Project Description
Francesco Arecco
Born 1977 in Gavi, Italy; lives and works in Gavi and Milano.
Education – Arecco studied Law in Genova, Science in Pavia, Art in Ovada and Milano. His most important Masters were Giancarlo Soldi, Mirco Marchelli, Balthazar Brennenstuhl, Luciano Fabro.
He has the strength of the carpenter, the dignity of the stonemasons. His sculpture doesn’t fear the large size, but knows how to put the thought in small objects hanging your attention, if you want it. His works often need to be observed with the nose in the sky, because they crouch (up) on the ceilings of galleries, houses, museums and urban landscapes.
Trojan Horses, his works intend the curiosity as a mean and end of a sculpture that find his sense with the look of the viewer. His sculpture thickens an eclectic, markedly versatile character, and open-mindness to the other that affirms the impossibility of being individual without the group. The sculpture of Arecco says: I exist.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Francesco Arecco. Proximity
curated by Ilaria Bignotti, IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2021
A cabinet full of art
Cabinet Phoenix, Nice, France
2020
Art Seeds
online project for disseminative art: www.resilienza.art
2019
Waiting for you
curated by Ilaria Bignotti, IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2017
Francesco Arecco 1, 2, 3
curated by Mariacristina Maccarinelli and Kevin McManus, Leonesio Foundation, Puegnago del Garda, Italy
2017
Il privilegio del fulmine
curated by Liborio Palmeri, Carla Ricevuto, Eleonora Tardia and Alessio Genovese, Contemporary Art Museum in San Rocco, Trapani, Italy. Mimesis Catalogue
2014
Mina. Collezione distesa di ordigni
curated by Giorgia Salerno, texts written by Giacomo D. Ghidelli, San Fedele Space, S. Fedele Cultural Centre, Milan, Italy
2013
Nascondimento, site-specific installation
curated by Matteo Galbiati, Air raid galleries, Kranj, Slovenija
2013
Arca e Nascondimento, permanent site-specific installation
curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Pietro Caccia Dominioni, Matteo Galbiati, Giorgia Salerno, with texts written by Francesca Corrao, Enzo Fiammetta, Giorgio Massarotto, Giuseppina Panza di Biumo, Fondazione Orestiadi, Gibellina (TP), Italy
2012
Arca e Nascondimento, site-specific installation
curated by Matteo Galbiati, Saints Agata and Carlo Church, Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy
2012
Arca e Naviglio, site-specific installation
curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Pietro Caccia Dominioni, Matteo Galbiati, Kevin McManus, Giureconsulti Palace, Milan, Communication Week Opening, (1 – 7 October 2012), Italy
2012
Nascondimento, site-specific installation
curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Pietro Caccia Dominioni, Matteo Galbiati, Saints Giuseppe and Burella Church, casa Piazzoni, Comodamente Festival, Vittorio Veneto (TV), 8-10 September 2012, Italy
2012
Arca, installation and performance
curated by Matteo Galbiati, Cappuccini woods, 7-8 June 2012, Gubbio, Italy
2012
Arca, installation and performance
curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Michele Tavola, 19 May 2012, Parco dell’Arte Vivente, Torino, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Art Seeds
Online project for disseminative art (www.resilienza.art)
2018
Pan hormos, Palermo the port city
curated by Giorgia Salerno, within the project Palermo Italian cultural capital, with Manfredi Beninati, Marco Ferri, Banca d’Italia, Palermo, Saccardi Laboratory, Italy
2017
L’Arte della Sostenibilià (Sustainability Art)
curated by Chiara Gatti and Susanna Vallebona, created by Giacomo D. Ghidelli, Bocconi e Lombardini22 University, Milan, Italy
2017
Istante gesto vibrazione
with Kaori Miyayama and Pierpaolo Curti, curated by Maria Chiara Cardini, February-April 2017, Gattafame Art Gallery, Bernareggio (MB), Italy. Mimesis Catalogue
