2012 Culminating Exhibition in Monasterace at Catoio Add’u Padizzu • Mostra Culminante
Watching this exhibition unfold itself was a powerful moment as it marked a culmination for residency 2012. The strong resonance between materials, our physical and social environment, and artists’ various sensibilities became stunningly clear after years–an unknown number of years–of reaching across time and space. How gratifying! There is much appreciation for all who have a part in this connecting grace.
La mostra è stato un momento potente e culminante della Residenza 2012. Le varie sensibilità artistiche a confronto si sono meravigliosamente disvelate nella forte risonanza tra i materiali ed il contesto sociale e naturale che questa esperienza ha consentito di raggiungere, toccare ed interpretare dopo la separazione spazio temporale delle singole storie di migrazione familiare degli artisti. Quale gratificazione!…e quale apprezzamento per tutto ciò che ha avuto ed ha parte in una tale esperienza di contatti. (Interpretazione di Laura Santoro)
View from outside Catoio Add’u Paduzzu; Joseph Nero’s untitled sculpture visible inside. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Gallery view with works by Nicola Anania, Joseph Nero, Rosa Spina, and Cianne Fragione. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Joseph Nero: detail of Untitled (plaster, wool, bamboo); Marisa Dipaola: detail of painted tiles from “Agnello di Dio” (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Detail of Nicola Anania’s untitled sculpture in wood, concrete, and stones. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Rosa Spina: untitled, fiber and paint. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Cianne Fragione: “Via Roma 3 Stendiblancheria” • “Via Roma 3 Clothesline”. Olive netting, oil paint, and found materials.(photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Cianne Fragione: Via Roma 3 Clothesline detail. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Cianne Fragione: Artists book: “For the Castello Ladies / The Gathering of Holy Cards” • “Per le signore del Castello / la raccolta dei Santini”. Metal, holy cards, olive netting, wax and pigment. (detail shots below) (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Cianne Fragione: detail Artists book: For the Castello Ladies / The Gathering of Holy Cards. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Cianne Fragione: detail Artists book: For the Castello Ladies / The Gathering of Holy Cards. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Gallery view with Joseph Nero’s “La Donna Restauro” in the foreground, and Rose Michelle Taverniti approaching Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. Between, transparently, is Nancy Agati’s suspended “Quarantasette II” (shown more below) (photo by Nicola Anania)
Gallery view with (l-r): Joseph Nero’s “Il Lupo”, Nancy Agati’s “Spostamento – ferro e bronzo,” Cianne Fragione’s “Castello”, Agati’s “Quarantasette II” and Nicola Anania’s untitled sculpture. (photo by Nancy Agati)
Detail, Joseph Nero: Il Lupo. Wood, wool and found object. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Nancy Agati: “Spostamento – Ferro e Bronzo”. Paper, ink, clay. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Cianne Fragione: Castello. Altar of found materials from the river. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Nancy Agati: “Quarantasette II.” Wood and string. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Gallery view of (l-r): Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”, Rose Michelle Taverniti’s “Le Rose della Fiumara”, Nicola Anania’s untitled sculpture, and Denise Manseau’s “Pietre Preziose”. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Calcagno Cullen: “Le Mani” [di Monasterace] and some of the hands’ owners. Nicola Anania’s untitled sculpture in foreground. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani”. (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti)
Detail from Calcagno Cullen’s “Le Mani” and Taverniti’s “Le Rose della Fiumara”. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Rose Michelle Taverniti: “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau made from objects and materials found at the river, and drawing on paper.
Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau
- Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau
Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau
Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail (drawing on paper) from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau (photo by Nicola Anania, featured here!)
Rose Michelle Taverniti: Detail from “Le Rose della Fiumara”. Mixed media tableau. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Joseph Nero: “La Donna Restauro”. Plaster and styrofoam. In background, Denise Manseau’s “Le Pietre Preziose”, with Calcagno Cullen and Rose Michelle Taverniti looking on.
Denise Manseau: “Le Pietre Preziose”. Gouache on paper (photo by Rose Michelle Taverniti) (see an overlaid version of Le Pietre Preziose in this site’s post of Museo della Civilta Contadina: https://lostudiodeinipoti.com/2012/11/27/manseau-dipaol…nasterace-2012/
Rosa Spina: “Donne a Monasteracea”. Paint and yarn on wood panel. (photo by Nicola Anania)
Calcagno Cullen: “I Fiori di Monasterace”. Video projected on stone wall. (photo by Nicola Anania)
View from the gallery courtyard, early evening. Photo by Nicola Anania and Rose Michelle Taverniti.
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Che emozione!!!! immagini stupendi!! una esposizione da favola. Brava Rose Michelle e tutti gli artisti che hanno partecipato.
Grazie Rosa! Sono molto contenta che tu l’hai finalmente visto, e che ti piace! Ci vediamo presto! Sto per venire in Calabria al inizio di maggio, e c’e una residenza nuova programmata per giugno e luglio. Con molto affetto, Michela