ARCANGELO SASSOLINO. 1967, Vicenza (Italy) BIOGRAPHY

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1 GALERIE ROLANDO ANSELMI Erkelenzdamm 11-13, 10999, Berlin (DE) tel. +49 (0) mob. +49 (0) ARCANGELO SASSOLINO 1967, Vicenza (Italy) BIOGRAPHY Arcangelo Sassolino was born in Vicenza, Italy in 1967, where he lives and works. Creating, I ask myself: why not try and strain the materials to the limit of their resistance? Why not force to the limit the characteristics of the matter, causing the unexpected to emerge from it as form and as sound? In his talk, Sassolino explains that what he likes is to take a material by the neck and torture it in order to make it scream and admit the truth, stressing the limits of the materials resistance and contemplating the risk of their collapse. The tension and the expectation that come with the awareness of this risk play a huge role in the viewers experience, together with a strong unique aesthetic. Sassolino s works and installations explore mechanical behaviors, materials and physical properties of force. Each work takes careful planning and research and results in constructions that are stunning both in terms of their sheer physicality (material density, mechanical precision) and the forces (gravity, pressure, friction) which are applied by or to the object. He had solo presentations in museums such as the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the MACRO Museum in Rome (2011), with a special mention to the enviromental project presented in Z33 Center for Contemporary Art in Hasselt (2010), and in the context of Art and The City in Zurich (2012). Sassolino s works were shown also in public institutions and collections such as the MART Museum in Rovereto and the Guggenheim Collection in Venice, FRAC Museum Regional of Reims, Autocenter and Mica Moca in Berlin, Tinguely Museum Basel, CCC Strozzina in Florence, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, Kunsthalle in Goppingen, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milano.

Creating, I ask myself: why not try and strain the materials to the limit of their resistance?

2 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, CAM Museum, St. Louis (US) 2015 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin (DE) 2014 DOUBLE SOLO,(with Morgane Tschiember) CRAC Museum, Sete (FR) DOUBLE SOLO,(with Nicola Carrino) Villa Pisani, Vicenza (IT) 2011 PICCOLO ANIMISMO, MACRO Museum, Rome (IT) 2010 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Nicola Von Senger, Zurich (SW) TIME TOMB, House of contemporary art, Hasselt (BEL) QUI E ORA, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT) 2008 SUPERDOME, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR) CRITICAL MASS, Feinkost, Berlin, Germany 2007 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Nicola von Senger, Zurich (SW) 2006 MOMENTO, Galleria Galica, Milan (IT) 2004 RIMOZIONE, Galleria Arte Ricambi, Verona (IT) 2001 CONCRETE MATTERS, Galleria Grossetti, Milano (IT)

Vicenza (IT) 2011 PICCOLO ANIMISMO, MACRO Museum, Rome (IT) 2010 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Nicola Von Senger, Zurich (SW) TIME TOMB, House of contemporary art, Hasselt (BEL) QUI E ORA, Galleria

