The Fire and the Cow
Curated by Michela Martello
May 26th - July 26th, 2022
Opening Thursday, May 26th, from 6pm
"(...) We are artists of different generations, cultures, ethnic groups and creeds, we spontaneously follow our line, our genetic input, solitary and domestic or immersed in nature, ritualistic, humanistic, civic and social, outside or inside our schemes and our myths, with mature awareness of our creative power (...) “.
Thus New York based artist Michela Martello - who has this time also taken on the role of curator - introduces the exhibition "The Fire and the Cow" which presents for the first time in Italy the work of seven international artists at which have been flanked, as tutelary deities, works by Carol Rama and Carla Accardi. Tamara Gonzales, Sarah Peters, Yevgeniya Baras, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Lola Flash and Jean Shin, these are the artists that Michela Martello selected, to create something that should become a new experience for those receptive visitors to whom Martello addresses herself in her introductory poem-text: !(…) I invite you before our works, by capturing your eyes you’ll arrive to the soul. Remain in receptivity, like the cow, yin symbol of surrender and spontaneous addiction. Come, with your strength and let yourself be tamed (...) “.
The works on display, speak of strong women who are not afraid to show their sensitivity, Whether it's Lola Flash's saturated color icons photographs or Jean Shin's delicate and yet compelling installation, or Sarah Peters with her sculptures that evoke archaic mysteries, the works exhibited speak of an extremely personal and nonnegotiable vision that the artists presents to the world with determination and the strength of their voice. Perhaps the deep connection and the distinctive sign of all these women, including Rama and Accardi, is their artistic integrity that spans decades without yielding to passing fashions, keeping their expressive path burning and steady.
Tamara Gonzales (1959, Madera, California. Lives in New York) Tamara’s painting uses both abstract and figurative patterns. The main sources of inspiration in her work are nature, fabrics, as well as the spontaneous creation of generative signs on paper or canvas. In the last 10 years she has traveled extensively in Peru and from this experience her visual language has been enriched with new signs, colors and archetypal imagery. She received her AAS in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design, New York in 1990 and then she hold her BA in Liberal Arts at Vermont College ADP in 2005. She had various residencies as: IAAB, Basel, Swiss, in 2008 and CCA Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain in 2012. Her works are in prestigious American public collections as: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine; Bronx Museum of the Art, Bronx, New York; Colby College Museum of Art di Waterville, Maine; High Museum of Art di Atlanta, Georgia and San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas. She had solo show in various American galleries, among others: Klaus Von Nichtssagend, New York (2021, 2019, 2017 e 2014); and The Pit, Los Angeles (2018). A selection of collective show where she exposed her works includes: The Pit, Los Angeles (2021 and 2022); Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York (2017 and 2020); Coburn Projects London, England (2015); Novella Gallery, New York (2013); Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles (2010); MoMa PS1, New York (2007); Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India (2002); Williamsburg Art &Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York (2000).
Works by: Carla Accardi, Yevgeniya Baras, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Lola Flash, Tamara Gonzales, Michela Martello, Sarah Peters, Carol Rama, Jean Shin