Magic
"The magic paths of art"
Rassegna internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea
18 to 26 novembre 2006
at
Sale dell'Imbarcadero
Castello Estense
Ferrara
Magic: at first this theme could appear obsolete and out of style, yet the Magic and Esoteric is an important element in the Arts as well as in our daily life, since we cannot seperate Art and Life.
Emotions strirred by artwork are part of Magic, so are the beauty and poetry suggested through a landscape - created by the impulses and inner reality of the Artist when he organizes them on canvas , - the surreal and fantastic dimensions of our mind in all of its expressions are intimately connected to our unconscious which is a magical world. Memory and memories are magic traces of our reality. Art is magic as it has the unlimited power of its pictoral vocabulary at its disposal in the act of creating. In this way Art is akin to Life because it is a Creation.
The curators would like to underline an impoartant aspect hey lingered on during the exhibition title choice, such as the magic components of the paintings as art making.
It was our aim, in fact, to invite artists to focus on all the facets of the proposed theme, because Magic reveals itself through the power and brightness of colours, through the different effects of forms, the textures, the pictorial matter, the magnetic energy from the pictorial sign which spring from the canvas. So that the creation of images as well as the invention and elaboration of space and colours are part of the intrinsic elements of the art making process. Thus Magic is released through the flow of the living and acting forces on the canvas, the interaction of space, figures and colours connection, taking them to their physical limits.
It was not pure chance the selected city host this important Exhibition is Ferrara.
The magic city per excellence together with Prague and Torino, not only her beauty but above all because in the Medieval period she was the last stronghold of Alchemy and Astrology.
Even today, going around through Ferrara's ancient streets, visiting the palaces and special places, admiring the frescoes and formidable paintings, lingering in churches and convents, we can feel signs of this precense.
Again, not by chance, the Estense city gave birth to the alchemy artist Cosmé Tra and she is proud of the legendary magician Chiozzino, a kind of Faust from Ferrara was the city which inspired Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carrà during their metaphysical period.
The exhibition aims to be related with Magic as an element very much present in most different cultures and ages, particularly during the Middle Ages and still today where it represents a strong source of fascination and suggestion in our artistic world still. The magical is a fascinating component of our existence and this manifestation represents an invitation to go without fear towards that side which is not necessarily dark, unknown and sinister but also a wonderful discovery of a parallel reality, able to help us understand and interpret particular aspects, events and coincidences. Thanks to their talent and sensitivity, artsists are the best interpreters of Nature and Reality. Their creative work is an alchemy of sorts mixing indeed several components unknown to the public and producing strong feelings, attraction; an alphabet for reading the world and its signs.
"Magic" wishes to rediscover, stimulate and bring forth the unlimited possibilities of Art. Artists reveal themselves as the sensitive intermediaries between reality and the unknown, when through their aesthetic jouneys they are in touch with the mystery of life, its spirits and divinities.
The beautiful and evocative setting provided by the "Imbarcadero Rooms" of the historic Estence Castle will contribute to set up a greatly suggestive scenery in a variegated range of sensations and emotions.
The organizers selected and brought together artists representative of this kind of spiritual and artistic research connected with the magic theme and who still believe in the emotional possibilities that this art offers.
In "Magic" we will go into a path rich in mystery, magic and in that obscure beauty whisch envelops the un iverse - illusive or real - represented by artists.
Paola Trevisan
Artbook "Magic. The magic paths of art".
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