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ARCANGELO SASSOLINO
1967, Vicenza (Italy)
BIOGRAPHY
Arcangelo Sassolino was born in Vicenza, Italy in 1967, where he lives and works.
“Creating, I ask myself: why not try and strain the materials to the limit of their resistan-
ce? Why not force to the limit the characteristics of the matter, causing the unexpected to
emerge from it as form and as sound?” In his talk, Sassolino explains that what he likes is to
take a material ‘by the neck’ and torture it in order to make it scream and admit the truth,
stressing the limits of the materials resistance and contemplating the risk of their collapse.
The tension and the expectation that come with the awareness of this risk play a huge role
in the viewers experience, together with a strong unique aesthetic. Sassolino’s works and
installations explore mechanical behaviors, materials and physical properties of force. Each
work takes careful planning and research and results in constructions that are stunning both
in terms of their sheer physicality (material density, mechanical precision) and the forces
(gravity, pressure, friction) which are applied by or to the object.
He had solo presentations in museums such as the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the MACRO Museum in
Rome (2011), with a special mention to the enviromental project presented in Z33 Center for
Contemporary Art in Hasselt (2010), and in the context of Art and The City in Zurich (2012).
Sassolino’s works were shown also in public institutions and collections such as the MART
Museum in Rovereto and the Guggenheim Collection in Venice, FRAC Museum Regional of Reims, Autocenter and Mica Moca in Berlin, Tinguely Museum Basel, CCC Strozzina in Florence, Fondazione
Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, Kunsthalle in Goppingen, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milano.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, CAM Museum, St. Louis (US)
2015 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin (DE)
2014 DOUBLE SOLO,(with Morgane Tschiember) CRAC Museum, Sete (FR)
DOUBLE SOLO,(with Nicola Carrino) Villa Pisani, Vicenza (IT)
2011 PICCOLO ANIMISMO, MACRO Museum, Rome (IT)
2010 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Nicola Von Senger, Zurich (SW)
TIME TOMB, House of contemporary art, Hasselt (BEL)
QUI E ORA, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
2008 SUPERDOME, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
CRITICAL MASS, Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
2007 ARCANGELO SASSOLINO, Nicola von Senger, Zurich (SW)
2006 MOMENTO, Galleria Galica, Milan (IT)
2004 RIMOZIONE, Galleria Arte Ricambi, Verona (IT)
2001 CONCRETE MATTERS, Galleria Grossetti, Milano (IT)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2001
A Chromatic Loss, Bortolami, New York, curated by Jeffrey Uslip
About Sculpture #1, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin
Francis Bacon e la condizione esistenziale nell’arte contemporanea,
Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Firenze, Italy
Art and the city, curated by Christoph Doswald, Zurich
Beyond occupied images, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, curated by Tevz Logar
Percorsi riscoperti dell’arte italiana nella VAF-Stiftung 1947 – 2010,
curated by Gabriella Belli and Daniela Ferrari, MART, Trento, Italy
Artisti D’Italia, Ex chiesa della Madonna del Duomo, Arezzo, Italy
Broken Fall (Organic), Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy
Interferenze costruttive, Fondazione Menegaz, Castelbasso, Italy
Under Destruction, Swiss Institute, New York, curated by Chris Sharp/ Gianni Jetzer
Sphères 3 2010, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Chatel, France
La Scultura Italiana del XXI secolo, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano, Italy
Under Destruction, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Videodrome, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Ottocento Veneziano. Veneziano Contemporaneo, Museo di Villa Pisani, Stra, Italy
Idoles, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, Francia
As soon as possible. Centro di cultura contemporanea Strozzina, Florence, Italy
Aspekte des sammelns, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Italian Open!, curated by Art at Work, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Zweckgemeinschafft, curated by Art at Work, Micamoca, Berlin, Germany
Sleeper, Brown, London, UK
Themes and Variations, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Disarming Matter, curated by Chris Sharp, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Chateau de Tokyo, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Fontainebleu, France
Visionary Colletion Vol. 6, at Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
What You See is What You Get, curated by Francois Quentin and Alessandra Pace, FRAC, Rheims, France
Ginnunggagap, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Faster/Bigger/Better, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Premio A.Fabbri, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany
Visioni Bergamo, curated by Bruno Corà, Alberto Fiz, Marco Meneguzzo,
Annamaria Maggi, Chiesa di S.Agostino, Bergamo, Italy
Mito-Logica-Mente, curated by Silvia Pegoraro, Borgo Medievale, Castelbasso, Italy
N/E, curated by Simone Menegoi, Fondazione O’Artoteca, Milan, Italy
Materia-Niente, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
SELECTED WORKS/ EXHIBITIONS
MACROSCOPICO DOMESTICO
2014, installation view at Bortolami, New York
ARIA_GOMMA_FERRO
2014, pneumatic tire, steel, 101 x 102 x 102 cm
MAI PIU’ COME PRIMA
2014, glasses, steel, 114 x 64 x 42 cm
I.U.B.P.
2013, pneumatic tire, belt, 72 x 72 x 22 cm
MAI PIU’ COME PRIMA II
2014, glasses, steel, 98 x 58 x 46 cm
ANALISI
2011, massive stainless steel, enamel paint, 42 x 34 x 22 cm
UNTITLED
2014, cast steel on paper, 101 x 72 cm
UNTITLED
2014, cast steel on paper, 101 x 72 cm
UNTITLED
2012, installation view at CCC Strozzina, Firenze
ELISA
2012, installation view at Art and the City, Zurich
FIGURANTE
2010, installation view at Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
PICCOLO ANIMSMO
2012, MACRO Museum, Rome
TIME TOMB
2010, installation view at Z33, Belgium
AFASIA 2
2008, steel, azot 250 atmospheres, 53 x 70 x 70 cm
AFASIA 1
2010, installation view at Palais Du Tokyo, Paris
UNTITLED
2006, hydraulically powered steel grapple
UNTITLED
2006, wood, steel and hydraulic piston
ATTRITO CONTINUO
2005, concrete, engine
MOMENTO
2006, Galica, Milano
UNTITLED
2002, concrete, 60 x 71 cm
IN
2002, concrete, 200 x 270 x 16 cm
RIMOZIONE
2004, Arte Ricambi, Verona
UNTITLED
2003, concrete, 60 x 54 cm