Enrico Castellani, Castelmassa 1930 - 2017 Celleno
Introduction
Together with Bonalumi, Scheggi, and Manzoni, Enrico Castellani was a leading figure in the spatialist movement heralded by the revolutionary work of Lucio Fontana. Though trained as an architect, the young Castellani soon turned to art. In December 1959, Castellani and Manzoni opened a gallery in Milan called Azimut, as well as launching a magazine with the same name. Though short-lived, these ventures played a significant role in the redefinition of art in Milan in this critical period. As for his work, just as Fontana broke new ground by slashing his canvases with a knife, Castellani’s weapons of choice were nails, which he drove into the frames underlying his canvases at varying depths to achieve rhythmic patterns of indentations and protrusions and then painted in a range of monochrome hues. Called Superfici (Surfaces), these became Castellani’s signature works. Hovering somewhere in between painting and sculpture in their three-dimensionality, Castellani’s Superfici have been compared to lunar landscapes, and it is perhaps no coincidence the first photos of the cratered surface of the moon were sent back to earth by Ranger 7 in July of 1964. Such contemporary references mingle with more traditional ones, as the intense contrasts of light and shadow in Castellani’s works can be associated with the painterly chiaroscuro of Italian Baroque painting.
Works
Exhibitions
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Art Fair
artmonte-carlo, 14 - 16 Jul 2022Booth 19 artmonte-carlo will take place in July 2022. Robilant + Voena is pleased to present works by Alighiero Boetti, Lucio Fontana, Julian Schnabel and...Read more -
ITALIAN NEO-RENAISSANCE: Bonalumi Scheggi
5 - 28 May 2015Scheduled to coincide with Frieze New York and the broader program of art events in the city during May, ROBILANT+VOENA will present a survey of...Read more -
'Italian Journey. Art from the 1960s'
13 Feb - 8 Mar 2015Starting February 13th, ST. MORITZ ART MASTERS will present in cooperation with gallery ROBILANT & VOENA the group exhibition 'ITALIAN JOURNEY. ART FROM THE 1960s'...Read more
News
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Press Release
Robilant+Voena's debut appearance at Fine Arts Paris October 27, 2021Pour lire ce communiqué de presse en français, veuillez cliquer ici . For the first time, R+V will be participating in Fine Arts Paris, with...Read more -
Press Release
Frieze Masters 2021: Virgin. Muse. Heroine. May 11, 2021LONDON Robilant+Voena is pleased to present an outstanding selection of female portraits from gold-grounds to Warhol for Frieze Masters 2021. Bold and heroic, proud and...Read more
Press
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Garage Italia
Lapo Elkann, Architectural Digest
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The Very Best of Frieze Masters
TextHarry Seymour, AnOther Magazine
October 16, 2015 As the good, the bad and the ugly of the art world descend on London for a plethora of fairs,... -
Money, Natural Beauty and Great Art Make St. Moritz Art Masters 2015 Irresistible
Hili Perlson, Artnet News
August 26, 2015 Many works on view by the likes of Lucio Fontana or Paolo Scheggi have not been shown in decades, and...