The Trascendent Tree è l’incontro di tre artisti, ognuno dei quali si esprime attraverso differenti tecniche: disegno, fotografia, pittura. La loro arte non soltanto celebra la bellezza degli alberi, ma vuole trasmettere il significato simbolico che si cela dietro l’origine della vita, la potenza, la saggezza.
La mostra è un dialogo fra le differenti interpretazioni, impressioni e visioni artistiche ispirate alla figura dell’albero. Ospite di un contesto incontaminato, nel cuore della Toscana, essa rende omaggio ai nostri silenti e maestosi compagni.
“Così parla un albero: in me si cela un granello, una scintilla, un pensiero, io sono vita della vita eterna. …Il mio compito è quello di dar forma e rivelare l’eterno nella sua marcata unicità. Così parla un albero: la mia forza è la mia fede. Vivo il segreto del mio seme fino alla fine, non ho altra preoccupazione… Credo che Dio sia in me. Credo che il mio compito sia sacro. Di questa fede io vivo.” – Herman Hesse
THE TRANSCENDENT TREE – ART EXHIBITION
Pignano Art Gallery
14.04 – 06.07.2017
Borgo Pignano | Volterra
THE TRANSCENDENT TREE – ARTISTI
ANDREA COLLESANO – DISEGNO
Andrea Collesano, giovane artista italiano, si esprime attraverso i linguaggi della china e del bronzo. Si diploma in pittura all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Ispirato da un immaginario di un lontano tempo perduto, dalle antiche incisioni naturalistiche, l’artista ricostruisce un proprio panorama mitologico, dedicato ai regni vegetale ed animale, principali fonti ispiratrici delle sue oniriche creazioni, caratterizzate da un approccio meticoloso, quasi scientifico, combinato alla cura maniacale del dettaglio.
Collesano vive ed espone tra Forte dei Marmi e Pietrasanta, luoghi di elezione per l’arte contemporanea italiana. Collabora con gallerie di prestigio, fra le quali Barbara Paci Galleria d’Arte, partner di The Trascendent Tree.
DUCCIO NACCI – FOTOGRAFIA
Duccio Nacci, fotografo italiano, vive e lavora a San Gimignano. Conosciuto per la sua capacità di catturare con scatti poetici la bellezza della Toscana e i suoi silenziosi paesaggi, dove l’elemento uomo, ancorché celato, è sempre presente. Ed egli è là, ci conduce, con malinconica gioia. Dal 1997 ha illustrato cataloghi e libri in collaborazione con riviste nazionali e internazionali (Condé Nast, Rusconi, Mondadori ed altri). Nacci ha pubblicato numerosi volumi, fra cui “Toscana, Occhi nel Silenzio”, una lirica raccolta di scatti in bianco e nero che ci portano per mano nel sogno, nella memoria dell’esistenza. Ha al suo attivo numerose mostre in tutta Italia, tra cui Rencontres de la Photographie 2008 e 2009, grazie alla collaborazione con l’AFI (Archivio Fotografico Italiano). La sua galleria fotografica “La Bottega del Sale” ha sede nel centro storico di San Gimignano.
OLGA NIESCIER – PITTURA
Olga Niescier, è artista, designer e curatrice di origini polacche. Ha conseguito i master in Arti Figurative e Fashion Design all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Lodz e quello in Fashion Design dell’Istituto Polimoda di Firenze. Svolge attività artistiche fin dal 2001, integrando pittura ed arti applicate nei campi della moda, design, arredamento, grafica e teatro. La pittura di Niescier è un’esplorazione meditativa delle strutture e dei ritmi della natura, uno sguardo attento sul microcosmo botanico, un incontro personale con lo Zen e l’espressionismo astratto. Dal 2003, Niescier espone con continuità i suoi lavori nelle più affascinanti località toscane: Firenze, Bagno Vignoni, Pietrasanta e San Gimignano, dove Olga vive e lavora.
