Enrico Castellani

Collezione Plinio Martiis-Netta Vespignani, Roma
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario

Renata Wirz con Federico Sardella, Enrico Castellani. Catalogo ragionato. Tomo secondo. Opere 1955-2005, Milano 2012, pp. 538-539, n. 825 illustrato

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“Subito la conclusione. Enrico Castellani è un estremista puro, come forse solo Giorgio Morandi ha saputo esserlo nel corso del XX secolo. Non ha concesso niente, non si è concesso niente, ha solo mirato, da subito, al bersaglio. E il fatto che l’abbia centrato, insieme e grazie al suo estremismo, è il motivo principale del suo successo internazionale.”

Marco Meneguzzo
(Fortuna di Castellani  (ovvero come riannodare i fili della storia tra psicologia dell’artista e sociologia dell’arte), in Renata Wirz con Federico Sardella, “Enrico Castellani. Catalogo ragionato. Tomo primo. Il percorso artistico”, p. 46)

 

Let’s come to the conclusion right away: Enrico Castellani is a pure extremist through and through, perhaps only on a par with Giorgio Morandi during the twentieth century. He has granted nothing to others nor has he granted anything to himself. He only aimed –from the very outset- at the target. And the fact that he hit it, together with and thanks to his extremism, is the main reason for his international success.”