ARTECINEMA screenings: A Selection of Italian Films on Contemporary Art at Casa Italiana on December 9 | December 6, 2016

On December 9, 2016 (6.30 pm – 8.30 pm) Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, in collaboration with ArteCinema and sponsored by Magazzino Italian Art, will be hosting screenings of a selection of Italian Films on Contemporary Art curated by Laura Trisorio.

Among these, at 7.05 pm, the film Posatoi documenting the creation of a site-specific work by Olnick Spanu Art Program artist Francesco Arena, will be shown.

Check the detailed program here.

Artecinema is an international festival of films on contemporary art, established in Naples in 1996 with the objective of making various facets of contemporary art known to the public at large. This objective has been attained by presenting a selection of documentaries of important artists, architects and photographers who have been active during the last fifty years. Biographies, interviews, narrations edited with archival material allow the spectators to gain insight into the world of art and follow the artists at work in their studies or behind the scenes of major international projects and exhibits. Directors and artists are invited to the Festival to personally present their films.

More information can be found here.

Kindly RSVP here.

VENUE:

Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò
24 W 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: (212) 998-8739
casa.italiana@nyu.edu

It is the last week to visit Ornaghi & Prestinari exhibition at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò | November 30, 2016

It is the last week to visit Ornaghi & Prestinari exhibition at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, on view until December 9, 2016.

The show, curated by Vittorio Calabrese and organized in collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, New York and Galleria Continua San Gimignano/ Beijing/ Les Moulins/ Habana, features both sculpture-installations and works on paper and on wood, attesting to Ornaghi & Prestinari’s interest in materials and in new interdisciplinary methods of approach.

mattino — Mattino (Morning), 2016, painted wood, alabaster sculpture, photograph courtesy of Galleria Continua San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana © 2016 Ornaghi & Prestinari.

Blending together pictorial and plastic figuration, reflections on art history and personal life experiences, Ornaghi & Prestinari invite the viewers into an intimate and delicate universe. Their practice is focused on dualities between thought and action, concept and manual activity, with a particular attention for spontaneous and unpredictable intuitions.

Explore the exhibition reviews here:

Ornaghi & Prestinari on Artnet

Ornaghi & Prestinari on Paper Magazine

Ornaghi & Prestinari on Artinfo

Ornaghi & Prestinari on I-Italy

Ornaghi & Prestinari on Cura Magazine

Ornaghi & Prestinari on Artribune

Ornaghi & Prestinari on Mousse Magazine

Ornaghi & Prestinari on La Voce di New York

Venue: NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò

24 W 12TH Street (bet. 5th and 6th Avenue), New York, NY 10011

Mon – Fri: 10am-5pm

Further information can be found here.

Ornaghi & Prestinari Artist Talk and Catalogue Presentation on November 2 at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò | November 8, 2016

NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, in collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art and Galleria Continua San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana, is currently exhibiting Ornaghi & Prestinari, curated by Magazzino’s Director Vittorio Calabrese. A catalogue presentation and talk with the artists took place on 2 November. Introduced by Casa Italiana’s Director Stefano Albertini, the artists talked about their work and creative process after a short video presentation and NYU Professor Ara Marjian discussed more in depth the context that frames Ornaghi&Prestinari work.
Watch the entire talk online

The catalogs are available to the public at Casa Italiana.

Watch the video about Ornaghi & Prestinari’s work for the exhibition Familiare at Galleria Continua in 2014. Directed by Matteo Frittelli.