Elisa Bertaglia in mostra a New York, nella collettiva Urban Ecology, alla SAPAR Contemporary gallery
E’ tanto di casa e da sempre, l’artista Elisa Bertaglia su questo sito, che è superflua sua presentazione in prologo al nuovo evento internazionale cui partecipato.
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Urban Ecology, mostra collettiva presso SAPAR Contemporary gallery, New York, a cura di Hayley Ferber.
Artisti: Elisa Bertaglia, Alejandro de la Guerra, Gabriele Grones, Raphaël-Bachir Osman, Tomoko Hisamatsu, Victoire Inchauspé; in collaborazione con RU - Residency Unlimited.>>
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Perciò... AND NOW , LADIES & GENTLEMEN, HERE TO YOU THE ARTIST ELISA BERTAGLIA, FROM BROOKLIN IN “URBAN ECOLOGY” IN NEW YORK AT... SAPAR Contemporary gallery ( mostra collettiva , a cura di Hayley Ferber) .
ELISA BERTAGLIA’S works are the result of layers of experimentation of mixed media on alternative surfaces including rose gold and locally sourced marble. Through a philosophical and conceptual approach, Bertaglia analyzes symbols of the natural world as a means to communicate a universal message. Gabriele Grones’ oil paintings evoke the complexity of reality by focusing on the details of his subjects, a study of tobacco and adjacent products across cultures. Through his artistic research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grones investigates the relationship that we establish with reality through a dialogue with the expressive codes of art history, creating a symbolic analysis of our experiences.
MAIN NEWS ( by https://residencyunlimited.org/programs/urban-ecology/ ) URBAN ECOLOGY ( Exhibition | May 26 - 27 2023 )
Urban Ecology / Location: SAPAR Contemporary
9 N Moore St, New York, NY 10013 (map)
On view: Friday May 26 and Saturday May 27, 2023 | 10:00am-6:00pm
Reception & Exhibition Walkthrough: Saturday May 27, 2023 | 4:00-6:00pm (RSVP link below)
URBAN ECOLOGY brings together six local and international artists participating in Residency Unlimited’s Brooklyn based Artist In Residence program. The artists’ works, created during their time in residency, explores their relationships and interactions within the native and built environments of NYC. Curated by Hayley Ferber, RU Guest Curator, this interdisciplinary exhibition showcases painting, drawing, textile and sculptural works that investigate the artists’ experiences at the intersection of biological organisms and urban systems.
Alejandro De La Guerra’s embroidered canvas questions ideas of identity, power, violence and healing among human relationships. The simulated animal skin acts as an effigy for surface level identity, skinned and mutilated, stitched back together, a remnant of the concrete jungle. Tomoko Hisamatsu’s paintings and drawings document her interactions with various local communities and cultures from different geographic conditions in Tokyo and NYC. Hisamatsu documents her everyday life through a lens combining past histories with current experiences in an effort to understand society in these different worlds.
03_Left: Alejandro De La Guerra, "The Impossible Skin", Canvas, Acrylic paint, thread needles, 64x39", 2023 | Right: Tomoko Hisamatsu, "How much is the stock price today", Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48", 2023.
Raphaël-Bachir Osman's paintings demonstrate a versatility of experiences informed by hyperrealism and abstraction, creating a dichotomy of view points. Osman’s chocolate bars are a slick and refined offering, a feast for the eyes, while the brick series creates a meditative trail leading the viewers through a repetition of brushstrokes calling for introspection. Victoire Inchauspé plays with the notion of time to create a bridge between the past and the present, the ephemeral and the eternal, reminiscent of personal yet universal memories. Inchauspé’s sculptures and installations, combining found objects with organic specimens including snakeskin and insects, invite the viewer to a contemplative engagement reflecting on the cycle of life.
04_Left: Raphaël-Bachir Osman, "Matcha Choco Ruby Choco", 18x12", 2023 | Right: Victoire Inchauspé, "Untitled", Ceramic, bees, 8x6", 2023.
Elisa Bertaglia’s works are the result of layers of experimentation of mixed media on alternative surfaces including rose gold and locally sourced marble. Through a philosophical and conceptual approach, Bertaglia analyzes symbols of the natural world as a means to communicate a universal message. Gabriele Grones’ oil paintings evoke the complexity of reality by focusing on the details of his subjects, a study of tobacco and adjacent products across cultures. Through his artistic research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grones investigates the relationship that we establish with reality through a dialogue with the expressive codes of art history, creating a symbolic analysis of our experiences.
05_Left: ElisaBertaglia, "Corpo Celeste", 6x4", oil on rose gold, 14kt, 2023 | Right: Gabriele Grones, "Tobacco4", oil on canvas, 6x6", 2023.
