Enrico Castellani

Galleria Manuela Allegrini, Brescia
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario

Brescia, Galleria Manuela Allegrini, Enrico Castellani e Piero Dorazio, 1992
Trento, Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea, Enrico Castellani, 1999, p. 125, n. 82, illustrato

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There are few minor traces of soiling on few shapes in the centre and along the margins. There are few minor traces of wearing with paint losses by three shapes along the left margin. There is a light trace of soiling in the centre between the fifth and the sixth horizontal row. Under the UV light are visible two minor retouches along the first vertical line of shapes by the first and seventh nail.
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Credo invece che l'attenzione per il lavoro di Castellani nasca oggi dalla sua capacità intrinseca di far affiorare livelli di lettura stratificati, sotto la superficie della prima lettura storica, eversiva e riuscita. (...) E' piuttosto una vocazione contemplativa che emerge una volta liberato il campo dalle 'accidentalità' linguistiche (...): per questo motivo abbiamo parlato di 'costruzione di icone'. 

I do believe that the interest to Castellani's works arises nowadays from his intrinsic skill of making stratified interpretations coming to light, underneath the surface of the very first opposite, well made, historical interpretation. (...) This is rather a contemplative inclination, which arises once the artist has set his mind free from the linguistic fortuity (...). This is the reason why I talked about 'manufactoring' icons. 

Marco Meneguzzo, New Yok, 1997