Aldo Mondino e Davide Nido
from 04 May 2017 to 10 June 2017
Milano
Aldo Mondino e Davide Nido
The Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan is hosting a dual solo exhibition dedicated to Aldo Mondino (1938–2005) and Davide Nido (1966–2014). The two shared a great deal over five years of an intense professional relationship: Davide Nido was, in fact, the assistant to Aldo Mondino, his mentor and a key figure in his artistic career.
The exhibition begins with a selection of works by Aldo Mondino, one of the most significant figures on the Italian art scene
who made his mark thanks to a wholly original artistic language.
The Galleria Giovanni Bonelli will present a body of work illustrating some of his recurring themes, from the grid patterns to the ‘balloons’ of the mid-1960s, from the ‘carpets’ of the 1990s, right up to the ‘dervishes’ of the early 2000s.
The exhibition continues with the works of Davide Nido, whose artistic style develops within the realm of abstraction. His ‘painting’ was expressed through the unique use of resin-based glues ‘sprayed’ onto the canvas using a tool that allowed them to be rendered liquid and applied either in droplets or in continuous streams.
In his work, certain methods emerge that have become fundamental components of his artistic vision: the use of the circular form as the basic element of the image, the arrangement of colours in patterns, modular construction, and infinite repetition.
Davide Nido probably owes his first major breakthrough to Mondino, through his participation in the 1992 International Contemporary Art Prize in Serre di Rapolano, in the Siena area, where he won first prize and, above all, his absolute freedom in choosing to use humble, non-elite materials, such as resins and hot glues, with which he filled his canvases, creating geometries and phantasmagorias that are now part of the abstract imagery associated with his name.
Info: Galleria Giovanni Bonelli
The exhibition begins with a selection of works by Aldo Mondino, one of the most significant figures on the Italian art scene
who made his mark thanks to a wholly original artistic language.
The Galleria Giovanni Bonelli will present a body of work illustrating some of his recurring themes, from the grid patterns to the ‘balloons’ of the mid-1960s, from the ‘carpets’ of the 1990s, right up to the ‘dervishes’ of the early 2000s.
The exhibition continues with the works of Davide Nido, whose artistic style develops within the realm of abstraction. His ‘painting’ was expressed through the unique use of resin-based glues ‘sprayed’ onto the canvas using a tool that allowed them to be rendered liquid and applied either in droplets or in continuous streams.
In his work, certain methods emerge that have become fundamental components of his artistic vision: the use of the circular form as the basic element of the image, the arrangement of colours in patterns, modular construction, and infinite repetition.
Davide Nido probably owes his first major breakthrough to Mondino, through his participation in the 1992 International Contemporary Art Prize in Serre di Rapolano, in the Siena area, where he won first prize and, above all, his absolute freedom in choosing to use humble, non-elite materials, such as resins and hot glues, with which he filled his canvases, creating geometries and phantasmagorias that are now part of the abstract imagery associated with his name.
Info: Galleria Giovanni Bonelli
Aldo Mondino e Davide Nido
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