20 December 2020 – 20 June 2021, Italy, Altopiano della Vigolana (Trento), Vattaro, Palazzo Bortolazzi, "20 x 20" curatorial project Paolo Vivian was invited to participate in the “20 x 20” artistic project, curated by prof. Silvio Cattani, started from 20 December 2020 at Palazzo Bortolazzi in the town of Vattaro (Trento). The event, organized by the municipality of Vigolana, in collaboration with the Museum of modern and contemporary art of Rovereto (MART), aims to build the initial nucleus of a municipal collection of works of art. The organizers want to undertake a path to delineate the city of Vigolana and its area as a new and important point of Italian contemporary art. This exhibition is the first initiative within a rich exhibition and educational program at Palazzo Bortolazzi, on the occasion of which was edited the catalog with texts by the mayor Paolo Zanlucchi, by the president of MART Vittorio Sgarbi and by the curator prof. Silvio Cattani. In addition to Vivian, the artists invited to the project are: Italo Bressan, Mauro Cappelletti, Gianni Pellegrini, Luca Coser, Paolo Dolzan, Ivo Fruet, Annalisa Filippi, Luciano Civettini, Romano Furla, Paola Grott, Aldo Pancheri and others. for more info: >> download pdf >> Online catalogue (in italian) >> Video press meeting (in italian) >> Video mostra 17 December 2020 - 17 January 2021, Italy, Pergine Valsugana (TN), Galleria Contempo, What a (x) mess, international collective exhibition From 17 December 2020 to 17 January 2021 Paolo Vivian participates in the international collective exhibition, entitled "What a (x) mess", at Galleria Contempo in Pergine Valsugana (TN), curated by Dora Bulart. Paintings, sculptures and drawings by friends of the gallery are exhibited. In addition to Vivian are invited Simone Turra, Matthias Sieff, Gianluca Capozzi, Annalisa Filippi, Angelo Demitri Morandini, Giorgia Pallaoro, Antone Israel (Belgium), Olga Georgieva (Austria), Danil Yordanov (Germany), La Chigi and Aran Ndimurwanko. Paolo Vivian presents his new creation - " "Frattaglie di Kaos ordinato" (The Offal of ordered Chaos", a polyptych of four painted wooden panels, the result of his artistic research on the modality of collective memory and social behavior. Vivian's work tries to create a barcode of an orderly chaos, but also of hope, using a particular play of colors and geometric or natural shapes (such as fractals), harmonized through the golden section. The exhibition will be open until 17/01/2021, eith a free admission by appointment, every day from 10.00 to 19.00. Contempo Gallery | via T. Maier 48 / A | Pergine Valsugana (TN), tel. 34056822866 >> Download the invitation pdf 22 - 25 October 2020, Italy, Altopiano della Vigolana (Trento), IIIrd international wooden sculpture symposium "Ars in Fabula" From 22th to 25th October 2020 Paolo Vivian, in addition to having collaborated in the curatorship and organization of the Third international wooden sculpture symposium "Ars in Fabula", which will take place at the Events Space of Centa San Nicolo` at Altopiano della Vigolana in Trentino, he will also participate as a sculptor in the event. The forum will host four artists from Italy and Spain. The project was born in 2018, organized by the municipality of Altopiano della Vigolana (Trento), aims to create the Art Trail into the nature, called " Fairy tales in the woods ". It is 3 km long and it starts from the locality Dòs del Bue. The new art works created during this edition of the symposium will be added to those already installed on the route and its will remained part of the municipality collection. 30 September - 3 November 2020, Italy, Pergine Valsugana (TN) Galleria Contempo, So Kind, So Friendly, collective From 30 September to 3 November 2020 Paolo Vivian will participate in the collective exhibition, entitled "So Kind, So Friendly", at Galleria Contempo in Pergine Valsugana (Trento), curated by Dora Bulart. The event is part of the "3x3x3" curatorial project, with which the art gallery celebrates its third year. Paintings, sculptures and drawings by friends of the gallery are exhibited. With Vivian are invited Giuliano Orsingher, Simone Turra, Matthias Sieff, Angelo Demitri Morandini, Giorgia Pallaoro, Silvio Formichetti, Raya Georgieva, Gianni Anderle and Djordano. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 30/09 at 19.00 >> Download the pdf invitation 3 - 13 agosto 2020, Vezzano, Vallelaghi (TN), Parco d` Arte Lusan, art & natura project, artistic residence From 3 to 13 August 2020 Paolo Vivian is invited to participate in Lusan Art Park project in Vezzano (Trento), dedicated to contemporary sculpture. The event will host eight major artists. With Vivian will work also Ionel Alexandrescu (TO) ; Giovanni Bailoni (TN); Marco Baj (FG); Matteo Cecchinato (PD); Mario Iral (PD); Paolo Moro (BL) and Federico Seppi (TN). The event is organized by the Municipality of Vallelaghi, and curated by dr. Gabriele Bertacchini (amBios). Paolo Vivian will create a sculpture, extracting it from a huge limestone of the place, adding a stainless steel element and it will be entitled "Abyss" inner path ". "The work brings to light what is accessible only to expert speleologists, giving artistic form to a natural element that recalls the harmonious and at the same time" conflicting "relationship between man and earth. As in a cross-section you can see the intrigue of holes and meanders that nature has been able to create in the rock over the centuries, thanks to the work of the water of the glacier and the stones, which like natural chisels have designed this underground path. The light reflected by the steel element recalls the glacier and the water necessary for the formation of the abyss, adjacent to Lake Lamar, which develops for a depth of 300 meters. "This totem connects man and nature, stimulating us to rethink our life style", says the artist of his project.
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