MARIO BALLOCCO
ASIMMETRIE CRISTALLOGRAFICHE
ASIMMETRIE CRISTALLOGRAFICHE
curated by Klaus Wolbert
KM0 Kilometrozero
Bozner Platz 2 - Innsbruck
11/12/2014 - 11/1/2015
In 1953 Mario Ballocco completes his research on the trilogy Monads, Networks and Grids. At that time the artist from Milan is already well-established and since 1954 with the series Asimmetrie cristallografie and Problemi di totalizzazione he starts a period which introduces to his chromatic studies, both in practice and in theory.
KM0 Kilometrozero
Bozner Platz 2 - Innsbruck
11/12/2014 - 11/1/2015
In 1953 Mario Ballocco completes his research on the trilogy Monads, Networks and Grids. At that time the artist from Milan is already well-established and since 1954 with the series Asimmetrie cristallografie and Problemi di totalizzazione he starts a period which introduces to his chromatic studies, both in practice and in theory.
The
Asymmetries combine formal precision with a rich palette developed each time in
different scales of green, azure, grey and black.
These structures unveil
several sides of a prism which imbues in other similar geometric shapes.This
Ballocco´s research, which will continue for five years, becomes essential to
the interpretation of his whole artistic path.
Among all Ballocco´s projects,
this is certainly the less known and at the same time the most intriguing. The
resemblances to the contemporary researches of artists like Albers and Bill are
evident, even if they lead to an entirely personal result which stands out for
an elegant composition that characterise all Ballocco´s works.
This exhibition
gives the unique opportunity to see about twenty Asymmetries, which gather a
comprehensive selection of this fundamental creative phase of the artist from
Milan.
The exhibition is curated by Klaus Wolbert (President of the VAF
Foundation in Frankfurt) and accompanied by a trilingual catalogue, edited by
Km0.
