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8.03 – 6.04.2007<\/p>\n

PIERLUIGI CALIGNANO – L-Ray<\/em><\/h3>\n

curated by Marco Meneguzzo<\/p>\n

With L-Ray Pierluigi Calignano launches a completely new cycle of works.
\nL-Ray stands for \u201cLysergic Ray\u201d, a clear reference to the drug of the Hippies in the 1960s: actually, the theme is the excitement of the imagination triggered in the artist by making art (\u201cthe poor man\u2019s high\u201d, as Calignano says), constantly urging him toward new adventures and experiments.
\nIn this case the perceptive sensations caused (supposedly) by LSD meet with similarities in the works the artist has created specifically for this show. Five large sculptures in wood, whose form is underlined by and derived from true handmade \u201cluminarie\u201d, the kind used for traditional celebrations in Southern Italy, are equipped with over 3000 glowing lightbulbs. These sculptures, with a generically circular form, are accompanied by 150 works on paper, obtained with the \u201dmonotype\u201d technique, based on an intentional gesture \u2013 the spreading of ink on one part of the sheet, which is then folded \u2013 and by a random process in the application of colored enamels during the folding of the paper, required to \u201cprint\u201d the monotype.
\nThe obsessive, hyperdecorative, close-up, dazzling aspect is thus amplified to the point of defying the perception of proportions, making the viewer lose his points of reference in the spaces: it\u2019s the power of the L-Ray, which is simply a metaphor of art.<\/p>\n

PIERLUIGI CALIGNANO<\/strong> was born in Gallipoli (Lecce) in 1971. He lives and works in Milan.
\nMain solo shows: 2005 – Verde a pois (with D. Petitgand), Chiostro del Palazzo delle Stelline, Centre culturel Fran\u00e7ais de Milan, Milan, curator C. Burrus. 2004 – Pierluigi Calignano, Carbone.to, Turin, curator M. Senaldi. 2003 – 80.000, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, curator R. Gavarro. 2002 – Ci sono sogni che preferirei non ricordare, Viafarini, Milan, curator R. Pinto; Stretti stretti, Perugi Arte Contemporanea, Padua, curator L. Garbarino. 1998 – L’invasione delle mono-cose, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan, curator L. Parmesani; Creature antiurto, Galleria Placentia Arte, Piacenza.
\nMain group shows: 2006\/07- La Giovine Italia, La Fabbrica, Gambettola (FC) \/ Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna. 2005 – La Scultura Italiana del XX secolo, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, project of Arnaldo Pomodoro, curator M. Meneguzzo; Z.A.T. Zone Artistiche Temporanee, Centro urbano di Gallarate \/ Civica Galleria d\u2019Arte Moderna, Gallarate (MI), curators A. Abruzzese, M. Meneguzzo, R. Pinto, M. Bianchi Guenzani, E. Zanella, G. Zanella. 2003 – Tirana Biennale 2, Tirana, Albania, in the section curated by M. Robecchi; Cover Theory, Officina della Luce – ex Centrale Emilia, Piacenza, curator M. Senaldi. 2002 – Assab One, La generazione emergente dell’arte Italiana, ex Stabilimento GEA, Milan, curators L. Garbarino and R. Pinto. 2000 – Futurama, Arte in Italia 2000, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea “Luigi Pecci”, Prato, curators B. Cor\u00e0, R. Gavarro, M. Meneguzzo.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax_image=”” visibility=”” css_animation=”” center_row=”” typography_style=”” column_spacing=”” tablet_fullwidth_cols=”” bg_style=”” parallax=”” parallax_mobile=”” parallax_style=”” parallax_direction=”” video_bg=”” video_bg_overlay=”” border_style=””][vc_column width=”1\/1″ style=”” visibility=”” css_animation=”” typo_style=”” drop_shadow=”” bg_style=”” border_style=””]

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