho solo 80... (“I’m only 80”), an exhibition dedicated to GraziaVarisco on her 80th birthday. Intended as an homage to the artist’s long career, it features works and studies—some shown here for the first time—from very different periods, highlighting the investigation she has assiduously, systematically pursued for almost sixty years now. Moving through the show, visitors encounter a constant succession of experiments that strive to maintain and convey an interest in the interplay of rules and chance within the flow of time. It is an investigation that keeps pausing for reflection and picking up again; from a formal standpoint, it unfolds through a range of different images in which one can make out a single guiding thread. Since Varisco’s initial kinetic phase with GruppoT, she has travelled apath of inquiry centered on revealing the connections between space and time, through perceptual and interactive experiences. Her artistic practice is still ongoing and vibrant, and the selection of works on view presents various aspects of Grazia’s oeuvre: from magnetic games, to modifications of visual rules, to dynamic explorations of the image, all tied together by a single imperative: discipline of vision. Archivio Varisco www.archiviovarisco.it Cortesi Gallery Corso di Porta Nuova 46/B, 20121, Milan +39 02 36756539 Opening hours: Monday – Friday: 10:30 AM-7:00 PM Saturdays from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM www.cortesigallery.com info@cortesigallery.com In partnership with La Triennale di Milano
Tavola magnetica a elementi componibili (4 black + 3 white) 1959 metal board with mobile and modular elements (4 black and 4 white) 37 Ă— 33 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Tavola magnetica trasparente. Lineare Variabile 1959/1960 wire mesh with mobile elements 70 Ă— 100 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Schema Luminoso Variabile R.R. 66 1964/1965 wood, perspex, neon, electric motor 68.5 Ă— 68.5 cm Photo by Ginevra Agliardi
4x4+16 Pois al Quadrato (Quadrionda 130) 1966 wood, industrial glass, painting 32.5 Ă— 32.5 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Reticolo frangibile. Omaggio a P.M 1968 industrial glass, wood 47 Ă— 47 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Reticolo frangibile. Quadrato rosso in quadrato nero 1968 white cardboard, Q 130 industrial glass, wood 45 Ă— 45 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Mercuriale + Rombo XX 1969 wood, industrial glass, steel 47 Ă— 90 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Spazi Potenziali 1973 wood, nails, iron painted frames variable dimensions Photo by Thomas Libis
Installation view, “ne ho solo 80 . . . Grazia Varisco�. Cortesi Gallery, Milano. Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Meridiana 1974 brass and wood 50 Ă— 50 cm Photo by Thomas Libos
Extrapagina bianca e volta (la muta) 1983 paint on aluminium 150 Ă— 200 Ă— 30 cm Photo by Bruno Bani
Installation view, “ne ho solo 80 . . . Grazia Varisco�, Cortesi Gallery, Milano. Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Gnomoni 1986 steel variable dimensions Installation view, “Grazia Varisco allineameneti scorrevoli ricorrenti�, La Triennale di Milano, 2012. Photo by Luca di Loia
Disarticolazioni – Fraktur 1997 iron 100 x 70 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Fraktur – Ferro 1997 metal 150 x 80 cm Photo by Thomas Libis
Silenzi 2005 painted aluminium 70 x 100 cm Photo by Bruno Bani
Silenzi 2005 painted aluminium 100 x 70 cm Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Quadri Comunicanti Filo Rosso 2008 iron 64 x 49 cm each part Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Quadri Comunicanti Filo Rosso 2008 iron 64 x 49 cm each part Installation view, “Grazia Varisco, Filo Rosso 1960/2015�, Cortesi Gallery, Lugano, 2015. Photo by Bruno Bani
Installation view, “Grazia Varisco, Filo Rosso 1960/2015”, Cortesi Gallery, Lugano, 2015. Photo by Bruno Bani
Quadri Comunicanti in 2008 iron and aluminium 64 x 49 cm each part Photo by Bruno Bani
Quadri Comunicanti Omaggio a E. Catellani 2016 iron 64 x 49 x 3 cm each part Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Risonanza al tocco 2016 Iron 99 x 99 cm Photo by Cesare Chimenti
Installation view, Riproduzione studio Grazia Varisco, “ne ho solo 80 . . . Grazia Varisco�, Cortesi Gallery, Milano. Photo by Cesare Chimenti