THE SYNTAX OF GEOMETRIC ART
Wladimiro Politano
The Syntax of Geometric Art
The Syntax of Geometric Art, consists of abstract and geometric sculptures and paintings. Politano has been working to create his own artistic language by highlighting the extreme minimalist formations along with the primary colors. By using a vivid group of colors in his paintings, Politano is drawing geometric compositions showcasing outer forms of the artist’s internal world. The blue, yellow, and red shapes used reflect both the harmony and incompatibility between the subconscious of the artist himself and reality. His first geometric painting was the result of a tireless search for his own synthesis. His art was born from a constructive and dynamic process through drawing in which he developed visual geometric shapes creating the union between art, mathematics and geometry. His geometric sculptures, composed of symmetrical and asymmetrical elements, are made with aluminum, steel, and/or iron. This allows a light reflection to display through the materials showing both the impeccable and minimalistic form. In addition, the emptiness created in the internal space acquires another form creating its own visual impact.
Biography
“I have lived in many places, and I believe they have all influenced my career in one way or another.” W.P. Master Wladimiro Politano, was born on February 19, 1940, in Lago (Cosenza) Italy. As a very young child, he discovered his inclination toward art. After graduating in 1965 from the “Accademica di Belle Arte di Roma”, Politano started his artistic journey as a drawer, painter and sculptor. When leaving Rom e in 1966, he took up residence in Caracas, to become the artist’ second home. While visiting NY in 1973, Politano was inspired by the worldwide center for the artists, and decided to set up a studio there. At that time, he was alongside other prominent artists, which influenced the beginning of his contemporary work. Together they exhibited their artwork in several galleries throughout NY. In 1980, the mayor of the New Rochelle, NY, commended Politano for his outstanding artistic contribution to the promotion and success of both the art from private collection and public project of “Art on Plaza”. In 1981, he was invited for a group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toyama, with artists such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Calder and Rothko. During that period, Politano held several exhibitions at museums in United States, Austria, Italy and Venezuela. The Kunstlerhause Museum of Vienna, invited him to join the Austrian artists from the school of Fantastic Realism to celebrate a hundred years of the Museum.
Biography
Politano`s first exhibition in Miami, Florida was at the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center of Coral Gables 1981. Following immediately after the exhibitions were displayed at the University of Miami and Virginia Miler Gallery. By the time the artist returned to Caracas in 1983, Politano had become well known for his worldwide projects. Some of his monumental sculptures are on display at the metro station in Caracas, and others are located at the town plaza in the artists hometown Cosenza - Calabria, Italy. In 2003, Politano was invited as a curator and artist to participate in the “II Biennial of Painting” in Konstgall Väsby, Stockholm, Sweden. In 2005, his artwork was exhibited among South American Artists at the Museum of Latin American Art. Wladimiro, was awarded by the President of the Republic of Italy for his sculpture and painting “The Italy in the World Award”. This exclusive award can be granted only to people born in Italy, who have been recognized internationally. In 2007, he was invited to participate to “Symposium of Sculpture SIEIM”. Displayed was Politano`s 6 meters high iron sculpture, which had been installed in the Margarita Island, Venezuela. Politano`s art is displayed worldwide among museums, and public and private collections. His art is a globalized art, resulting in current studios within Roma, Stockholm, Caracas and Miami.
ECLEKTICA | Aluminum/Granite Base | 21 x 28 x 11.5 in
BIG RED SEA WAVES | Aluminum/Granite Base | 21 x 37.5 x 16.5 in
RELATIVE | Aluminum/Granite Base | 23 x 29.5 x 19.5 in
T` INCORAGGIO | Aluminum/Granite Base | 23 x 32 x 16 in
“Both the paintings and the geometric sculptures, as well as all of my artistic work originate from an unconscious internal desire initially captured in my drawings”.WP
“Ideas and contemporary forms with pyramidal tips are multiplied depending on the position of those who observed and move creating impact and electricity through the gaps and intangible, where light plays freely between the solid elements”. - WP
DIAMOND | Aluminum | 60 x 53 x 32 in
NITEFLIX | Aluminum/Granite Base | 23 x 32 x 15 in
THE COMPOSITION | Aluminum | 25 x 19 x 6 in
THE KING | Aluminum/Granite Base | 30 x 22.5 x 19.5 in
THE YELLOW POINTS III | Aluminum | 27 x 15.7 x 8 in
YELLOW CACTUS | Aluminum | 25 x 19 x 6 in
THE PERPENDICULAR ILLUSION | Aluminum/Granite Base | 22 x 13.5 x 10 in
RELATIVE SCULPTURE III | Aluminum | 11.5 X 10.5 X 3.3 in
RELATIVE SCULPTURE II | Aluminum | 11 X 14 X 4.5 in
RAWR | Aluminum | 11.5 X 5 X 5 in
L` INTESA SPAZIALE | Aluminum | 12 X 10 X 6.5 in
CONSTRART I | Acryalic on Canvas
CONSTRART II | Acrylic on Canvas
THE GEOMSYTRAX | Acry
ylic on Canvas | 39 X 96 in
