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Fausto Melotti
Description
- Fausto Melotti
- Due curve
- acciaio inox
- cm 132x66x63
- Eseguito nel 1973-74, in tre esemplari
Provenance
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario negli anni Duemila
Exhibited
Genova, Martini Ronchetti Galleria d'arte contemporanea, Fausto Melotti, 1975, n. 4, illustrato
Sanremo, Galleria Beniamino, Fausto Melotti, 1975
Milano, Palazzo Reale, Melotti, 1979, p. 73, fig. 72, illustrato
Bologna, Villa Cicogna, Fausto Melotti, 1980, fig. 2, illustrato
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Zurigo, Galerie Lopes AG, Fausto Melotti 1981, n. 10, illustrato
Rovereto, Area Studio, Fausto Melotti, 1984, p. 45, illustrato
Lisbona, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fondazione Calouste Gulbenkian, Primeira Exposicao - Dialgo sobra a Arte Contemporanea en Europa, 1985, p. 275, illustrato
Parma, La Sanseverina Galleria d'Arte, Fausto Melotti, 1986, n. 13, p. 20, illustrato
Literature
Germano Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale Sculture 1973-1989 e Bassorilievi, Milano 1996, vol. II, p. 377, n. 1973 77, illustrato
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note
In Due Curve, le linee e le superfici poste in sequenze e a intervalli appaiono come uno spartito visuale. Ne deriva una ritmicità implicita, costituita da lievi oscillazioni e micro vibrazioni, che sembra voler liberare l’intera struttura dalla sua staticità.
In un appunto che scrisse nel libro Linee, Melotti riflette: “Nel bel disegno la linea, come un’anima, palpita di indecisioni, di certezze, di voluti inganni.” Si potrebbe dire che questo pensiero riassume la sua visione di un’arte in costante movimento e risuonante di vita, capace di aprire un varco verso un altro immaginario, in cui è possibile scorgere la bellezza di ciò che la casualità si lascia alle spalle.
Appoggiate a terra in un equilibrio precario, le lunghe strutture verticali di forma astratta lasciano intendere una relativa mancanza di peso e accennano alla malleabilità della materia. Si apre così un dialogo dinamico tra l’esile e il concreto, in cui s’intravede l’incredibile gestualità poetica dello scultore Melotti.
Ben oltre la forma e il linguaggio, Due Curve afferma la propria esistenza in una dimensione perpetua, senza inizio né fine. E attraverso l’estensione verso l’alto dell’opera stessa, Melotti sembra volerci indicare l’estensione del nostro spazio interiore in un invito all’elevazione spirituale verso la leggerezza e libertà dell’essere.
The eye of the observer, resting on Fausto Melotti's work, inevitably takes on a trip back in time and history in search of an intimate and pure memory - a return to the origins and essence, capable of revealing not only a new vision of the present but also an elusive intuition of the future.
In Due Curve, the lines and surfaces placed in sequences and at intervals appear as a visual score. It follows an implicit rhythm, constituted by mild fluctuations and micro vibrations, that seems longing for liberating the entire structure from its static nature.
In a note he wrote in the book Linee, Melotti reflects: “In a fine drawing the line, like a soul, throbs of indecisions, certainties, desired deceptions.” One could say that this thought sums up his vision of an art that is constantly moving and resonant of life, capable of opening a gate to another imaginary, where one can capture the beauty of what casualty leaves behind.
Placed on the ground in a precarious balance, the long vertical structures of an abstract form suggest a relative lack of weight and hint to the malleability of the material. A dynamic dialogue opens up between the frail and the concrete, in which one can glimpse the incredible poetic gesture of the sculptor Melotti.
Well beyond form and language, Due Curve affirms its existence in a perpetual dimension, without beginning or end. And through the upward extension of the work itself, Melotti seems to be indicating us the extension of our inner space in an invitation to spiritual elevation towards lightness and freedom of being.