Hour-Glass
Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana
7.04 – 21.06.2014

The exhibit will present works specially designed and conceived for the occasion by the two artists and will highlight different aspects of their artistic production.
Alessandro Diaz di Santillana has always worked on the different qualities of glass by exalting its surface. The glass is subjected to a mirrored treatment and is used as a screen that receives, but at the same time, returns the image.
On the other hand, Laura de Santillana has always studied the plastic and transparent features of glass by treating it as a malleable material and making extensive use of colour.

La mostra rileggerà l’attività di Laura e Alessandro Diaz de Santillana, rivelando affinità e analogie ma, nello stesso tempo, costituirà l’occasione per un “duello” in cui le opere si affronteranno e confronteranno nei tre spazi espositivi della galleria, dove saranno allestiti anche lavori ideati in esclusiva per Marignana Arte.
Alessandro de Santillana ha sempre lavorato sulle diverse qualità del vetro esaltandone la superficie, sottoposta a trattamento specchiante ed utilizzandola come uno schermo che riceve ma nello stesso tempo rifiuta l’immagine.
Laura de Santillana ha sempre indagato invece le qualità plastiche e di trasparenza del vetro, trattandolo come una materia duttile e facendo largo uso del colore.

 

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Installation view, Marignana Arte, Hour-Glass, Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana, Untitled, 2014, Digital print on Hahnemuhle paper

Installation view, Marignana Arte, Hour-Glass, Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana, Untitled, 2014, Digital print on Hahnemuhle paper, Blue Notebooks, 2014, Series of eight blown glasses

Installation view, Marignana Arte, Hour-Glass, Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana, Tokyo-Ga, 2014, Artist's book of 160 foils Installation view, Marignana Arte, Hour-Glass, Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana, Tokyo-Ga, 2014, Artist's book of 160 foils

Installation view, Marignana Arte, Hour-Glass, Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana, Untitled, 2014, Digital print on Hahnemuhle paper

Installation view, Marignana Arte, Hour-Glass, Alessandro Diaz De Santillana & Laura De Santillana, Untitled, 2014, Digital print on Hahnemuhle paper, HGS series, Hand-blown, slumped and mirrored glasson plywood

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Un dialogo nel vetro. I Santillana a Venezia, Simone Rebora, Artribune, April 2014