Raccogliere parole 2024, exhibition view Galleria Continua, San Gimignano. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
5 libri, 3 altalene 2024, 5 books by Mariangela Gualtieri (Senza polvere senza peso, Bestia di gioia, Le giovani parole, Quando non morivo, Ruvido umano, ed. Einaudi) bound with red fabrics and decorated inside with red paper cutouts, hang from the ceiling, together with 3 swings. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Ogni giorno (M.G.) 2024, cellulose words, thread, 70 x 70 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Il luogo migliore per nascondere una foglia è un bosco (*da Jorge Luis Borges, Il libro di sabbia) 2022-2024, silkscreen on paper with material elements, paper scraps, a poplar leaf, glue, wooden frame and glass, 112 x 89 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
La celeste pazzia (M.G.) 2024, poetry by Mariangela Gualtieri, in Quando non morivo, Einaudi, p. 5 silkscreen on paper with material elements, beads, thread, 203 x 272 cm, cellulose letters 50 X 50 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
La celeste pazzia (M.G.) 2024, poetry by Mariangela Gualtieri, in Quando non morivo, Einaudi, p. 5 silkscreen on paper with material elements, beads, thread, 203 x 272 cm, cellulose letters 50 X 50 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Il tavolo di Plotino 2017-2024, a table containing thousands of paper scraps: the Greek words of the Enneads (Plotino, Enneadi, Bompiani), cut out in various collective work meetings in San Gimignano and Maccastorna
Di punto in bianco exhibition view, 2023, GALLERIA CONTINUA, Paris. Photo: Allison Borgo
Di punto in bianco exhibition view, 2023, GALLERIA CONTINUA, Paris. Photo: Allison Borgo
Niente si perde, tutto affiora - serie 2022, paper scraps, fabric, glass-brass frames, variable dimensions. Photo: Allison Borgo
Fils 2023, screen printed with material applications on paper, 203 x 272 cm, grid with letters in cellulose, from Simone Weil, l’ombra e la grazia, Ed. Bompiani Testo a Fronte, P.28, 77 x 77 cm, book bound in velvet, beads, thread. Photo: Allison Borgo
Di punto in bianco (E.A) 2023, cellulose words, thread, 80 x 80 cm, from Etel Adnan, Voyage au Mont Tamalpaïs, Manuella edition p.48. Photo: Allison Borgo
Il segreto della Percezione 2023, cellulose words, thread, 12 videos, 60 x 60 cm, from Etel Adnan, Journey To Mount Tamalpaïs, Litmus Press & The Post Apollo Press, p.31. Photo: Allison Borgo
C’è un tacito accordo tra le mie matite e gli alberi là fuori 2022, pencil and eraser on paper, 50 x 50 cm. Photo: Allison Borgo
L’abilità di mutare con le circostanze 2021-2023, metal elements, variable dimensions. Photo: Allison Borgo
L’abilità di mutare con le circostanze 2021-2023, metal elements, variable dimensions. Photo: Allison Borgo
Fiori minuti 2022, ceramic, paper, metal, 38 x 48 x 5 cm, 14.90 x 18.89 x 1.96 in. Photo: Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
Fiori minuti 2022, ceramic, paper, metal, 38 x 48 x 5 cm, 14.90 x 18.89 x 1.96 in. Photo: Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
Fiori minuti 2022, ceramic, paper, metal, 38 x 48 x 5 cm, 14.90 x 18.89 x 1.96 in. Photo: Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
L'abilità di mutare le circostanze 2021, installation views oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna. Photo: Alessandro Ruggeri
L'abilità di mutare le circostanze 2021, installation views oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna. Photo: Alessandro Ruggeri
L'abilità di mutare le circostanze 2021, installation views oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna. Photo: Alessandro Ruggeri
L'abilità di mutare le circostanze 2021, installation views oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna. Photo: Alessandro Ruggeri
L'abilità di mutare le circostanze 2021, installation views oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna. Photo: Alessandro Ruggeri
L'abilità di mutare le circostanze 2021, installation views oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna. Photo: Alessandro Ruggeri
Le cose che cadono dai libri: sassolini di Gretel 2021, beads, thread, screen printing with material interventions, 46 x 34 cm, 18.11 x 13.38 in. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
