Gianni Caravaggio

Name: Gianni Caravaggio
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SKU: 9783777437828
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When Nature was Young

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Gianni Caravaggio explores the profound connection between humanity and nature through his poetic sculptures and installations. Born in 1968, this Italian artist uses traditional materials like bronze, marble, and wood, combined with everyday substances such as talcum powder and sugar, to evoke a sense of "pure perception" of landscape, inspired by Kazimir Malevich. His works invite viewers to recall the emotions stirred by direct encounters with nature, emphasising a timeless unity between man, material, space, and time.
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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of contemporary art and culture, particularly those with an interest in sculpture and the philosophical exploration of nature's role in artistic expression.

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The perception of nature and landscape is a central theme for the Italian artist Gianni Caravaggio (b. 1968). His poetic sculptures and installations aim to arouse in the viewer the memory of feelings evoked by the experience of nature and focus on the essential unity of man and nature.

In his timeless works, Gianni Caravaggio examines the invocation of unconscious images of nature, which result from the relationship between material, space, time, and man. A key expression here is landscape, which no longer represents but is to be conveyed as "pure perception" in the sense of Kazimir Malevich. The combination of traditional materials—bronze, marble, or wood—with everyday substances such as talcum powder or sugar, as well as the presentation of the sculptures directly on the floor, exerts a unique attraction by virtue of their reduction.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777437828

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 January 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 50

Contributors:

Edited by Holger Kube Ventura
Contributions by N. Bätzner
Contributions by G. Caravaggio
Contributions by D. Ferrari
Contributions by H. Kube Ventura

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 640g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Caravaggio exhibits with galleries such as Kaufmann Repetto in Milan and New York, Andriesse-Eyck in Amsterdam, Tucci Russo in Turin and Torre Pellice and Rolando Anselmi in Berlin and Rome. He has held solo shows at the Centro Arti Visive Pescheria in Pesaro and the Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia in 2008, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Saint Etienne and MaGa in Gallarate in 2014