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Matteo Cantarella is pleased to present Métal, a two person show featuring works by Austrian artist Anna Rettl and Italian artist Davide Hjort Di Fabio. Stemming from conversations around the idea infrastructure, in its literal, semiotical and existential connotations, the exhibition debuts new paintings by Rettl and a new body of sculptural works by Hjort.
Rettl is largely interested in the cyclical nature of representation and how, through the evolution and consumption of imagery, it continues to reveal human self-perception. Like a screen for meaning-making, for Rettl images stem from a strenuous sense of anxiety and alienation that trail the human experience. Engaging in an anatomical dissection of codes and techniques, she bases her compositions on a repertoire of images borrowed from varying periods and practices. The paintings in the exhibition, in fact, carry references of Hans Bellmer’s surrealist puppets, Camille Claudel’s emotive forms and André Kertész’s...More
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Matteo Cantarella is pleased to present Métal, a two person show featuring works by Austrian artist Anna Rettl and Italian artist Davide Hjort Di Fabio. Stemming from conversations around the idea infrastructure, in its literal, semiotical and existential connotations, the exhibition debuts new paintings by Rettl and a new body of sculptural works by Hjort.
Rettl is largely interested in the cyclical nature of representation and how, through the evolution and consumption of imagery, it continues to reveal human self-perception. Like a screen for meaning-making, for Rettl images stem from a strenuous sense of anxiety and alienation that trail the human experience. Engaging in an anatomical dissection of codes and techniques, she bases her compositions on a repertoire of images borrowed from varying periods and practices. The paintings in the exhibition, in fact, carry references of Hans Bellmer’s surrealist puppets, Camille Claudel’s emotive forms and André Kertész’s...More
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