Le cose che cadono dai libri: sassolini di Gretel 2021, beads, thread, screen printing with material interventions, 46 x 34 cm, 18.11 x 13.38 in. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
Le cose che cadono dai libri: sassolini di Gretel 2021, beads, thread, screen printing with material interventions, 46 x 34 cm, 18.11 x 13.38 in. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
Niente si perde, tutto affiora 2021, paper scraps, fabric, glass-brass frames, variable dimensions. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
Niente si perde, tutto affiora 2021, paper scraps, fabric, glass-brass frames, variable dimensions. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
C’è qui nell’aria la parola-ramo 2021, bronze castings, terracotta site specific dimensions. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
C’è qui nell’aria la parola-ramo 2021, bronze castings, terracotta site specific dimensions. Photo: lostandfoundstudio
I quaderni di Hannah Arendt 2017-2020, ink on paper, 29 hand-bound notebooks and covers in embroidered fabric, 31,5 x 44 cm each, 12,40 x 117,32 in. Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri
I quaderni di Hannah Arendt 2017-2020, ink on paper, 29 hand-bound notebooks and covers in embroidered fabric, 31,5 x 44 cm each, 12,40 x 117,32 in. Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri
I quaderni di Hannah Arendt 2017-2020, ink on paper, 29 hand-bound notebooks and covers in embroidered fabric, 31,5 x 44 cm each, 12,40 x 117,32 in. Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri
I quaderni di Hannah Arendt 2017-2020, ink on paper, 29 hand-bound notebooks and covers in embroidered fabric, 31,5 x 44 cm each, 12,40 x 117,32 in. Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri
Fiori minuti 2019, Screen: paper, ceramic, metal, 185,5 x 165,5 x 5 cm. Photo : Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
Fiori minuti 2019, Screen: paper, ceramic, metal, 185,5 x 165,5 x 5 cm. Photo : Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
Fiori minuti 2019, Screen: paper, ceramic, metal, 185,5 x 165,5 x 5 cm. Photo : Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
Fiori minuti 2019, Screen: paper, ceramic, metal, 185,5 x 165,5 x 5 cm. Photo : Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
Appunti per autobiografia del rosso 2017-2018, cropped paper, thread, glue on notebook, 50 x 40 x 8 cm. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith
Appunti per autobiografia del rosso 2017-2018, cropped paper, thread, glue on notebook, 50 x 40 x 8 cm. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith
618 (E.D.) 2017, cellulose words, thread, 75 x 75 cm. (Italian version of the excerpt from Emily Dickinson, Tutte le poesie, I Meridiani Mondadori, page 699, Italian translation Elisa Biagini). Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
618 (E.D.) 2017, cellulose words, thread, 75 x 75 cm. (Italian version of the excerpt from Emily Dickinson, Tutte le poesie, I Meridiani Mondadori, page 699, Italian translation Elisa Biagini). Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Fare fiori, 2017, 500 drawings on woven and cut paper, wooden furniture, (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), video no sound 28 min (took by Paolo Carraro), 305 x 350 ø cm, Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Fare fiori, 2017, 500 drawings on woven and cut paper, wooden furniture, (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), video no sound 28 min (took by Paolo Carraro), 305 x 350 ø cm, Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Bianco naturale 2017, paper, marble powder, beads, wire (9000 cm long), white clay box (made by Maria Cristina Navacchia - 51 x 60 x 53 cm), Photo projection by Paolo Carraro from Laboratorio Meditazione delle mani, Cesena, October 2016. Photo: Monkeys VideoLab
Bianco naturale 2017, paper, marble powder, beads, wire (9000 cm long), white clay box (made by Maria Cristina Navacchia - 51 x 60 x 53 cm), Photo projection by Paolo Carraro from Laboratorio Meditazione delle mani, Cesena, October 2016. Photo: Monkeys VideoLab
