https://www.matteomezzetta.com matteo mezzetta Wed, 29 May 2019 10:59:10 +0000 https://www.matteomezzetta.com en http://www.matteomezzetta.com/digital Wed, 29 May 2019 10:59:10 +0000 matteo mezzetta 325414 Digital Works Matteo Mezzetta via Savona, 108 Milano T. 3404192583 info@matteomezzetta.com <img width="4096" height="2665" width_o="4096" height_o="2665" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b8fd7f6f57824715c8904f147a05a933f577b334e783f6dabacf7425ebab1760/Set-01-lynx_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153374" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b89145bafa0ea53561a13596c05137c13aa4b1b3158622a4d9c2035d07e2d549/Set-13_gradation.jpg" data-mid="1153375" border="0" /> <img width="1950" height="2600" width_o="1950" height_o="2600" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/58165870a296fe47a1ec72f0b15dc7153acecfae96adc3e7e6266eabe35088ab/Set-13-gradation-detail_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153376" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/54cd9ef6020cfbe4d352702ca41c28e32c1b020cda8da95ec6f644b4d2a0a136/Set-12-suite_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153377" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/87276d7236fe0b7876d73c13931a0bc469e4ea44de11751ecf7ea53771509ee0/Set-12-suite-02_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153379" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f0c614fdbfe0095a5357a034df801af56c38830b83acf92a42a142bc98f2451d/Set-12-suite-detail_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153378" border="0" /> <img width="4096" height="2665" width_o="4096" height_o="2665" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2ba25651aab747eacadaf690b1f6cd24537a9deaf852e74d1955b79612f9a4d2/Set-15-stones_Post2.jpg" data-mid="1153382" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4fadff2269159dc1068310b080ec054dd8783fa3da367231c3f1b2dc2cb1abd7/Set-07_bamboo_opener_2_0001.jpg" data-mid="1153383" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/24d819ed89433d414c25d77999cf85e183c26dfd78d286143a79eaa41af1715e/Set-07-bamboo-detail_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153384" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/413ac265d3ce9d66c853dc3018dae213ae8b7d13c965daa5d389a85254182c17/Set-04-hemp-floral_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153386" border="0" /> <img width="1950" height="2600" width_o="1950" height_o="2600" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b370b77b8d5d3b78f9e1a82dbf0314a02bacbf27aad3e80d5ecebbd1f38d340c/Set-04-hempfloral-detail_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153387" border="0" /> <img width="4096" height="2665" width_o="4096" height_o="2665" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/140c4caefed012085d957d13f9ab330ea543aacb2002f66da0a359c1abf66ad5/Set-11-berber_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153381" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a845833d9e8f4647cbdad4cc512e14033dc395b6cc47b8a67b324c84b86d6d54/Set-09-vermont_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153430" border="0" /> <img width="3072" height="4096" width_o="3072" height_o="4096" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b0683ef5ff69a36a8a550999aaf8f862dd2c1ede5ae530db483fb8705f9540d3/Set-21-sugar_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153429" border="0" /> <img width="4096" height="2672" width_o="4096" height_o="2672" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/61f811d27f2f1d10506180d1ba2a45449c550bcc259207aec60ae5d8157de2e5/Set-20-dehor-modifica_Post-x.jpg" data-mid="1153432" border="0" /> <img width="4096" height="2672" width_o="4096" height_o="2672" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9462cdee0f7e021ba74db94d66babcbe58cf02a9836e01580b96c6822a272034/Set-20-dehor-alto-modifica_Post-x.jpg" data-mid="1153431" border="0" /> <img width="1781" height="2400" width_o="1781" height_o="2400" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ed27b6792e974670d944f5d22c6fd8d0502fdde23dc06faebc9db43f6341cd90/Polpo-esterno-01_Postx.jpg" data-mid="1153433" border="0" /> <img width="1781" height="2400" width_o="1781" height_o="2400" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e88c0caa51643262468d5a7931850979fe243a9a096b9c82d28403599bb6e871/Polopo-detail-02_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153434" border="0" /> <img width="3000" height="1687" width_o="3000" height_o="1687" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d0de832972db5f47c010ff383c910a355f761bbe3c3e1808b7dbf2e612f8935a/casafiga-01_Post.jpg" data-mid="1153435" border="0" /> Digital