✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we send newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Support Us Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Shopping
  • CW SHOPS
  • Support Us
  • Get Started
  • Tickets
  • CW SHOPS
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Visual Arts

Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ronchini Gallery

23 Jan 15 – 07 Mar 15, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Arte Povera artist Pier Paolo Calzolari brings his banal materials to Ronchini Gallery, London in a new challenging contemporary art exhibition

By CW Contributor on 12/1/2015

1 CW reader is interested
Pier Paolo Calzolari, Trenini [grande carta], 1972, paper glued on wood, wax pastel, oil pastel, tempera, iron, tracks, electric wire, feather, transformer, 150 x 232 x 15 cm, © Pier Paolo Calzolari, Photo: Paolo Semprucci, Courtesy Fondazione Calzolari.
Pier Paolo Calzolari, Trenini [grande carta], 1972, paper glued on wood, wax pastel, oil pastel, tempera, iron, tracks, electric wire, feather, transformer, 150 x 232 x 15 cm, © Pier Paolo Calzolari, Photo: Paolo Semprucci, Courtesy Fondazione Calzolari.
Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ronchini Gallery Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ronchini Gallery Ali Godwin
Born in Bologna, Italy, in 1943, artist Pier Paolo Calzolari has risen to become one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists. His career stretches the post-war period, and, since he is based in Fossombrone, Italy, this will be his first exhibition in the UK since the acclaimed art show in London in 2001 at Tate Modern, Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962 – 1972.
What is Arte Povera?
Arte Povera was a radical Italian avant-garde arts group that questioned the boundaries of ‘High Art’. As the name ‘poor art’ suggests, the group was interested in subverting the expensive materials and rarefied auras of oil painting or bronze sculpture by using banal materials like soil, rags and twigs. The group had its heyday in the late 1960s and early 70s, and enjoyed significant practical and critical legacies especially within the framework of Conceptual Art.
Ronchini Gallery, London exhibition
Two things stand out about this new exhibition in London: Calzolari flies the flag for one of Europe’s most interesting modern art contingents and  unlike other contemporary artists, Calzolari did not dismiss the past after the ravages of the World Wars. Look out for references to Renaissance painting and the Romantic movement in his work.
Expect signature Arte Povera ephemeral materials, this time with a strong emphasis on the earthy and elemental: frost, fire, salt, lead, copper and eggs make up these sculptural installations. There are also drawings and studies that transcend the conventional confines of ‘Conceptual’ or ‘Minimalist’ art, making clear this is one artist who uses movements, and doesn’t let movements use him.
This is challenging stuff, but could be one of the most rewarding contemporary gallery shows this spring.



What Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ronchini Gallery
Where Ronchini Gallery, 22 Dering St, London , W1S 1AN ‎ | MAP
Nearest tube Oxford Circus (underground)
When 23 Jan 15 – 07 Mar 15, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price £Free
Website Click here for more information



Most popular

Things to do in London this weekend: 8–10 December
Things to do in London this weekend: 8–10 December
Thoughtful Gifts under £100
Thoughtful gifts under £100
Rose Leslie and Suranne Jones in Vigil series 2, BBC One (Photo: BBC)
What to watch on TV this week
  • Ronchini Gallery

    Founded in Umbria, Italy in 1992, the Gallery moved to London in February 2012 to seek a slice of the Capital’s preeminent art market. It defines itself as a space of ‘Minimalism, Spatialism, Conceptualism’ and works with a diverse cohort of contemporary artists that would impress those in the know.

Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).

We recommend nearby

  • The Betterment
    Read more...
    Map
  • Onima
    Read more...
    Map
  • Market Hall West End
    Read more...
    Map
1

You might like

  • Giovanni Battista Moroni Gian Girolamo Albani (Detail), c.1570 Oil on canvas, 107 x 75 cm Private Collection

    Giovanni Battista Moroni, Royal Academy

  • Renato Guttuso Shark's Jawbones in a Landscape, 1974 Oil on canvas, 63 x 73 cm Courtesy Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna

    Renato Guttuso: Painter of Modern Life, Estorick Collection

  • Luc Tuymans The Shore January 30 - April 2, 2015

    Luc Tuymans: The Shore, David Zwirner

  • DANH VŌ, THIS BUD'S FOR YOU, 2012 GOLD AND CARDBOARD 8.3 OZ / 237 GRAMS

    Danh Vō: Homosapiens, Marian Goodman Gallery



  • The Culture Whisper team
  • Support Us
  • Tickets
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×