Exhibition: “Ugo La Pietra – Passaggio di terre”
Il Chiostro Arte Contemporanea, Saronno
presents the exhibition
Ugo La Pietra
Passaggio di terre
curated by Mara De Fanti
on the occasion of Festa della Ceramica di Saronno
opening friday 18 june
till 18 june
Ugo La Pietra was a precursor among the arts of many aspects that we find today in the contemporary scene: from conceptual art to installations, from cinema, to the use of photography, to illustration. The transition between the various disciplines, all addressed with great research and study, has always led him to live every experience to the full, to follow every phase of the work with passion and curiosity, from design to implementation. The proximity to ceramics derives not from a family tradition or residence, but from his approach as a designer to work: he studies, deepens, designs and finally chooses the most suitable materials and techniques with great attention to craftsmanship. During his career he therefore crossed not only materials and techniques but also lands, in the double sense of clays and territories. It is in fact the search for the place, for the Genius loci of each land, which leads him to create a specific project each time. The exhibition tells us about these lands, sometimes suspended in a non-place, a homely and intimate dimension but at the same time extraneous to everything. A mythical place, a house inside and outside, brick by brick, a reference to terracotta, in which ceramic is the material and object of representation. Rooms that stop the moment, in which the doors, the passages offer us a chance. Like a game, escape rooms present us with an immobile scene, which has yet to be fulfilled, without judgment, in this suspended time of decision. On the other hand, it is in La Pietra’s thought that “abitare è essere ovunque a casa propria”. Houses that become homes of nature, in balance between organic and inorganic matter, vase-houses that house creatures, garden pots and gardens for pots. The artist tells us about many passages, which will find a place in the sensitivity of each of us.
(Mara De Fanti)
The exhibition is part of the review of events of the second edition of the Festa della Ceramica di Saronno, organized by the G. Gianetti Museum, which will take place on 2, 3 and 4 July 2021 www.festadellaceramicasaronno.com
Live streaming on Facebook and Instagram Friday 18 June at 18.00 on the pages of the G. Gianetti Ceramics Museum.
UGO LA PIETRA, Passaggio di terre
Curated by Mara De Fanti
Il Chiostro arte contemporanea, Saronno – Viale Santuario 11
Opening: Friday 18th June from 3.30pm to 7pm
Exhibition running until July 18, 2021
from Tuesday to Saturday 10 / 12.30; Thursday and Friday 15.30 / 18.30; Sunday by appointment
Special opening hours on the days of the Festa della Ceramica di Saronno 2-3-4 July: 10 / 12.30 and 15.30 / .18.30
Info: www.ilchiostroarte.it info@ilchiostroarte.it – telephone +39 02 96 22 717
and Giuseppe Gianetti Ceramics Museum
www.museogianetti.it www.festadellaceramicasaronno.com
segretria@museogianetti.it tel 02 9602383