Bianco naturale 2017, paper, marble powder, beads, wire (9000 cm long), white clay box (made by Maria Cristina Navacchia - 51 x 60 x 53 cm), Photo projection by Paolo Carraro from Laboratorio Meditazione delle mani, Cesena, October 2016. Photo: Monkeys VideoLab
Bianco naturale 2017, paper, marble powder, beads, wire (9000 cm long), white clay box (made by Maria Cristina Navacchia - 51 x 60 x 53 cm), Photo projection by Paolo Carraro from Laboratorio Meditazione delle mani, Cesena, October 2016. Photo: Monkeys VideoLab
Diciassette haiku, 2017, origami, cellulose words and numbers, thread, glass display case, 45 x 30 x 5 cm each, (excerpt form Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra, in Tutte le opere, Meridiani Mondadori, vol. II), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Diciassette haiku, 2017, origami, cellulose words and numbers, thread, glass display case, 45 x 30 x 5 cm, (excerpt form Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra, in Tutte le opere, Meridiani Mondadori, vol. II), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Diciassette haiku (6), 2017, origami, cellulose words and numbers, thread, glass display case, 45 x 30 x 5 cm, (excerpt form Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra, in Tutte le opere, Meridiani Mondadori, vol. II), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Diciassette haiku (14), 2017, origami, cellulose words and numbers, thread, glass display case, 45 x 30 x 5 cm, (excerpt form Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra, in Tutte le opere, Meridiani Mondadori, vol. II), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Diciassette haiku (2), 2017, origami, cellulose words and numbers, thread, glass display case, 45 x 30 x 5 cm, (excerpt form Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra, in Tutte le opere, Meridiani Mondadori, vol. II), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Diciassette haiku 2017, origami, cellulose words and numbers, thread (excerpt form Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra, in Tutte le opere, Meridiani Mondadori, vol. II, pag. 1249-1253), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Autobiografia del rosso, 2017, 33 woven and decorated books, wooden desk, stool (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Autobiografia del rosso, 2017, 33 woven and decorated books, wooden desk, stool (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Autobiografia del rosso, 2017, 33 woven and decorated books, wooden desk, stool (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Autobiografia del rosso, 2017, 33 woven and decorated books, wooden desk, stool (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Autobiografia del rosso, 2017, 33 woven and decorated books, wooden desk, stool (made by elefanterossoproduzioni.info), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
S.T., 2017, diptych, cellulose words, thread, 2 elements, 62 x 62 cm each, (excerpt from Rosaspina in Jacop e Wilhelm Grimm, Fiabe, Einaudi, pages 177-178), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
S.T., 2017, diptych, cellulose words, thread, 2 elements, 62 x 62 cm each, (excerpt from Rosaspina in Jacop e Wilhelm Grimm, Fiabe, Einaudi, pages 177-178), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
S.T., 2017, diptych, cellulose words, thread, 2 elements, 62 x 62 cm each, (excerpt from Rosaspina in Jacop e Wilhelm Grimm, Fiabe, Einaudi, pages 177-178), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
S.T. 2017, diptych, cellulose words, thread, 2 elements, 62 x 62 cm each, (excerpt from Rosaspina in Jacop e Wilhelm Grimm, Fiabe, Einaudi, pages 177-178), Ph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
E disse, 2014, hand-carved book (Erri De Luca, E disse, ed. Feltrinelli), thousand scraps of printed paper, embroidery, beads, glue, variable dimensions (book h. 19,5 cm), Ph Ela Bialkowska
E disse, 2014, hand-carved book (Erri De Luca, E disse, ed. Feltrinelli), thousand scraps of printed paper, embroidery, beads, glue, variable dimensions (book h. 19,5 cm), Ph Ela Bialkowska
E disse, 2014, hand-carved book (Erri De Luca, E disse, ed. Feltrinelli), thousand scraps of printed paper, embroidery, beads, glue, variable dimensions (book h. 19,5 cm), Ph Ela Bialkowska