Surveying the human condition through an urban lens, these artists touch on ideas of identity, community, multiculturalism, place, time and the natural and built worlds. Through exploring the architecture, lifeforms, experiences and emotions while living in New York City, they have created works that share personal realizations with universal truths, providing a means for the viewers to join along on their journeys.
*The order of the participating artists is determined by the flow of the exhibition and the curator‘s thought process regarding how the artists’ work best relates to each other.
This exhibition is generously hosted by SAPAR Contemporary. The artist's residencies are made possible with support from Atelier Mondial Basel (Christoph Merian Stiftung), SARAHCROWN, Officine Saffi, Martina Corbetta, POLA Art Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The New York City Safe Haven Program, a coalition led by ArtistSafety.net, Artistic Freedom Initiative, Artists at Risk Connection and Westbeth Artists Housing.
06_Gabriele Grones ( Tobacco #1, 2023, oil on canvas, 6x4 in),
PRIMA APPENDICE FLASH – ELISA BERTAGLIA / 2023 | NYC | Artist
Artist Name: Elisa Bertaglia
Residency Dates: February - July 2023
Born: 1983
Hometown: Rovigo, Italy
Lives & Works: Brooklyn, New York
URL: http://www.elisabertaglia.com | Instagram: @bertagliaelisa | Facebook: Elisa Bertaglia
Gallery: SARAHCROWN | Officine Saffi | Martina Corbetta | MZ Galerie | Pierogi Flat Files
Education:
2009 | MFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
2006 | BFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
07_di Tomoko Hisamatsu, Everyday postcards from NY to Tokyo, 'Photographic docmentation', 2023, Video ),
ELISA BERTAGLIA - BIO/ STATEMENT:
Elisa Bertaglia is an Italian visual artist based in Brooklyn, who in her artistic research, freely pursues layers of experimentation by using changing mediums and techniques. Despite starting her career primarily as a painter, in recent years Bertaglia’s practice has become more eclectic and experimental, leading her to create wall drawings, sculptures, ceramics, installations, large or small scale paintings, and site-specific projects.
Through a philosophical and conceptual approach, the artist investigates symbols in contemporary society and its short circuit which in recent years brought forth an identity and communication crisis. In particular, she analyzes the symbol as a semantic threshold in which a signifier and a meaning merge to communicate a universal message. Her research is strongly influenced by oriental philosophical doctrines, which develops a peculiar vision of time and space in her work. As demonstrated from the titles of her work, Bertaglia’s work is open to different spheres of influence. Among these, literature and cinema have always played a central role.
08_di Victoire Inchauspé, The last to leave tha party, 2023, inkjet print, 18x24 in ).
Bertaglia has presented her work internationally at various venues, galleries and museums including: Hic sunt Leones, solo show, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy (2020); CAF - Nebula, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan (2019); Cendriers, MZ Galerie, Augsburg, Germany (2019); Progetto Borca, Borca, Italy (2014); 54ma Venice Biennale, Academy Pavilion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy (2011); Art and Science, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy (2010).
Her work has been selected for various awards including the Exibart Prize (Rome, Italy); Arte Laguna Prize (Venice, Italy); Sunny Art Prize (London, United Kingdom); OTTN (Milan, Italy); Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice, Italy). Previously Bertaglia has participated in artist residencies such as ESKFF, at MANA Contemporary (Jersey City), Kunstraum (Brooklyn), Dolomiti Contemporanee and Progetto Borca (Italy). Her works are in select permanent collections such as the Collection City of Milan, Banca Sistema and Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation.
Support: Elisa Bertaglia’s residency is made possible with support from SARAHCROWN, Officine Saffi, Martina Corbetta, and private collectors.
09_Elisa Bertaglia, "Dance Macabre", 2022, oil on copper. Courtesy SARAHCROWN Gallery
EXTRATIME by SS/ In cover il dipinto di Elisa Bertaglia dal titolo “ Corpo Celeste” ( 6x4 in, oil on rose gold 14kt, 2023 ).
Quindi nella prima parte della fotogallery le immagini sono state agganciate ai rispettivi autori.
E a seguire e in sequenza i dipinti di Gabriele Grones ( Tobacco #1, 2023, oil on canvas, 6x4 in), di Tomoko Hisamatsu, Everyday postcards from NY to Tokyo, 'Photographic docmentation', 2023, Video ), di Victoire Inchauspé, The last to leave tha party, 2023, inkjet print, 18x24 in ).
Mentre dulcis in fundo con didascalia incorporata, as last picture, Elisa Bertaglia, "Dance Macabre", 2022, oil on copper. Courtesy SARAHCROWN Gallery
Elisa Bertaglia & Sergio Sottovia