3 GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 A Chromatic Loss, Bortolami, New York, curated by Jeffrey Uslip About Sculpture #1, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin 2012 Francis Bacon e la condizione esistenziale nell arte contemporanea, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Firenze, Italy Art and the city, curated by Christoph Doswald, Zurich Beyond occupied images, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, curated by Tevz Logar 2011 Percorsi riscoperti dell arte italiana nella VAF-Stiftung , curated by Gabriella Belli and Daniela Ferrari, MART, Trento, Italy Artisti D Italia, Ex chiesa della Madonna del Duomo, Arezzo, Italy Broken Fall (Organic), Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy Interferenze costruttive, Fondazione Menegaz, Castelbasso, Italy Under Destruction, Swiss Institute, New York, curated by Chris Sharp/ Gianni Jetzer 2010 Sphères , Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Chatel, France La Scultura Italiana del XXI secolo, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano, Italy Under Destruction, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland Videodrome, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany Ottocento Veneziano. Veneziano Contemporaneo, Museo di Villa Pisani, Stra, Italy Idoles, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, Francia As soon as possible. Centro di cultura contemporanea Strozzina, Florence, Italy 2009 Aspekte des sammelns, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria Italian Open!, curated by Art at Work, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland Zweckgemeinschafft, curated by Art at Work, Micamoca, Berlin, Germany Sleeper, Brown, London, UK Themes and Variations, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy 2008 Disarming Matter, curated by Chris Sharp, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden Chateau de Tokyo, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Fontainebleu, France Visionary Colletion Vol. 6, at Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland 2007 What You See is What You Get, curated by Francois Quentin and Alessandra Pace, FRAC, Rheims, France Ginnunggagap, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2006 Faster/Bigger/Better, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany 2005 Premio A.Fabbri, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany Visioni Bergamo, curated by Bruno Corà, Alberto Fiz, Marco Meneguzzo, Annamaria Maggi, Chiesa di S.Agostino, Bergamo, Italy 2003 Mito-Logica-Mente, curated by Silvia Pegoraro, Borgo Medievale, Castelbasso, Italy N/E, curated by Simone Menegoi, Fondazione O Artoteca, Milan, Italy 2001 Materia-Niente, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy

2011 Percorsi riscoperti dell arte italiana nella VAF-Stiftung 1947 2010, curated by Gabriella Belli and Daniela Ferrari, MART, Trento, Italy Artisti D Italia, Ex chiesa della Madonna del Duomo,

4 SELECTED WORKS/ EXHIBITIONS

5 MACROSCOPICO DOMESTICO 2014, installation view at Bortolami, New York

6 ARIA_GOMMA_FERRO 2014, pneumatic tire, steel, 101 x 102 x 102 cm

9 MAI PIU COME PRIMA 2014, glasses, steel, 114 x 64 x 42 cm

11 I.U.B.P. 2013, pneumatic tire, belt, 72 x 72 x 22 cm

13 MAI PIU COME PRIMA II 2014, glasses, steel, 98 x 58 x 46 cm

14 ANALISI 2011, massive stainless steel, enamel paint, 42 x 34 x 22 cm

15 UNTITLED 2014, cast steel on paper, 101 x 72 cm

16 UNTITLED 2014, cast steel on paper, 101 x 72 cm

19 UNTITLED 2012, installation view at CCC Strozzina, Firenze

20 ELISA 2012, installation view at Art and the City, Zurich

22 FIGURANTE 2010, installation view at Galleria Continua, San Gimignano

23 PICCOLO ANIMSMO 2012, MACRO Museum, Rome

24 TIME TOMB 2010, installation view at Z33, Belgium

26 AFASIA , steel, azot 250 atmospheres, 53 x 70 x 70 cm

27 AFASIA , installation view at Palais Du Tokyo, Paris

28 UNTITLED 2006, hydraulically powered steel grapple

29 UNTITLED 2006, wood, steel and hydraulic piston

30 ATTRITO CONTINUO 2005, concrete, engine

31 MOMENTO 2006, Galica, Milano

32 UNTITLED 2002, concrete, 60 x 71 cm

33 IN 2002, concrete, 200 x 270 x 16 cm

34 RIMOZIONE 2004, Arte Ricambi, Verona

35 UNTITLED 2003, concrete, 60 x 54 cm

DAVIDE BALLIANO. 1983, Turin (Italy) BIOGRAPHY

DAVIDE BALLIANO. 1983, Turin (Italy) BIOGRAPHY GALERIE ROLANDO ANSELMI Erkelenzdamm 11-13, 10999, Berlin (DE) www.rolandoanselmi.com info@rolandoanselmi.com tel. +49 (0) 30 3074073430 mob. +49 (0) 1631834922 DAVIDE BALLIANO 1983, Turin (Italy) BIOGRAPHY