LOUISA GAGLIARDI Featuring ADAM CRUCES and GREG ITO


BRUSSELS, JANUARY 28TH, 2016
Exhibition 28.01.2016 - 05.03.2016
Opening Thursday, January 28th, 2016

Before applying his cutouts to the support, namely paper or canvas, Henri Matisse pinned them on his studio walls. The pins served as holders for the pieces of cut paper. But most importantly they allowed the cutouts to maintain a tentative and contingent character, therefore to be rearranged and rethought. The perforation of the surface was only meant to be temporary. Once the cutouts had found their definite array within an artwork the pins were removed. Whereas Matisse’s apprehension of perforation represents a tentative status in the development of his artistic work, the piercing of the skin, and the adaptation of the corporal surface with pictorial and ornamental elements in general stand for a determined choice to form one’s physical identity these days. Body modification conduces not only to an individual perception and expression of a human being’s outer appearance, it also has a significant influence on the notion of sexual pleasure and stimulation. However, individuality is additionally conveyed in domestic situations by using flowers and fruits as decorative elements. Arranged in vases or bowls, they modify and personalize a living space. Nature, therefore, is no longer only experienced outdoor. It has been turned into another form of expressing oneself through becoming a spatial ornament. 



Louisa Gagliardi, Adam Cruces, Greg Ito, Laura Indorato Erba, Mon Chéri, Brussels
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