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march 02, 2021 - Officine Saffi
Officine Saffi presents Magazzino, an exhibition of recent works displayed for the first time at the gallery.
Officine Saffi presents Magazzino, an exhibition of recent works displayed for the first time at the gallery.
This group show arises from the simple desire to exhibit stunning ceramic works while summarizing the gallery’s path and artistic research. Behind each object on display lies a story, a research, an artist who has spent years developing a specific technique or a particular glaze or varying his kiln temperature by a few degrees. Each work brings with it a world of conceptual research and obsession.
The exhibition brings together 14 artists for an international overview of contemporary ceramics: Mia E Göransson, Torbjørn Kvasbø, Morten Espersen, Kazuhito Nagasawa, Irina Razumovskaya, Daniel Reynolds, Gippeum Roh, Anders Ruhwald, Koie Ryoji, Christina Schou Christensen, Zsolt József Simon, Kazuo Takiguchi, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä, Kaja Upelj.
In Objects from the Body for the Body, the Danish artist Anders Ruhwald presents seats, lamps and sculptures in an abstract and sensual domestic landscape. Every object can be experienced both as a sculpture and as furniture.
The organisms inhabiting Mia E Göransson's landscapes recall natural forms, fragmented and reassembled, in a New Nature that both hides and reveals the geometrical structures underlying the laws of nature.
Torbjørn Kvasbø celebrates his bond with clay by starting with the archetype of the form-container and examining its role in human history. His quest renews and revivifies this material in a colourful series called Stack. These works reference the classic form of the vase destructured and given to a new plastic reference through the multiplication of tubular segments assembled in a spiral. A shape which at the same time is a body in its own right, a three-dimensional torso with its gestures and feelings.
Irina Razumovskaya presents three wall pieces that reproduce the ageing of the surfaces of architectural structures, evoking the sensation of layers of peeling paint or slowly crumbling stone.
Morten Espersen presents Horror Vacui, part of a twenty-year research on the object-vase. The vessel, dragged by its own glaze, frees itself from its function to expand into space.
Kazuhito Nagasawa presents Kioku, a group of Morandian-looking bottles that seem to have survived a nuclear catastrophe.
Together with all works on display, these pieces tell us about the fascinating and heterogeneous world of ceramics.
Officine Saffi has been promoting international contemporary ceramics since 2011. The project has stood out over the years for its multidisciplinary approach, embracing the worlds of #contemporaryart, #design and decorative arts. Its gallery, workshop, publishing house and a biennial prize are all instrumental in pursuing its mission. While these components all work independently, they share the same spirit of refinement, selection and innovation. In collaboration with its international partners, #officinesaffi has built a network that has played a fundamental role over the years in spreading the culture of ceramics in Italy and abroad.
Officine Saffi
via Aurelio Saffi 7, Milan
24 March – 21 May 2021
Opening (by invitation): 23 March 2021, 10 am - 8.30 pm
OPENING HOURS:
MON/FRI: 10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 18.30
SAT: 11.00 - 18.00
Free entrance, by appointment only.
BOOK YOUR VISIT:
info@officinesaffi.com
+39 02 36685696
1 Torbjorn Kvasbo
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2 Mia E Goransson
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3 Gippeum Roh
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4 Morten Espersen
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5 Anders Ruhwald
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6 Kati Tuominen
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7 Koie Ryoji
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