Works Matteo Mezzetta via Savona, 108 Milano T. 3404192583 info@matteomezzetta.com http://www.matteomezzetta.com/about Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:42:16 +0000 matteo mezzetta 308033 Matteo Mezzetta&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About Matteo Mezzetta was born in France, he lives and works in Milan. He has always been interested in the aesthetic and semantic gap, which comes from the transposition from photography to painting, in shades of gray. “I am looking for an original elaboration of hyper-realistic codes. Therefore, before beginning to create a painting I work on the photographic image. I develop the concept and then I create the set where the pictures will be taken. The creative process is finalized to create an original and unique scene&nbsp;that is part of my artistic universe. The selected images will&nbsp;represent the most important&nbsp;cores of my imagination”&nbsp;. Currently Mezzetta is working on Gravity, a series of paintings mixing the attitude of classic still life works, where precious inflatable sculptures convey the idea of ephemeral beauty, with a research that reveal a futuristic vision linked to spatial aesthetics. b. 1971&nbsp;Lives and works in Milan, IT Contact: info@matteomezzetta.com Main exhibition2019 Luce di interni, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy 2018From elsewhere - by means of photography, curated by Giulia Ferrando, Galleria P46 @Wantstudio, Milan, Italy (press release pdf)Réunion, Wantstudio, Milan, Italy2017 Virtuality Ladder, curated by Maria Dolores Cattaneo, Studio d’arte SL, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy2015We Love Sleep, curated by Simona Bartolena and Cesare Casiraghi, Galleria Santa Radegonda, Milan, ItalyAt First, Idea4mi, Milan, Italy2013Panoramas, Galleria Cristina Busi , Chiavari, Italy Award Mostra del Tigullio, First Prize, Società Economica, Chiavari, Italy Noir &amp; Blanc, Galerie Pikinasso, Roanne, France2012 Bianco/Nero, Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari, Italy L'eXpo, Galerie Pikinasso, Roanne, France Sometime, Clandestino, Dronero, Italy Exhibition group, Galerie Pikinasso, Roanne, France Nadsat, Gallerie d'Arte Contemporanea di Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy2011Into the wild, Winarts, Milano, Italy Daysvsnight, Spazio 8, Milano, Italy2010Noise, Archilogo, Concorezzo, Italy2009Work in progress, Arscenica, Sassuolo, Italy Visioni contemporanee del paesaggio urbano, Opera Arte e Arti, Matera, Italy2007Solo, Artclub Gallery, Paris, France Incontri, Spazioarte, Napoli, Italy2006Award Profilo d'Arte, First prize, Banca Profilo, Milano, Italy Inpienosole, Galleria Il Segno, Brindisi, Italy2005Giungle esistenziali, Galleria 1380, Milano, Italy Exhibition group, Galleria Il Segno, Brindisi, Italy2004 Matteo Mezzetta, Galerie Pikinasso, Roanne, France Exhibition group, Artgallery de la Rivoire, Bourgoin-Jallieu, France2003 Exhibition group, Galerie Pikinasso, Roanne, France Copyright © 2019 MatteoMezzetta. 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IVA 02519080994 Matteo Mezzetta&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About Matteo Mezzetta was born in France, he lives and works in Milan. ... http://www.matteomezzetta.com/home Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:36:27 +0000 matteo mezzetta 307842 Matteo Mezzetta&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/73733a917cf086b540d4e85f9799a7cf58a4468d9c0e37156a16141967bd32aa/230-g08-2019-55x41-02.jpg" data-mid="715912" border="0" /> G08, 2019, oil on canvas, 55 x 41 cm - 21,6 x 16,1 inch. <img width="1500" height="985" width_o="1500" height_o="985" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5b480da20199f137d9443e4d7ec8793d781bbfd8ac0988673cda32312fc6a787/229-g07-2019-55x41-01.jpg" data-mid="716662" border="0" /> G07, 2019, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm - 19,6 x 15,7 inch. <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/87254364607f94dd950c55b676b5879eb717edcd652b96a0b995417d743eef24/228-g06-2019-65x50-02.jpg" data-mid="674290" border="0" />G06, 2019, oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm - 25,5 x 19,6 inch. <img width="1255" height="841" width_o="1255" height_o="841" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/986c533483a3f7f734026ce28c24d0500d4be8e96705b912dd838ff3cc6f9b34/227-g05-2019-75x55-wall-2.jpg" data-mid="698940" border="0" />G05, 2019, oil on canvas, 75 x 55 cm - 29,5 x 21,6 inch. <img width="1500" height="1087" width_o="1500" height_o="1087" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/aa7c8f30403ce8dfdb1177a2a71c6febd7f75cb853242b6f660ca2490c52ef04/226-g04-2018-120x85-wall4.jpg" data-mid="698939" border="0" /> G04, 2018, oil on canvas, 120 x 85 cm - 47,2 x 33,4 inch. <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a09e11335205376f5f30577cbf302340d36b4f919fdcf3b74e21b0c7f7c5ecb1/Wll-studio-02.jpg" data-mid="716672" border="0" /> Installation view of From elsewhere - by means of photography at&nbsp;P46 gallery , Milan, IT <img width="1012" height="1500" width_o="1012" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/281ce7e2902345a94e7546ac91781f72bbef835d0004cc018abfd1473e102f3e/matteomezzetta-baloon-2-wall.jpg" data-mid="628112" border="0" /> <img width="1012" height="1500" width_o="1012" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4b117ffcd6bbefc481a3c4cbb1878e2d8e033c1aa591d7a37061bd38701486dc/matteomezzetta-baloon-3-wall.jpg" data-mid="628111" border="0" /> Balloon #2, 2018, inkjet on acetate, 48 x 36 cmBalloon #3, 2018, inkjet on acetate, 48 x 36 cm <img width="1500" height="1139" width_o="1500" height_o="1139" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ffe3d273760a3e88f5ec2d45d171d36ede1263c1acf777acba2438bd8188051d/224-g02-2018-110x80-wall-4.jpg" data-mid="698952" border="0" /> G02, 2018, oil on canvas, 110 x 80 cm - 43,3 x 35 inch. <img width="1500" height="1038" width_o="1500" height_o="1038" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/addb582f9ee86c4a3e2c83807c6e5c7328780a05159ced6b62d4093fba0a6203/225-g03-2018-140x105-wallx.jpg" data-mid="676007" border="0" />G03, 2018, oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm - 55,1 x 41,3 inch.G01, 2018, oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm - 55,1 x 41,3 inch. <img width="1278" height="979" width_o="1278" height_o="979" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bdbb84f3b9304c8c17c239a379ae69dc04115818f8935e5ebb40b2603ac86473/reunion-03-web.jpg" data-mid="698961" border="0" /> Installation view of Réunion a solo exhibition at Wantstudio, Milan, IT <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ce85c4765da34826909c8214391cf765d150caa559f52c55fc8edd23370d7ef/panoramas_book_000.jpg" data-mid="690773" border="0" /> Catalogue of Panoramas, Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari, IT <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/71dcedc43bf03948df3b0ee3c8b86853dc87a6bcfd7d19e159159aa3113d0d0a/matteo-mezzetta-v003-2017.jpg" data-mid="690846" border="0" /> V002, 2015, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) <img width="1091" height="1500" width_o="1091" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/20e756f61866f8aaf2c4b2996adfc31980c60d16194070be3bbf6edacfa5da3e/matteomezzetta-v001-wall-front-0.jpg" data-mid="676012" border="0" /> <img width="1091" height="1500" width_o="1091" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/339bb76a59edfb4f5ee1e7ab0f8bbe83302369850da7bbe4064baf431b5471d7/v003-wall-front-w.jpg" data-mid="676011" border="0" /> V001, 2015, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.)V003, 2017, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) <img width="1500" height="947" width_o="1500" height_o="947" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/042e53761b9724f9534da55a60c957cd6a5f2b962a9f9f65d8df8863d2e8823a/matteomezzetta-geometry-wall-2.jpg" data-mid="691285" border="0" /> Exhibition view of&nbsp;Premio Mostra del Tigullio, First Prize, Società Economica, Chiavari, IT <img width="1500" height="1003" width_o="1500" height_o="1003" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ccb3754a999a67abec2f90698369f2d3ae7ddafac440ea3757830c23bed6e6bc/matteomezzetta-167-diner-wall.jpg" data-mid="716887" border="0" /> Exhibition view of Bianco/Nero&nbsp;a group exhibition at Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari, IT <img width="1500" height="1058" width_o="1500" height_o="1058" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/98192820131b364f055b6f22052dbc353407518da3245c0209beddb51dc37308/144-Untitled-eaucamouflage_2011_55x65-web.jpg" data-mid="720401" border="0" />Untitled (eau-camouflage), 2011, oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm ( 21,6 x 25,5 inch.) each <img width="1500" height="1128" width_o="1500" height_o="1128" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/408c155acc1e1e87056f8a1ca63d9cbcf6ad920e2337e99e8d011d25cdb6e7b7/145-Untitled-gray-palette_2011_80x100.jpg" data-mid="716912" border="0" />Untitled (gray palette), 2011, oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm ( 31,4 x 39,3 inch.)&nbsp;each <img width="1500" height="1024" width_o="1500" height_o="1024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a48dda6ee8ab4e5ac267db71fd3d4f231429a6d846cb0fef35b6834f9301770a/141-Untitled-wrinkles-straight--1_2010_40x50_post.jpg" data-mid="720308" border="0" />Untitled (wrinkles-straight), 2010, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm ( 15,7 x 19,6 inch.)&nbsp;each <img width="1359" height="1005" width_o="1359" height_o="1005" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7dbb66ceb6e55a6c6c067c342cbe475ea4103767b0e1b5f907d6acaecb090feb/archilogo2.jpg" data-mid="720382" border="0" />Exhibition view of Noise a solo exhibition at Archilogo, Concorezzo, IT <img width="1408" height="1056" width_o="1408" height_o="1056" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/df2e20c9d60467d8fa2762b360afb4c3f401daa9d139e06a605cc59b09f68541/archilogo1.jpg" data-mid="720381" border="0" />Exhibition view of Noise&nbsp;a solo exhibition at Archilogo, Concorezzo, IT <img width="1226" height="1500" width_o="1226" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1df3109c683097021a2faea2b99cf05ac9c40fad67aa40be5fd3cd56a682654c/121-Untitled--2_2008_150x120-w.jpg" data-mid="720387" border="0" /> <img width="1230" height="1500" width_o="1230" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/12b4b2af44385dc04298eed1b8290c58999980ae75f77ac1495883f509c2af2d/120-Untitled--1_2008_150x120-w.jpg" data-mid="720388" border="0" /> Copyright © 2019 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994 Matteo Mezzetta&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About G08, 2019, oil on canvas, 55 x 41 cm - 21,6 x 16,1 inch. G07, 2019, oil on... http://www.matteomezzetta.com/Panoramas Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:14:21 +0000 matteo mezzetta 279471 <img width="1500" height="1065" width_o="1500" height_o="1065" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ef44e2d8c86efb6f5650c2483d5adb15d6fc4ee9089ac923e1c6458f7f76c947/matteomezzetta-panoramas-000.jpg" data-mid="487293" border="0" /><img width="1500" height="1065" width_o="1500" height_o="1065" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c6263e7ad8ac936e6094fc57b05c92fad71eb966bc6ed511284f0d404a6bbdb2/matteomezzetta-panoramas-001.jpg" data-mid="487294" border="0" /> Solo Exhibition Panoramas La Galleria Cristina Busi è lieta di presentare "Panoramas", un progetto a quattro mani di Matteo Mezzetta e Massimiliano Zaffino. Accomunati da una lunga amicizia e da un sodalizio professionale che li ha visti maturare insieme negli anni, ognuno inseguendo la propria cifra stilistica, ma indubbiamente condividendo una medesima concezione della pittura, presentano entrambi una selezione di tele in grado di innescare un dialogo pittorico stimolante e reciproco. Tema comune è il concetto di "panorama", da intendersi non in senso naturalistico ma metaforico, perché le tele dei due pittori, comprensive sia di vedute panoramiche del tutto verosimili ma palesemente artefatte (Zaffino), sia di stranianti scene di interni e situazioni domestiche impreviste (Mezzetta), appaiono venate di atmosfere visionarie vagamente surreali. Se una comune matrice iperrealista accomuna la prassi pittorica dei due autori, certamente non mancano le differenze. Innanzitutto nell'uso del colore, che è squillante e magistralmente modulato in Zaffino, ridotto ad un sapiente bianco e nero in Mezzetta. Entrambi muovono dall'elaborazione di materiale fotografico nella più classica tradizione iperrealista, ma mentre Zaffino compone i suoi collage pittorici partendo da eterogenee immagini di repertorio (materiale fotografico di recupero e personale), perdendosi per strada ogni dettaglio aneddotico originario per esiti pittorici senza storia né tempo, Mezzetta compone i suoi quadri a partire da scatti fotografici pensati a priori, attraverso sessioni fotografiche ospitate in veri propri "set" precedentemente allestiti, nell'intento di dipingere in seguito delle tele certamente in gran parte pianificate, e che però conservino la naturalezza dell'istantanea. In entrambi i casi, si hanno esiti perturbanti che concedono poco al delirio surrealista o all'allucinazione inverosimile, essendo i due attentissimi a modulare il registro del reale con quello dell'immaginario secondo compromessi pittorici per lo più equilibrati. "Realismo magico", in effetti, è la definizione che meglio di qualunque altra identifica e accomuna la pratica artistica di entrambi. Negli interni di Mezzetta, protagonisti sono melanconiche nature morte ammantate di classiche atmosfere metafisiche, naturalmente testimoni del gusto attuale dell'epoca; o i gesti minimi di una giovane e misteriosa donna della quale non scopriamo mai il volto, e che appare ritratta in situazioni certamente curiose, ma non necessariamente inusuali. Tali atmosfere domestiche, rarefatte e sospese, rendono le visioni d'interni di Mezzetta stranianti e insieme ordinarie, un mix particolarissimo di familiarità e alienazione. Atmosfere simili si respirano in Zaffino, che ai luoghi chiusi preferisce vedute campestri e l'aria tersa di cieli e vallate. Popolate di una moltitudine colorata di personaggi, ora intenti ad osservare incuriositi lo spazio circostante, ora a compiere gesti non sempre decifrabili, anche le sue tele restituiscono situazioni verosimili e allo stesso tempo del tutto improbabili, di nuovo secondo ossimori procedurali tesi a raggiungere un perfetto punto di equilibrio. Tele che però, nel caso di Zaffino, appaiono informate da quelle istanze "metalinguistiche" proprie della post-produzione digitale che il modus operandi di Mezzetta, teso com'è alla presa "in diretta", invece non contempla: nel suo caso lo scarto semantico sta tutto nel soggetto ritratto. Zaffino, cioè, interviene "dopo" laddove Mezzetta ha allestito "prima", entrambi miscelando in dosi equivalenti progettualità e improvvisazione, quotidianità e sospensione temporale, immaginazione e realismo, per un risultato finale di pari originalità ed efficacia. Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994  Solo Exhibition Panoramas La Galleria Cristina Busi è lieta di presentare "Panoramas", un progetto a quattro mani di Matteo Mezzetta e Massimiliano Zaffino.... http://www.matteomezzetta.com/from-elsewhere Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:49:37 +0000 matteo mezzetta 277965  <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9a30ccc27ac3977e3803cf08542911f63984bd4eff0d7dc7a319ba8bba3f8abf/matteo-mezzetta-from-elsewhere-web.jpg" data-mid="480686" border="0" /> Group Exhibition From elsewhere - by means of photography Matteo Mezzetta + Lorenzo Piovella + Massimiliano Zaffino Uno degli aspetti più affascinanti della fotografia, fin dai suoi esordi, è la capacità di non esaurirsi in alcun tipo definizione: cosa la fotografia sia o non sia è una speculazione utile soprattutto a mettere in evidenza, ogni volta, la capacità di ibridazione che rende questo mezzo uno dei linguaggi più fertili dell’arte contemporanea. Con “From elsewhere - by means of photography” si mettono in mostra i lavori di tre artisti contemporanei che dialogano non sulla base di un tema o di un’estetica comune, ma si incontrano nel restituirci l’evidenza di un ragionamento sulla fotografia. Da una parte abbiamo il lavoro di un fotografo, Lorenzo Piovella, che si pone, dichiaratamente, sul solco concettuale della tradizione fotografica di documentazione del paesaggio artificiale, tra New Topographics e Scuola di Dusseldorf, spingendosi fino alla resa di uno scenario fantascientifico, che assimila riferimenti al mondo dei videogames e della nuova medialità. Dall’altra il lavoro di due pittori liguri, Matteo Mezzetta e Massimiliano Zaffino, che si rapportano alla fotografia come momento necessario, e finora implicito, del proprio processo pittorico. Accomunati da una lunga amicizia e una formazione comune, la loro produzione pittorica è animata da immaginari e scelte espressive molto differenti, che tradiscono una poetica comune nella modulazione misurata tra realtà e finzione. In occasione di questa mostra entrambi si presentano con un lavoro fotografico che non si allontana propriamente dalla produzione pittorica, ma ne rivela un livello di senso. Mezzetta, legato alla tradizione iperrealista, usa la fotografia come dipinto latente, proiettando sul supporto i negativi digitali di fotografie scattate ad hoc, per riprodurne pittoricamente l’immagine in scala di grigi. La sua ricerca iconografica si muove tra la fotogra a still e l’allestimento di scene domestiche in cui l’intenzione narrativa, quando c’è, è accennata e lasciata in sospeso. Zaffino si serve altrettanto della fotografia, ma invece che allestire dei set fotografici compone elementi di fotografie preesistenti, per creare delle nuove improvvise corrispondenze, combinando la pratica digitale a quella analogica del collage. L’immagine che ne risulta è sempre densa di elementi e assume di volta in volta connotazioni diverse, a volte quelle dell’indagine fomale, altre quella dello sviluppo narrativo, in ogni caso spesso inesauribile in una fruizione rapida. I tre progetti sono raccolti con l’intenzione di offrirsi ad una circuitazione virtuosa di visione e di senso, che offra uno scorcio peculiare sulla complessità della fotografia e sui confini liquidi tra i linguaggi dell’arte contemporanea. Giulia Ferrando Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994  Group Exhibition From elsewhere - by means of photography Matteo Mezzetta + Lorenzo Piovella + Massimiliano Zaffino ... http://www.matteomezzetta.com/photos Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:48:24 +0000 matteo mezzetta 274958 Matteo Mezzetta Paintings Photos Bio Contact <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/de365e31532f1322baa53309bf074d1ecda9eead7901c6478750201576bfb2f1/matteomezzetta-baloon-4.jpg" data-mid="469607" border="0" data-scale="100"/> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2405949cd46a8737eb171f4cbbb297894892c2a526b6fff96866ad6f8938c85f/matteomezzetta-baloon-2.jpg" data-mid="469608" border="0" data-scale="100"/> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/20d5f32a51e81b4449f158e176b2bc856a7ef7ac515504b8b3b137940b0e3df9/matteomezzetta-baloon-3.jpg" data-mid="469609" border="0" data-scale="100"/> Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994 Matteo Mezzetta Paintings Photos Bio Contact Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994 http://www.matteomezzetta.com/panoramas-book Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:26:30 +0000 matteo mezzetta 145179 <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/112132938a599a0238fb296cd1b98630cc7450fe32e60dfca5c29cfda15427b5/panoramas_book_000.jpg" data-mid="480683" border="0" /> <img width="1500" height="1013" width_o="1500" height_o="1013" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5e033884ccbbe4def6e5da7c9f868fd9f0de610baae66ad4b68895c7813227ae/panoramas_book_001-a.jpg" data-mid="482929" border="0" /> Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994  Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994 http://www.matteomezzetta.com/we-love-sleep Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:56:22 +0000 matteo mezzetta 145167  WeLoveSleep - Making of Group Exhibition WeLoveSleepcurated by Simona Bartolena and cesare CasiraghiGalleria Santa Radegonda, MM1 Duomo Milano 13 aprile –14 giugno 2015 <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0aa73c4f956f97090299458ac6e82a3688968d18096006518d4ca7836e20287f/200-White-on-white-2015-200-x-150-web.jpg" data-mid="487304" border="0" /> White on white, 2015oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm Ph. Mauro Ranzani Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994  WeLoveSleep - Making of Group Exhibition WeLoveSleepcurated by Simona Bartolena and cesare CasiraghiGalleria Santa Radegonda, MM1 Duomo Milano 13 aprile... http://www.matteomezzetta.com/vegetation Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:29:42 +0000 matteo mezzetta 112896  <img width="1091" height="1500" width_o="1091" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/115a8dec0f186c0f9c5bb6ea6cc77d5e070d551a2ffd4fedc85a732a148dd4ef/matteomezzetta-v001-wall-front-0.jpg" data-mid="116087" border="0" data-scale="100"/>V001, 2015, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) <img width="1091" height="1500" width_o="1091" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3f420d22d769dc3c6e75a3dd77d63d4458583984f3549557ddb92a82bbb996ef/v002-wall-front-0.jpg" data-mid="116088" border="0" data-scale="100"/>V002, 2015, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) <img width="1091" height="1500" width_o="1091" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/69b9fe925736ea18cfc7be7fef77b306afd5689e08aa4620c2c7c9379c3c792b/v003-wall-front-w.jpg" data-mid="116090" border="0" data-scale="100"/>V003, 2017, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) The Monshinea project painting2015/2018 Matteo Mezzetta starts as hyperrealistic classic painter. He has always been interested in aesthetic and semantic gap, which comes from the transposition from photography to painting, in grey shades. During his life he has developed various preparatory researche before reaching the actual artistic maturity. Mezzetta comes to an original elaboration of hyperrealistic codes in an abstract and anti-narrative function, an innovative and experimental result, if compared to a traditional and realistic painting. His new modus operandi, which we can see in his first greenery inspired painting serie, consists in splitting a picture, previously taken by the artist himself.Natural elements, as plants, animals and minerals create specular and symmetrical compositions, projected on the canvas and then painted. The result is a series of symmetrical “totem”, familiar and alienating at the same time, with a great evocative meaning.These compositions resend to the dynamic rhythm of nature and non-Euclidean geometries as the bilatera symmetry, typical of the nature. Inside the paintings, the elements of a bordering area (flora and fauna, fractal geometries and organic morphologies, structures and shapeless objects) create a kaleidoscope of evolving templates, as the biological life is overall considered. <img width="1500" height="1061" width_o="1500" height_o="1061" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/66694fa28a13243f601449ace0376d094889d2b534e0a3e0bc213e66cd3587c4/matteomezzetta-v001-wall-front-2.jpg" data-mid="116089" border="0" />Preview placement Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994  V001, 2015, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) V002, 2015, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm ( 74,8 x 51,1 inch.) V003, 2017, oil on canvas, 190... http://www.matteomezzetta.com/paintings Thu, 05 May 2016 16:31:25 +0000 matteo mezzetta 67242  Matteo Mezzetta Paintings Bio Contact <img width="1069" height="1500" width_o="1069" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4516f972f789e596a729ebb256d7ac74095910c221aac1d3f7e63f16b21958d3/227-g05-2019-75x55-wall-00.jpg" data-mid="622937" border="0" /> g05, 2019oil on canvas, 75 x 55 cm - 29,5 x 21,6 inch. <img width="1069" height="1500" width_o="1069" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1eefda68fb61bd1b6396c84cbac3b857a6ddbbd3c7d69aefb194e609b5c1375d/223-g01-2018-140x105-wall-00.jpg" data-mid="622948" border="0" /> g01, 2018oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm - 55,1 x 41,3 inch. <img width="1069" height="1500" width_o="1069" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/77f213a9e921cdf7e668a987a33c384f4012306b116aea3f517a6567228e7c21/226-g04-2018-120x85-wall-00.jpg" data-mid="622936" border="0" /> g04, 2018oil on canvas, 120 x 85 cm - 47,2 x 33,4 inch. <img width="1069" height="1500" width_o="1069" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b1c4996b8d689f21283a1d285a2c535fe4b493fd15158d3f6841b341402a79fd/225-g03-2018-140x105-wall-00.jpg" data-mid="622938" border="0" />g01, 2018oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm - 55,1 x 41,3 inch. <img width="1069" height="1500" width_o="1069" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e574b598445ab939896ee69d02b58593faec7515e4912e2c2dbef837a806c735/224-g02-2018-110x80-wall-00.jpg" data-mid="622940" border="0" /> g02, 2018oil on canvas, 110 x 80 cm - 43,3 x 35 inch. <img width="1114" height="1500" width_o="1114" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b8428db95db2e1f2e91ef54774b7e4f04d5173b6493d3e0cc94c47239939a6bd/Untitled-sphere--2018--oil-on-canvas--68-x-50-cm-low.jpg" data-mid="469557" border="0" /> Untitled (sphere), 2018oil on canvas, 68 x 50 cm <img width="1066" height="1500" width_o="1066" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/922ef7780682b8e6ea83397512d4f80c0fa34aef6fea6619e2a8d15d888d6eb6/211-Untitled-ananas-63x45-2017-web2.jpg" data-mid="482759" border="0" /> Untitled (ananas), 2017oil on canvas, 63 x 45 cm <img width="1219" height="1500" width_o="1219" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e6b444e044e33204d3a2cbf1846e0872b4162cb920eaa6eed97b2b06df28a2ad/Untitled-white-box--2018--oil-on-canvas--60-x-50-cm-low.jpg" data-mid="469552" border="0" /> Untitled (white box), 2018oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm<img width="1269" height="1500" width_o="1269" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a424089e5726d66f0b19f1cfaf78351df75236bd306cf45212a17d7ddb4a8d8f/159-Untitledcart_2012_65x55-web.jpg" data-mid="504046" border="0" />Untitled (cart), 2012oil on canvas, 65 x 55 cm <img width="1261" height="1500" width_o="1261" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41652211dbc6b87876203ed191bba06d155a3bec7b9465c308d1a1b0601e94b7/212-Untitledbird-60x50-oil-on-aluminum-2017-web.jpg" data-mid="469571" border="0" />Untitled (bird), 2017,oil on aluminum, 60 x 50 cm <img width="1256" height="1500" width_o="1256" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ef6ed06cd62004854424586c81a52806ae5227ef3ea5e1f0f82bdd4a75383bd7/213-Untitled-glass-60x5-2017-web.jpg" data-mid="480620" border="0" />Untitled (glass), 2017oil on canvas, 60 x 50 c <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e7d110084f4030ccf0d24a3cca2659fb97b63071a7c98aa79140b9f9f3710bba/198-untitledsipario-2015-120x180.jpg" data-mid="54974" border="0" /> Untitled (holiday house)2015, oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm <img width="1500" height="1008" width_o="1500" height_o="1008" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cb53ddb1e6a50d3b91eba8d45c599626853f65464d5f43e4cab033514560d252/199-untitledholiday-house-2015-120x180-web.gif" data-mid="54994" border="0" /> Untitled (holiday house), 2015oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm <img width="1500" height="997" width_o="1500" height_o="997" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3c77773d47e82db45a39eed90e623711fe6f119c81e84ef3fc12527bd394e956/196-untitledbound-2013-120x180.jpg" data-mid="54976" border="0" /> Untitled (bound), 2015oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm <img width="1500" height="1035" width_o="1500" height_o="1035" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e643884807c3a5ea70f23ef68dbeb3993fdc851e44c1ea9b74b97e01bd695eac/172-Untitledgeometry_2012_90x120_cargo.jpg" data-mid="54977" border="0" /> Untitled (geometry), 2012oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm <img width="1500" height="1123" width_o="1500" height_o="1123" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/241fbb942e78a736b1d094d178c5a8f2f51e1d847f9c493b6a8634965d1a9286/167-Untitled-dner-bourgeois_2012_88x118_cargo.jpg" data-mid="54992" border="0" /> Untitled (petit dîner bourgeois), 2012oil on canvas, 88 x 118 cm <img width="1500" height="1112" width_o="1500" height_o="1112" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2b7fe3fab8e618d2ed60e0bd3497d21c350026dab2324031b85e87fb210522fa/matteomezzetta-131-dogs.jpg" data-mid="54988" border="0" />Untitled (dogs), 2009oil on canvas, 140 x 190 cm <img width="1500" height="1118" width_o="1500" height_o="1118" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f18e83cb5d2e9f3960aaf4aef45a8f8aac6fc82540408d2c5a0781d437e4ffc1/147-Untitled-romantic-painting_2011_105x140-web.jpg" data-mid="504874" border="0" /> Untitled (romantic painting), 2011105 x 140 cm <img width="1500" height="1023" width_o="1500" height_o="1023" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/af7409fec7b49496f3637a8c043731257d799f9cfb596e06c21086778c6362e1/179-Untitleddrum_2013_65x95-web.jpg" data-mid="503428" border="0" /> Untitled (drum), 2013oil on canvas, 65 x 95 cm <img width="1500" height="577" width_o="1500" height_o="577" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fa445b39be72eb55e962f3b9355c2abb690ffebe26e3a95bb8964e734903c738/145-Untitled-gray-palette--1-2_2011_80x100-web.jpg" data-mid="504875" border="0" />Untitled (gray palette #1/2), 2011oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm each <img width="1500" height="614" width_o="1500" height_o="614" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/36567958e95c6f95b5f4923bfe8514ddb5657e6fc54139b5755227de9a24c2de/144-Untitled-eaucamouflage_2011_55x65-web.jpg" data-mid="504876" border="0" />Untitled (eau/camouflage), 2011oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm each <img width="1500" height="1490" width_o="1500" height_o="1490" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/389b7fbff999b37d350e88d3f2fb5ed340482b265c38cbd7b6d128de6aca3c0b/157-Untitled-agave_2011_80_web.jpg" data-mid="504048" border="0" />Untitled (agave), 2011oil on canvas, Ø80&nbsp; cm <img width="1500" height="1489" width_o="1500" height_o="1489" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fc837c2780f8f31ad826fa1f09828f23cab2321664b1804c014eb98adf5fcfde/148-Untitled-tattoo_2011_80-web.jpg" data-mid="504054" border="0" /> Untitled (tattoo), 2011oil on canvas, Ø80 cm <img width="1062" height="1500" width_o="1062" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/333dbbbf5db0a43d4822f8dd136d6bbdcbce3c784d5b302318180dff1f41ceef/217-Untitled-latte-milano-85x60-2018-low.png" data-mid="469566" border="0" /><img width="1500" height="1011" width_o="1500" height_o="1011" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e0c044ca6c148c871c5642b78eb994b85060aa809f76755e322ec49028e791b4/210-Untitled-make-up-table-2017-70x105-web.jpg" data-mid="480631" border="0" /> Copyright © 2018 MatteoMezzetta. All rights reserved. P. IVA 02519080994  Matteo Mezzetta Paintings Bio Contact g05, 2019oil on canvas, 75 x 55 cm - 29,5 x 21,6 inch. g01, 2018oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm - 55,1 x...