SARTERI: ART, ARCHITECTURE, TEXTILES AND BRANDING
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Desert, the World to come: Dubai 1978
Sarteri, 63 x 43 cm collage on vintage photographs printed on Hahnemühle traditional fine art paper.Protagonist of this Sarteri’s Archichromie is the iconic Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) 39-storey office tower. It stands 149 metres tall and at the time it was built in 1978, it was the tallest building in Dubai and UAE and the first high rise along Sheikh Zayed Road. The building is featured on the 100 dirham banknote and from that banknote Sarteri takes inspiration for the geometric pattern of the sky. Incumbent urbanization is approaching an astonished desert dromedary who stares at the human observer being unaware of what’s happening. The color tones represent a palette of iconic shades met in the City like the Sarteri’s named “Ravi green” or a redefined “RTA red”. The Artist has been fascinated by Architect John Harris who developed the first Dubai’s Master Plan and The World Trade Centre that became Sheikh Rashid’s final tribute to his state.
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Development anxiety: Shanghai 1987
Sarteri, 86 x 56 cm collage on photograph printed on Hahnemühle traditional fine art paper.In this piece Sarteri defines a specific shanghainese color palette: soft pastel colors met around the streets of the Megalopolis. The original picture, dated back to 1987, shows an empty Pudong development area shot from the Bund. Less then 30 years later the skyline would have turned one of the most amazing of the world. The Artist reflection is based on anxiety of building the brand new, also physical, Chinese dream.
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Retro belief
Sarteri, 10,60 x 15,00 cm overpainted photograph printed on Hahnemühle traditional fine art paper
Archicromie collage based on original photo taken in 1942 of Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as Square Colosseum. The palace is an icon of Fascist architecture built for the Esposizione Universale in Rome. It is particularly symbolic of this district, exemplifying its monumentality. Sarteri amplifies the visual presence of the building creating a scenic setting resembling to a modern skyscrapers block. The four tones coloration vibrates over the architectural grid in intuitive symmetries.
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My favorite exhibited work this year at Art Basel 2014 is "Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et vert, October 1966" by Daniel Buren. The piece, paint on white and green striped cotton canvas, of the Parisian master has been exhibited by New York based Bortolami Gallery.
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Ascesi in rosso palissandro / Ascend in Rosewood Red
Sarteri – 27,5 x 27,5 cm mixed tecnique on linen, 2013
This is a unique Sarteri’s color study on linen. The linen textiles is naturally dyed dipping it in a water solution of black Tibeti tea from the Sichuan Province warmed by a pinch of precious Sardinian saffron. After being dried in the sun the color modules are hand sprayed on the fabric and again fixed by direct sun exposure. This geometric system of squares shows an imperscrutable code of tones rising their frequencies and contrast to the center. As the tissue texture stands as an essential element to the artwork shaping its presence from the outer world, the Artist unrevels the borders defining the desidered finishing touch.
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Just received a copy of an US scrapbook of cancellation articles that date back to the early part of the 20th century facing also some extraordinary samples for my studies.
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For some years, together with Federica, I looked after online presence of Pierangelo Ferrari, while Member of the Italian Parliament. Last Friday he released his book “La repubblica delle pere indivise”. It was a pleasure for the author’s mention in the credits.
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One of the preparatory drawings on paper. They are essential actors of Sarteri’s creative process. Letting the time flow slowly, transposing pencil sketches to painted artist proofs, give the chance of mentally approach the structures, to revise and alter them, and plan the final artworks touch. 10 unique compositions of painted found materials are created based on a preparatory drawing like this. These related ten are going to be published here as soon as they get framed.
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The incineration facility in the Toshima ward was constructed under the philosophy of disposing waste in the area which it is generated, while minimizing the associated environmental and social burden. Three fundamental concepts were followed: coexisting with the global and regional environment, awareness of resource and energy cycles, relationship with local citizens. Since its construction finished in 1999 the 210-metre smokestack has become a landmark visible not only from the Ikebukuro neighborhood but from all over the megalopolis.
Sarteri studied a visual impact mitigation solution and color plan for the smokestack, thought to be applied to surfaces with the use of special fluor-coatings by AGC. -
This has been actually my first conceptual artwork structured as a “soul palace”, inspired by Matteo Ricci's palace of memory. The artwork was made during a trip around China using a found business paper envelope and a selection of colored traditional holy pictures.
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