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 Base di Memoria fresco on canvas 97 cm X 130 cm |
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 Vibrazione di Vita fresco on canvas 150 cm X 180 cm |
Celiberti's Room - InstallationApril 10 - 29, 1999 Artcore is proud to present the work of Giorgio Celiberti, one of Italy's great contemporary masters. Celiberti's work first came to the attention of an international audience in 1948 when he was one of the youngest ever participants in the Venice Biennale and has continued to reflect both his extensive travels and the diverse artistic climates which he has experienced over the second half of this century. His artistic maturity is most often associated with the shock he received on his first visit to Terezin near Prague, to the site of a prison erected by Maria Theresa of Austria during the time of Napoleon which the Nazis then used as an internment camp for Jewish children. Inspired by the insurmountable optimism of the children, expressed in the form of drawings and poems on the walls of Terezin, Celiberti has continued to base much of his imagery on this "graffiti", which serves both as a testimony to the spirit of hope in its creators and as a reminder of the horrors and violence we have witnessed in this century. Operating within this text-based approach, which he has elaborated into a visual language all his own, Celiberti has expressed himself in many media, including sculpture, painting, fresco and installation, maintaining an interest in materiality for which he is often associated with the work of artists such as Burri, Dubuffet and Tapiès. In addition to his frequent participation in the Venice Biennale, the Quadriennale in Rome, and major exhibitions of contemporary art throughout the world including important retrospectives in Italy's major cities, Celiberti has held more than one hundred solo exhibitions over his long career and is one of Italy's most published artist. This exhibition marks his first important solo exhibition in Toronto since his contribution to the Holocaust Memorial Exhibition at the Carrier Art Gallery in the Columbus Centre in 1996. Celiberti's Room, an installation by Artcore, will represent the re-creation of a thematic space based on the totality of Celiberti's production, a place of judgement, mourning, remembrance and, ultimately, transcendence. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 5:00 For information, telephone (416) 920 3820 |