Artist Michelangelo Consani Opens New Non-Profit Space Ie edificio57 in San Gimignano
Michelangelo Consani has established Ie edificio57, a non-profit venue dedicated to visual arts located in San Gimignano. This space includes two floors and an underground project area known as Zattera. The opening exhibition, titled "Brainstorming," presents artworks by both Consani and Loris Cecchini, who was born in Milan in 1969. Cecchini's creations delve into themes of spatiality and transformation, featuring the modular steel installation Tropism (Thin thing) and aluminum bird sculptures from the Zigzags particles collection. His graphite pieces, such as Aeolian Landforms and 3-KNO3C, draw inspiration from natural erosion and potassium nitrate crystals. Consani's works, influenced by Ivan Illich and Marco Ferreri's film, address production and degrowth, culminating in a terracotta bust of Masanobu Fukuoka, representing free love.
Key facts
- Ie edificio57 is a new non-profit exhibition space founded by artist Michelangelo Consani in San Gimignano.
- The space is located in a historic building and includes two levels plus an underground project room called Zattera.
- The inaugural exhibition is a double solo show titled 'Brainstorming' featuring Michelangelo Consani and Loris Cecchini.
- Loris Cecchini was born in Milan in 1969.
- Cecchini's installation Tropism (Thin thing) is a modular steel composition evoking plant growth.
- Cecchini uses graphite for the first time in the work Aeolian Landforms (black drawing).
- Michelangelo Consani's work is inspired by theologian Ivan Illich and explores production and degrowth.
- The exhibition includes iconic design chairs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gerrit Rietveld, Philippe Starck, and the Castiglioni brothers.
Entities
Artists
- Michelangelo Consani
- Loris Cecchini
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- Gerrit Rietveld
- Philippe Starck
- Achille Castiglioni
- Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
- Marco Ferreri
- Stanley Kubrick
- Masanobu Fukuoka
- Ivan Illich
Institutions
- Ie edificio57
- Galleria Continua
Locations
- San Gimignano
- Italy
- Milan