OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, November 30, 2024
h. 11am-1pm
LOCATION
PUNTO SULL'ARTE
Viale Sant'Antonio 59/61
Varese, Italy
EXHIBITION DATES
November 30 - December 21, 2024
VISITING HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday:
9:30am-5pm
CATALOG
PRESS
Fuoco Cammina Con Me | Valeria Vaccaro
Valeria Vaccaro: “Fuoco Cammina Con Me” Exhibition at PUNTO SULL’ARTE Gallery
- PODCAST (solo in inglese)
Valeria Vaccaro, a renowned sculptor from Turin and winner of the 2022 VAF Prize, will be the star of the “Fuoco Cammina Con Me” exhibition at PUNTO SULL’ARTE. The vernissage will take place on Saturday, November 30, 2024, from 11 AM to 1 PM at the gallery located at Viale Sant’Antonio 59/61, Varese. The artist will be present.
Valeria Vaccaro has crafted a unique sculptural language, blending the monumentality of marble with themes of fragility, metamorphosis, and transience. The exhibition will showcase works from various cycles, including Marmiferi, Aver Cuore, Urban Platform, Handle With Care, Tree of Life, Non Brucio, and the new series Controsenso.
Her works delve into the symbolism of fire, inspired by a film by David Lynch. Through contrasting concepts like destruction and rebirth, solidity and fragility, Vaccaro reflects on the contradictory nature of existence.
The Marmiferi series features oversized matches sculpted in Carrara marble, while Urban Platform and Handle With Care monumentalize pallets and packing crates. The Aver Cuore and Non Brucio series use burning effects on blocks of typographic characters, creating fragments of Visual Poetry.
The Tree of Life series explores the contrast between fullness and emptiness, while Controsenso focuses on the expressive potential of marble, with sculptures mimicking the burnt effect of wood.
A bilingual catalog featuring the exhibited works and text by curator Ivan Quaroni will accompany the exhibition, which will be on display until December 21, 2024.
VALERIA VACCARO was born in Turin in 1988. After attending the Artistic High School, she studied sculpture at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. Since 2005, she has regularly exhibited in solo and group shows in Italy, France, Germany, England, and Montenegro, and has participated in industry fairs. Between 2013 and 2015, she took part in the traveling European Biennale JCE Jeune Création Européenne. In 2015, she exhibited at Exhibit in Turin and at the Contemporary Art Museum of the Castle of Rivara. In 2017, during the Art Prize CBM, she received a special mention from the city of Turin. That same year, she was among the winners of the ArTeam Cup 2017. In 2021, she was selected to exhibit some of her sculptures at BAG Bocconi Art Gallery in Milan. In 2022, she won the Second Prize of the VAF Foundation IX Edition, awarded by the prestigious German foundation aimed at promoting innovative positions in contemporary Italian art and communicating them in Germany.
She lives and works in Turin.
