Campana Brothers’ “Notturno #1” at Giustini / Stagetti, Rome
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Giustini / Stagetti opens its doors to a new project by Campana Brothers, which will be presented in two phases: “Notturno #1” (October 2018) and “Notturno #2” (2019). The project has been exclusively designed for the gallery. “Notturno #1” runs fCampana Brothers’ “Notturno #1” at Giustini / Stagetti, Rome
Giustini / Stagetti opens its doors to a new project by Campana Brothers, which will be presented in two phases: “Notturno #1” (October 2018) and “Notturno #2” (2019). The project has been exclusively designed for the gallery. “Notturno #1” runs from October 25 to November 24.“Notturno #1” features two new collections, “Bacteria” and “Morbido,” which the designer will further develop during the course of 2019. A selection of unpublished studies and drawings by Fernando Campana complement the collection.The designer brothers take inspiration from a diverse mixture of cultures, language, and architecture that coexist in the city of Sao Paulo. Fernando explains: “Sao Paulo is a cubist city, a city full of overlapping stories that become entangled and it is in my efforts to abstract the urban landscape and its three-dimensional sequences that my designs come into being. The inspiration may be a dream by night, or perhaps a nightmare, that can disappear in an instant like a glance, like the light of the sun on a building. I draw with total freedom, quickly, so as to lose nothing I have imagined, then contact with materials dictates what we must do.”The “Bacteria” and “Morbido” collections are drawn from this process. The works are poised on the cusp of the oneiric and the hypnotic, emphasizing the geometrical and volumetric virtuosity of the drawings, according to the gallery.“A geometric plant, based on a dry and instinctive mark operated on flat two-dimensional surfaces characterizes, for example, both the 'Bacteria' rug, created in collaboration with Nodus (Milan) — made in hand-knotted wool and banana silk — and the ‘Bacteria’ lamps, the new series of lighting fixtures made in perforated brass sheets. On the other hand, rounded, welcoming and somehow zoomorphic geometries characterize the 'Abbraccio' armchair from the ‘Morbido’ collection (which translates into morbid in English and Portuguese). Here, the assembly and overlapping of heterogeneous elements — recurring in the production and aesthetics of the Campana Brothers — takes on a new, extremely essential and abstract aspect, to enhance the idea of a wraparound object and to celebrate the primitive value of the sense of touch,” explains the gallery.The exhibition will be on view from October 25 to November 24, 2018 at Galleria Giustini / Stagetti Via della Fontanella di Borghese 38, Rome.For more details, visit: http://giustinistagetti.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more