Arborescence in 2 suites

Loris Cecchini

1+1+1
a project by Elena Quarestani
curated by Federica Sala

september-october 2020

Arborescence in 2 suites

Loris Cecchini

1+1+1
a project by Elena Quarestani
curated by Federica Sala

september-october 2020

 

 

OPENING HOURS
from September 23 to November 14
Wednesday to Saturday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

EXTRAORDINARY OPENING
Sunday 20 September from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

In the two large-scale installations, part of the project Arborescence in 2 suites, the use of the modular element as a minimal and generative sign of an entire system becomes the starting point to create large, modular, three-dimensional structures. The module, a basic and repeatable element, is the original nucleus from which “paranormal” organisms, potentially unlimited, proliferate: as the topography of a radical apparatus, it is a widespread system formed by a high number of identical and repeated nodes with no specialized organs. This leads to a great formal freedom with respect to the environment, while providing suggestions and thoughts in reference to different fields of knowledge. The works are morphologies growing like plants do. The elements are designed in order to connect to each other and adapt to the environment; they replicate and create vast and complex cosmologies in a permanent expansion/contraction of events. Similar to a root cutting, the module is a fragment that, if appropriately plugged, generates a new specimen, a work which is strictly connected to the surrounding space.

Biography

The artist Loris Cecchini studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1989-91) and Brera (1991-94). One of the most prominent Italian contemporary artists, he has exhibited his works across all over the world with solo exhibitions in prestigious museums such as Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Étienne Métropole in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, MoMA PS1 in New York, Shanghai Duolun MoMA of Shanghai, Museo Casal Solleric in Palma de Mallorca, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea in Santiago de Compostela, Kunstverein in Heidelberg, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato and Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan. Loris has participated in numerous international exhibitions, including: the Venice Biennale, the Shanghai Biennale, the Rome Quadriennial, the Taiwan Biennale in Taipei, the Valencia Biennale in Spain and the Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen, China.

www.loriscecchini.org

  • Loris Cecchini, Waterbones - 1+1+1/2020 - Assab One ©️Giovanni Hanninen
    Loris Cecchini, Waterbones - 1+1+1/2020 - Assab One ©️Giovanni Hanninen
  • Loris Cecchini, Waterbones - 1+1+1/2020 - Assab One ©️Giovanni Hanninen
    Loris Cecchini, Waterbones - 1+1+1/2020 - Assab One ©️Giovanni Hanninen
  • Loris Cecchini, Aeroponicseeds XL - 1+1+1/2020 - Assab One ©️Santi Caleca
    Loris Cecchini, Aeroponicseeds XL - 1+1+1/2020 - Assab One ©️Santi Caleca