23. 4. – 26. 5. 2024, Galerija FO.VI, Strnišče

Priznana italijanska slikarka Chiara Sorgato se po 13 letih vrača v okolico Ptuja z novo samostojno razstavo v Galeriji FO.VI. Leta 2010 je v Galeriji Tenzor v prostorih Mestnega gledališča Ptuj predstavila razstavo Brodolom teme, ki sta jo kurirala Marika Vicari in Vladimir Forbici, leta 2011 pa se je predstavila na 9. ediciji festivala sodobne umetnosti Art Stays.

Chiara Sorgato se je rodila leta 1985 v Padovi, študirala na Akademiji za likovno umetnost v Benetkah, trenutno pa živi in dela v Milanu. Chiara se že leta ukvarja z družbeno-kulturnimi vprašanji, povezanimi z aktualnimi zadevami, kot so odnosi med kulturami in religijami, položaj žensk in konflikti med socialnimi partnerji. Njena dela obiskovalcem pred oči in tudi ušesa postavljajo nekatera najbolj drzna in neprijetna vprašanja, povezana z analizo naše sodobnosti, pri čemer vedno izhaja iz natančnega preučevanja podatkov, ki zanjo predstavljajo numerične mikrodelce realnosti. (Espoarte, 28. 9. 2023)

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…”Tisto, kar vidimo na površini njenih slik ni le skupek linij in svobodnih, močnih barv ter harmonične kompozicije, temveč globina občutkov, vidna v umazano sivem oz. nasprotno v rdečem nebu , ki se dviguje kot gledališka zavesa. Na slikah so živali – ovce, psi, mačke, pujsi, zebre, ptiči, krave in moški, ženske ter otroci, ki s svojim premikanjem plešejo po površini. Skoraj nikoli ne vidimo jasno njihovih obrazov, ki se s pogledom obračajo naproti ulicam, kukajo izza hiš ali iz oken, se nastavljajo pred našimi očmi, nas opazujejo in z nepričakovanim načinom odgovarjajo na naše poglede. Drugi, nevedni za dogajanje okoli njih, so nepazljivi v zmedeni gibih, a vseeno tiho prevevajo hudo in čutnost.

Vez Chiare Sorgato s tradicijo beneške šole, iskanja barv, komedije vsakdanjika, ni mogoče najti zgolj v vzdušju njenih slik, temveč v svobodni miselnosti, ki jo srečamo v skorajda kavstični komedialnosti njenih tesnobnih slik.

Kakor, da mlada umetnica potuje znotraj same sebe v vesolju, kjer je odložila svoje spomine in čustva in našla preko slikarstva orodje s katerim lahko uteleša svoje sanje. Gledalcu ne ostane nič drugega kot da se utopi, izgubi v njihovih skrivnostih in vstopi v totalno lirično eksplozijo.”… (Marika Vicari, Brodolom teme)

Something hard to find, olje na platnu / pol on canvas 150x150cm, 2021

After 13 years, the renowned Italian painter Chiara Sorgato returns to Ptuj region with a new solo exhibition at the FO.VI Gallery. In 2010, she presented the exhibition Shipwreck of Darkness, curated by Marika Vicari and Vladimir Forbici, at the Tenzor Gallery in the premises of the Municipal Theatre Ptuj, and in 2011 she presented her work at the 9th edition of the Art Stays contemporary art festival.

Chiara Sorgato was born in 1985 in Padua, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and currently lives and works in Milan. For years Chiara has been working on socio-cultural issues related to current affairs such as relations between cultures and religions, the position of women and conflicts between social partners. Her work puts before the eyes and ears of visitors some of the most daring and uncomfortable questions related to the analysis of our modernity, always starting from a close examination of data, which for her are numerical microparticles of reality. (Espoarte, 28. 9. 2023)

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… “What we see on the surface of her paintings is not just a set of lines and free, strong colours and harmonious composition, but a depth of feeling, visible in the dirty grey or, conversely, in the red sky that rises like a theatrical curtain. The paintings feature animals – sheep, dogs, cats, pigs, zebras, birds, cows, and men, women and children, dancing on the surface with their movements. We hardly ever see their faces clearly, as they turn their gaze towards the streets, peer out from behind houses or from windows, position themselves in front of our eyes, watch us and respond to our gaze in unexpected ways. Others, ignorant of what is going on around them, are inattentive in their confused movements, yet quietly permeate with gravity and sensuality.

Chiara Sorgato’s link with the tradition of the Venetian school, the search for colour, the comedy of the everyday, is not to be found only in the atmosphere of her paintings, but in the free mentality we encounter in the almost caustic comedy of her anxious paintings.

It is as if the young artist is travelling within herself in a universe where she has put aside her memories and emotions and found, through painting, a tool with which to embody her dreams. The viewer is left with no choice but to drown, to lose himself in their mysteries and enter into a total lyrical explosion.”… (Marika Vicari, Shipwreck of Darkness)

 

 

Creature di palude, olje na platnu / oil on canvas 100×150 cm, 2014

 

What YOU aspire to become, olje na platnu / oil on canvas 150×150 cm, 2023