SINERGIA IX | Acrylic on Canvas | 64 X 52 in
SINERGIA IX | Acrylic on Canvas | 78 X 57 in
SINERGIA VI | Acrylic on Canvas | 67 x 51.5 in
SINERGIA X | Acrylic o
on Canvas | 79 x 57 in
SINERGIA I | Acrylic on Canvas | 67 x 51 in
SINERGIA | Acrylic on
Canvas | 78.7 X 31.8 in
SINERGIA | Acrylic on
Canvas | 78.7 X 31.8 in
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 “The Syntax of Geometric Art”, Politano Fine Art, Miami, Florida, U.S.A 2013 “Infinitum,” The Americas Collection,Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A. 2012 “Wladimiro Politano: Oneiric, Metaphors and Abstract Synthesis,” Museum of Art Acarigua Araure, MAAA. Acarigua, Venezuela “An Italian-Venezuelan Master in Panama,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City, Panama 2008 “Politano: Alterita Immaginarie,” Panama Studio Politano, Caracas, Venezuela 2004 Il mondo dell’Arte Gallery, Palazzo Margutta, Rome, Italy 1998 “Politano 1996-1998,” Dimaca Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1997 Slato Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1993 Art in Public Space, Metro de Caracas El Silencio, Venezuela 1992 Opere d’ Arte Art Gallery, Spazi Pubblici, New York, U.S.A. 1987 El Mundo del Arte Art Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela 1981 Sami de Mizraji Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1979 Opera Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1978 Museum Kunstler Haus, Vienna, Austria 1977 Clay Art Gallery, Gallery of the Year, New York, U.S.A
1978 Museum Kunstler Haus, Vienna, Austria 1977 Clay Art Gallery, Gallery of the Year, New York, U.S.A. 1976 Inter-American Development Bank: BID, Washington DC, U.S.A. 1975 Maison Bernard Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1974 Maison Bernard Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1973 Maison Bernard Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1972 Maison Bernard Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1971 Sans Souci Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1970 Bellas Artes Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1969 Artex Galeria International, Caracas, Venezuela 1968 La Isla Art Gallery, Paintings and Collages, Caracas, Venezuela El Muro Art Gallery, Politano, Caracas, Venezuela 1967 Venezuelan American Center, Caracas, Venezuela 1965 “Settanta Opere di Scenografia,” Palace of the Bruzzi, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 “Thirty Six Years of Geometry,” Graphicart Gallery, Caracas,Venezuela 2011 Swedisch Parlament, Latin America Art, Stockholm, Sweden “World Art in Venice,” Zanardi di Venezia, Venice, Italy “Latin Temperature,” Canal Gallery, Panama City, Panama FIA Art Fair, Caracas, Venezuela 2010 Edsvik Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Dimaca Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 2008 Medici Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 2007 VII Biennial of National Art, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela 2008 IV Fair of International Arts and Antique FIAAM, Venezuela I Symposium of Sculpture SIEIM, Island of Margarita, Venezuela Art Gallery Medici, Caracas, Venezuela 2005 Museum of Latin American Art, MOLAA, Long Beach, California, U.S.A. Joan Gaspar Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain 2004 Embassy of Canada, Caracas, Venezuela City Hall, Cosenza, Italy Edsvik Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Fair FIAAM, Maracaibo, Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
2003 Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Dimaca Art Gallery, 2000 Slato Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1998 Slato Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1997 Slato Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1996 Slato Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1995 Uno Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1991 Theo Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain 1990 Freites Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1987 Museum of Fine Arts,Caracas, Venezuela 1981 John J. Koubeck Foundation, University of Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Museum and Private Collections
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Museum Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, U.S.A. Museum Modert Art Toyoma, Japan Sylvia Daro Dawidowics International Foundation, Florida, U.S.A. Frost Museum, Miami, Florida, USA Museum Bellas Arte, Caracas, Venezuela Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela Museum of Rende, Municipality of Rende, Cosenza, Italy Museum of Latin American Art MOLAA, Long Beach, California, U.S.A. Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City, Panama Museum of Art Acarigua Araure MAAA, Venezuela
Carlos Van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela Clement Family, Caracas Venezuela Cultural Center New Rechelle, New York, U.S.A. Donald Trump, New York, U.S.A. Eugenio Mendoza Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela Federal Bank, Mezerhane Group, Caracas, Venezuela Inter American Development Bank, Washington DC, U.S.A. Meszerhane Family, Miami, U.S.A. Nelson Rockefeller, New York, U.S.A. Oscar de la Renta, New York, U.S.A. Palazzo Bruzzi, Cosenza, Italy Rotary Club, New York, U.S.A. Salon Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela