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Italy
Sculpture, Clay on Ceramic
Size: 47.2 W x 47.2 H x 5.1 D in
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Japanese Suggestion was born on the occasion of the "T..erre" exhibition that I held at the Transatlantic of the Bologna Railway Station in 1999. It is a study on volumes. I wanted to give shape and color to a Japanese symbol. A beautiful photographic book on contemporary Japan has always circulated in my house, a gift from my father-in-law; each page has a different symbol, in black and white, in contrast with the bright colors of the photographic images, people on the street, fabrics, buildings, lives in color. I liked their stylistic effectiveness, simplicity and graphic synthesis, an aesthetic attraction more than content, because I have never been able to know the meaning of that symbol. I wanted to try my hand at wall sculpture, taking an example from the modular and architectural sculpture of Nino Caruso, a great master ceramist from whom I learned a lot through his books and whom I met a few years earlier in Perugia during an exhibition of him. Once a small black and white symbol was made to that size, it was transformed into something else, many people see two large eyes in it, the eyes of an owl. I like this transformation, the idea of starting from a point without knowing where I would arrive and finding myself surprised to see something I hadn't even imagined.
Sculpture:Clay on Ceramic
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:47.2 W x 47.2 H x 5.1 D in
Frame:Other
Ready to Hang:Yes
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I live in Ravenna Italy, in my studio-home. I started my career as a ceramist in 1983 after attending the two-year INIASA ceramic course in my city, working as a decorator. I characterized my production with majolica inspired by the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna and with the polychrome elaboration of a particular vine branch typical of the regional territory, marketing to private customers, shops, institutions by holding fairs and markets. Due to the need for large spaces, I moved my home and workshop to the countryside adjacent to the Po Delta Park for 15 years. Life in close contact with nature influenced the creation of landscape panels and bas-reliefs depicting the flora and fauna of the Delta , the Dunes of the sea and the abstract panels with carvings and reliefs. Curiosity about the use of materials other than ceramics led me to experiment with glass fusion, mosaic and papier-mâché. After my rural experience I lived and worked for several years in Dubai where I taught ceramic decoration at the Dubai International Art Center and at the Yadawey Ceramic Studio. I have exhibited at the Dubai Mall and for many years at the Alserkal Cultural Foundation, receiving prestigious commissions. Currently, driven by the search for symbolic and material lightness, I work with the experimental technique that I have called "Lightness Technique" with which I color the porcelain or liquid clays that I prepare myself, into recycled cardboard molds that I shape and assemble to create the conceived forms. For more info visit: https://www.robertabarlati.com/
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