Il mantello della Regina delle Nevi, 2014, paper, pearls, thread, Ph Ela Bialkowska
Il mantello della Regina delle Nevi, 2014, paper, pearls, thread, Ph Ela Bialkowska
Il mantello della Regina delle Nevi, 2014, paper, pearls, thread, variable dimensions (h. 200 cm about), Photo piier.net
Leggerezza (I.C.), 2011, embroidery on fabric, glass case (from Italo Calvino, 'Lezioni americane', ed. Garzanti), 28 x 34 x 5 cm, Ph Ela Bialkowska
Leggerezza (I.C.), 2011, embroidery on fabric, glass case (from Italo Calvino, 'Lezioni americane', ed. Garzanti), 28 x 34 x 5 cm, Ph Ela Bialkowska
ciò che la primavera fa con i ciliegi, 2011 , Inkjet printing on paper, cut paper, 130 x 180 cm (framed: 168 x 226 x 15 cm), Ph Ela Bialkowska
ciò che la primavera fa con i ciliegi, 2011 , Inkjet printing on paper, cut paper, 130 x 180 cm (framed: 168 x 226 x 15 cm), Ph Ela Bialkowska
ciò che la primavera fa con i ciliegi, 2011 , Inkjet printing on paper, cut paper, 130 x 180 cm (framed: 168 x 226 x 15 cm), Ph Ela Bialkowska
Mettere a dimora, 2008, An italian dictionary (Lo Zingarelli, ed. Zanichelli, 2005) open on page 'pianta - piantare - ...' 25 x 42 cm, 100 pieces of paper
Mettere a dimora, 2008, An italian dictionary (Lo Zingarelli, ed. Zanichelli, 2005) open on page 'pianta - piantare - ...' 25 x 42 cm, 100 pieces of paper
Mettere a dimora, 2008, An italian dictionary (Lo Zingarelli, ed. Zanichelli, 2005) open on page 'pianta - piantare - ...' 25 x 42 cm, 100 pieces of paper
Senza Titolo (I), 2006, hand-carved paper, diptych: 150 x 150 cm each, Ph Ela Bialkowska
Senza Titolo (I), 2006, hand-carved paper, diptych: 150 x 150 cm each, Ph Ela Bialkowska
Senza Titolo (I), 2006, hand-carved paper, diptych: 150 x 150 cm each, Ph Ela Bialkowska
In 1985, Sabrina Mezzaqui graduated from the Istituto Statale d’Arte di Bologna before graduating from the Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna in 1993.Sabrina Mezzaqui’s works come from a reflective process of a self-imposed discipline. Literature is the privileged object of her artistic research, acting both as its medium and message. In her artistic practice the artist uses the principle of distance, operating within a detachment from the necessary words, for the genesis of images and concrete objects often made of paper, sewing thread and fabric. The construction and deconstruction processes activate themselves and it’s from this that, following on from one another, intimate works spring up, works in which the relationship to the world is filtered through a literary and diaristic dimension. A strong narrative component emerges in the way Sabrina Mezzaqui works, a way that incorporates suspended, dilated, eternal time that evokes the feeling of memory while industrious hands crossover, sew, cut with an attention to the limits of rituality in the apparent simplicity of repeating a sign or a gesture.
Amongst her most recent solo shows we mention: "La vulnerabilità delle cose preziose", Tenuta dello Scompiglio, Vorno, Italy 2019; "Autobiografia del rosso", Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy 2017; "I Quaderni di Adriano", Galleria Minini, Brescia, Italy 2016; "La saggezza della neve", Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy 2015. Amongst her most recent group shows we mention: "Utopie Fantastiche / Fantastic Utopias", , Rocca di Angera, Angera, Italy 2020; "Vetrine di Libertà - La Libreria delle donne di Milano, ieri, oggi", curated by Francesca Pasini, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan 2019; "CLASSIC RELOADED. MEDITERRANEA", curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Villa Audi Mosaic Museum – Beirut, Lebanon; Bardo National Museum, Le Petit Palais – Tunisi, Tunisia 2018; "LA VITA MATERIALE otto stanze, otto storie", a project by Marina Dacci, Palazzo da Mosto, Reggio Emilia, Italia 2018; "ROBERTO DAOLIO. Vita e incontri di un critico d’arte attraverso le opere di una collezione non intenzionale”, in scientific collaboration with D. da Pieve, L. De Lena, R. Pinto and C. Sinigaglia della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Storico Artistici dell’Università degli Studi di Bologna, MAMbo, Bologna 2017.
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