2016
Times and Genesis
curated by Olimpia Bera, from an idea by IAGA Contemporary Art, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2015
Tutto ho posto sotto i tuoi piedi
curated by P. Enzo Viscardi, Cecilia De Carli, Elena Di Raddo, Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University, Monumental Ensemble – Vatican Pavilion at Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
2015
#nuovicodici
curated by Matteo Galbiati, Ilaria Bignotti, Davide Quadrio, Milena Becci and Valeria Carnevali, Chiara Canali, Niccolò Bonechi, Giovanna Giannini Guazzugli, Alice Zannoni, Stefano Verri, Left Palace, Cremona, Italy
2015
Abbey Contemporary Art
curated by Michele Dall’Aria, San Remigio Monastery, Parodi Ligure (AL), Italy
2015
Enogastroartistica
curated by Fabrizio Savigni, (Master in Art and Cultural Assets Management, and Master in Enogastronomy Management at Business School del Sole 24 Ore), Spazio MACSI, Roma, Italy
2015
Giornata del Contemporaneo AMACI (Day of AMACI Contemporary)
Orestiadi Foundation, Gibellina (TP), Italy
2014
Indipendents, Artverona
Verona Art Fair, curator Irene Finiguerra – BI-BOx Art Space, Verona, Italy
2014
Reti di resilienza (Resistance Recipes)
curated by Enzo Fiammetta and Ilaria Bignotti, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily, Belmonte Riso Palace, Palermo; vernissage subsequently transferred at the Orestiadi Foundation of Gibellina (TP), and then to the Contemporary Art Museum in Alcamo (TP), Italy
2014
En plen art
curated by Paolo Bolpagni and Cristina Muccioli, reproduction of two works on Fastweb cabins, permanent vernissage inaugurated on 11 December 2014, Brescia, Italy
2014
Notazioni
curated by Carlo Pesce, McArturGlen Design Outlet, Serravalle Scrivia (AL), Italy
2013
Immagini d’io (Images of the ego)
Tam Tam – Triennale di Milano, December 2013, Italy
2013
Riflessioni sul corpo e sul sacro (Reflections on body and sacred)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J., Ilaria Bignotti and others, Galleria S. Fedele, Milano, Italy
2013
Ri-nascere, nascere e rinascere fra arte antica e contemporanea (Renaissance, naissance and renaissance between antique and contemporary art)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J. and Irene Finiguerra, Biella Museum (BI), Italy
2013
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle: l’approdo (And we went out to see the stars again: the docking)
S. Remigio Monastery, Parodi Ligure (AL), Italy
2013
IKI
curated by Matteo Galbiati and Kevin McManus, Fortunago City Hall Palace (PV), Italy
2013
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle: l’approdo (And we went out to see the stars again: the docking)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J., Michele Tavola and others, Galleria S. Fedele, Milano, Italy
2013
Rebus naturae
curated by Maria Chiara Cardini, ex Ospedale Soave (Old Soave Hospital), Codogno (LO), Italy
2012
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle: il viaggio (And we went out to see the stars again: the voyage)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J., Michele Tavola and others, S. Fedele Gallery, Milan, Italy
2012
Con gli occhi alle stelle (Looking at the stars)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J., Ilaria Bignotti, Matteo Galbiati, Michele Tavola, Francesca Passerini and others, Lercaro Foundation, Bologna, Italy
2011
Il nome segreto delle cose (Objects’ secret name)
with Giancarlo Soldi, Welink, curated by Kevin McManus, Torino, Italy
2011
Luoghi del sacro (Sacred Places)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J., Kevin McManus and others, S. Fedele Gallery, Milan; awarding the Guerrieri RIzzardi prize – Canova Foundation, Barchessa Rambaldi, Bardolino (VR), Italy
2011
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle: dove sono? (And we went out to see the stars again: where am I?)