THE TRANSCENDENT TREE – ART EXHIBITION
The Transcendent Tree exhibition is an encounter of three artists,each of them working with different techniques: drawing, photography and painting. Their art depicts the beauty and energy of trees, as well as their poetic symbolism of power, wisdom and origins of life. The exhibition is a dialogue of artistic visions, impressions and interpretations of the tree figure; located in the natural context of a Tuscan landscape, it pays homage to our silent magnificent companions.
“A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life……I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail. A tree says: My strength is trust. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else… I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.” –Hermann Hesse
PIGNANO ART GALLERY
Borgo Pignano is a unique luxury retreat in the heart of Tuscany where art and creativity are naturally present, nourished and valued. Pignano is a magnet for artists, where its serene environment offers true inspiration for both creating and exhibiting. Throughout this historic country estate, visitors enjoy the beauty of contemporary and classic art in many diverse and inspiring forms.Supporting and promoting the work of emerging contemporary artists, The Pignano Art Gallery was opened in September 2016 providing a unique exhibition space situated in a beautifully restored historic farm building. The Gallery offers a tranquil yet sophisticated environment for artists to exhibit their work and allows hotel guests the privilege of viewing exceptional art whilst staying in Tuscany. Borgo Pignano also has a long-established collaborative relationshipwith The Royal Drawing School in London, where both organisations actively support the work of talented young artists in the form of residential programmes held at the estate. The Pignano Art Gallery is located just a few steps away from the grand 18th Century Villa and features classic vaulted ceilings, original brickwork floors and is surrounded by beautiful gardens, woodlands and open countryside. Here, you will discover a collection of inspiring exhibitions featuring contemporary arts: among them painting,sculpture, photography, installations, ceramics and creative design. The Pignano Art Gallery exhibitions are curated and organised by the Vitalità Cultural Association. The mission of the association is to promote art, which re-evaluates and inspires human awareness, experience and the connection with nature.
THE TRANSCENDENT TREE – ARTISTS
ANDREA COLLESANO – DRAWING
Andrea Collesano, a young Italian artist, working with ink drawing and bronze sculpture. He obtained the artistic diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. Inspired by the ancient, the lost, and old symbolic and naturalistic engravings he tries to recreate the mythological world that dwells within his mind. The natural world: sea, animals and plant kingdoms are the main source of inspiration for his dreamlike representations undertaken with almost scientific, obsessive accuracy to detail. Collesano lives and works in Tuscany, in the seaside town of Forte dei Marmi. He collaborates with prestigious international galleries, among them Barbara Paci Art Gallery in Pietrasanta, an Italian center of excellent art.
DUCCIO NACCI – PHOTOGRAPHY
Duccio Nacci, an Italian photographer, living and working in San Gimignano. He is renowned for capturing within his poetic images the beauty of Tuscany silent landscapes where the human person, even though invisible, is always present and leads us towards a melancholic kind of joy. Since 1997 he has illustrated catalogues and books in collaboration with several national and international magazines (Condé Nast, Rusconi, Mondatori and others). Nacci has published several books and held exhibitions throughout Italy. His own photography gallery “La Bottega del Sale” is located in the center of San Gimignano.Duccio plays a key role within the Vitalità Cultural Assocation and its’connections within the Tuscany.
OLGA NIESCIER – PAINTING
Olga Niescier, is a Polish born artist, designer and curator. She obtained her master’s degree in Fine Arts and Fashion Design in the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz and in Fashion Design at the Polimoda Institute in Florence. Olga has pursued intense artistic activity since 2001, integrating art and design: painting, fashion, interior decor, photography, graphics and theatre. Since 2013 Niescier has regularly exhibited her artworks in some of the most charming locations in Tuscany: Florence, Bagno Vignoni, Pietrasanta and San Gimignano, where Olga lives and creates. Niescier’s painting work is a meditative exploration of nature’s structures and rhythms, an insight into botanical micro-universes, a personal encounter with Zen and abstract expressionism.
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