| PRESS
RELEASE
APRIL 15 - MAY 6, 2003
PINO
CHIMENTI
HERMETIC MICROCOSM
OPENING
RECEPTION:
TUESDAY | APRIL 15TH,
2003 | 6-8PM
New York, NY – Gallery@49 is pleased
to announce the opening of “Hermetic
Microcosm”, the first US solo exhibition
of Italian painter PINO CHIMENTI on April 15,
2003. Curated by Stefania Carrozzini of D’Ars
International, the show will present a selection
of 19 acrylic and tempera paintings on wood
and cardboard.
Since
1972, Pino Chimenti’s work has
developed towards a phantasmagoric narrative
in which quasi anthropomorphic characters and
various symbols drawn from the great mechanical
and technological repertoire of our times interact
by means of a complex system of clippings and
assemblages. Chimenti’s vivid compositions,
which often recall a jigsaw puzzle, are characterized
by a particular perceptive ambiguity and fable-like
atmosphere created by the always present echo
of archaic mythology and Mediterranean culture.
His virtuosity is most evident in his drawing
and the inventive use of hatched, dotted, zigzagged
surfaces which make many of his works real “ornamental
anthologies”.
“…Chimenti has been working on the continuing invention of little
personal myths, strange legends, in which characters – wavering between
the Surreal and the Ludic, the grotesque and the affable- amuse themselves amidst
multicoloured and shaped garlands, chromatic moirés, subtle magnetic extroflexions,
always sustained by meticulous graphism.” (Gillo Dorfles, Italian Modern
Art, Mondadori, Milan)
“Hermetic Microcosm” will be on
display April 15 – May 6, 2002 at Gallery
@49, 322 West 49th Street (between 8th and
9th Avenues). An opening reception will be
held Tuesday, April 15 from 6 to 8PM. Gallery@49
can be reached by subways E, C to 50th St.
or N, R to 49th St. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday
12 noon - 6PM and by appointment. For additional
information or visual material please call
(212) 767-0855.
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