S. Remigio Monastery, Parodi Ligure (AL), Italy
2011
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle: dove sono? (And we went out to see the stars again: where am I?)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J., Kevin McManus and others, S. Fedele Gallery, Milan, Italy
2011
Arte, musica e birra (Art, music and beer)
Galleria Bianconi, Milan, Italy
2010
Il segreto dello sguardo (The secret of the look)
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta S.J. and others, S. Fedele Gallery, Milan, Italy
AWARDS
2013
Network Prize Sculptures
within a group of six sculptures, curator Ilaria Bignotti, München, Germany
2013
Rigamonti Prize
San Fedele Visual Arts Centre, Milano, Italy
2011
Special Mention of the Jury, Canova Foundation Prize
Guerrieri RIzzardi 2011 (Negrar, VR), Italy
2011
Special Mention of the Jury, Nocivelli Prize
Brescia, Italy
2011
Special Mention of the Jury, San Fedele Visual Arts Prize
Milano, Italy
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2018
I want to Be Everywhere, with Everything and Everyone, Always, Forever – I want to Listen to Everything, Everyone, Everywhere, Always, Forever
within the For the Earth Festival, Cà Foscari University, Venezia, Italy
2017
‘Omphalos – su di te poserò il mio sguardo
Aula Magna – Aula Agostino Gemelli – within the Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University, Milan, Italy, inaugurated on 9 May 2017
2015
Tutti soli – fra di noi
double site-specific installation composed of 33 ebony coins and 3 alms of valborberino and ebony, laid down on the exterior and interior length of the façade of the Baglio di Stefano Barn, Gibellina (TP), Italy, inaugurated on 10 October 2015 within the AMACI Contemporary Day.
2015
Testimonio e ‘Omphalos
Segreen Business Park, building Y, Segrate, Milan, Italy, inaugurated on 15 May 2014
2013
Nascondimento
purchased by Kranj City Hall, Slovenia
2013
Nascondimento
purchased by Codogno City Hall (LO), Italy, [destroyed in mysterious circumstances]
2013
Arca
permanent site-specific installation, Orestiadi Foundation, Gibellina (TP), Italy, inaugurated on 13 May 2013
INTERVENTIONS
2018
Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo, People and objects
within a didactic project developed together with Alessandro Guerriero for Manifesta12, Palermo, Italy
2013
Accademia di Santa Giulia
intervention about his own work, Brescia, Italy
2014
Department of History Studies
Centre of Religious Researches, University of Turin, Ecclesial communities in continuous transformation: which are the liturgical spaces after the Vatican II Council? – intervention with Andrea Dall’Asta S.I. within the International Seminar of studies Religious places in urban contexts, Torino, Italy
2014
Triennale, Milano
Work coat of the resistance, within Tam Tam, Unusual Congress
2014
Resilienza italiana. Dialoghi e riflessioni (Italian Resilience. Dialogues and Reflections)
Mimesis, Collana Resilienze (Resistances Collection), 2014, chapter 1.2
2014
Curatela della Collana Resilienze (Curatorship of Resiliences Collection)
together with Ilaria Bignotti, Giacomo D. Ghidelli, Matteo Reale for Mimesis Publishing House
PRESS
2015
Oltre
January 2015, The Essential Form – Francesco Arecco, by Manuela Bonadeo
2015
Espoarte
March 2014, Is born in Milan The Italian Resistance Mouvement, interview by Valeria Barbera
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues with critic texts by Ilaria Bignotti, Paolo Bolpagni, Pietro Caccia Dominioni, Maria Chiara Cardini, Francesca Corrao, Andrea Dall’Asta S.I., Enzo Fiammetta, Matteo Galbiati, Flaminio Gualdoni, Kevin McManus, Giuseppina Panza di Biumo, Francesca Passerini, Carlo Pesce, Andrea Pinotti, Giorgia Salerno, Michele Tavola
Catalogue edited by Flaminio Gualdoni, Galleria Bianconi, Milan, Italy, 2010
CATALOGUES
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