L’ARIETE

An installation of works from the 'Bianca' cycle - mixed techniques on paper applied to wood - dedicated to female figures that emerge from the bright white of a background in which space and time appear suspended. Carlotta Passarini's women have faces, expressions, postures, clothes and accessories that in just a few details outline their style and personality. Bianca and the others - light, absorbed in their own dimension - look at us confidently or pass by without noticing us in a sequence of portraits that Carlotta Passarini outlines with wise features and fine psychology. Carlotta Passarini was born in 1977 in Bologna where she lives and works. She attended the Art School in Bologna, graduated in Architecture and obtained a PhD in 'Architectural and Urban Design' from the University of Florence. As an illustrator she works for some Italian and foreign publishing houses (Pulce, Il Leone Verde, Terra Santa edizioni, Moon, Peter Pauper Press, Lexus) with which she has published several illustrated books for children. Since some years she is dedicating herself full time to illustration and painting and exposing in galleries and italian and european fairs. Among the personal and collective exhibitions, the solo show 'Bianca' at L'Ariete artecontemporanea gallery in Bologna and the participation with L'Ariete in Art Verona (I) 2024 and Art Karlsruhe (D) 2024 and 2025. In 2024 she created the illustrations for the book 'Io, Lavinia. La prima pittoressa', text by Paola Goretti, Minerva editions.

 

 

Vanni Spazzoli (Forlì, Italy 1940) lives and works in Sant'Agata sul Santerno, near Ravenna. He began his artistic activity at the end of the '60s. To the solid figurative formation, the artist in soon linked a purely pictorial tension based on the value of the material and on the gestural pregnancy of the image. In the early '70s, the artist has been present in important artistic exhibitions at the regional level, but soon his work aroused interest and appreciation in the national sphere and later in many European realities.  In the ‘70s and ‘80s he has been invited to several editions of Biennale d'arte di Romagna (1976-1982) and to hold solo shows at Galleria di S. Mercuriale Forlì (1980), Palazzo del Podestà Faenza (1980) and Galleria Nuovo Ruolo Forlì (1984). During the ‘90s he was present in exhibitions and art events in Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain, France. Of 1995 is the show 'Ver Sacrum' at Oratorio di San Sebastiano Forlì curated by Valerio Dehò, with a critical testimony of Franco Patruno. In that period, the figurative universe of the artist assumed well-defined outlines within intimate and unconscious territories animated by characters and beings allegorically transfigured with respect to the vision of reality. From the end of ‘90s in advance, he was invited to important art events: the exhibition in Pescherie della Rocca Lugo (Ravenna) in 1998, the event 'Venezia Arte' in 1999, the great exhibition at Museo del Senio Alfonsine (Ravenna) in 2003, the solo show at Lugo Palace of Commerce and the show ‘Paure’ at Museo S.Rocco Fusignano (Ra), 'Novecento in Romagna' Cesena (2001) curated by Claudio Spadoni, 'Trentaquaranta' curated by Orlando Piraccini at Municipal Gallery Faenza (2003) and 'Connecting Paths' in Palazzo Albertini Forlì. In 2009 the artist was invited by Claudio Spadoni to the prestigious Prize ‘Marina di Ravenna’ at MAR City Art Museum. He was alsominvited at the 2008 and 2010 editions of the Roncaglia Biennial, S.Felice sul Panaro. In 2011 he held the show 'Vanni Spazzoli. Store of memories' at L’Ariete artecontemporanea in Bologna, accompanied by a monographic catalog with texts by Eleonora Frattarolo and Claudio Spadoni. In 2014 another solo show at L’Ariete artecontemporanea, 'Vanni Spazzoli. Inner patterns', with Marco Dalpane's text and the presentation of the covers of the record label 'A simple lunch' inspired from his works. In 2013 he was given a great retrospective entitled 'VANNI SPAZZOLI. New and Old Tales' curated by Claudio Spadoni in the Antichi Magazzini del Sale in Cervia (monograph catalogue). In 2014/2016 he was invited to the shows 'Cantiere artistico' San Mauro Pascoli|ex fabbrica MirMar, ‘RIquadri' Alba Progetti Studio, Palazzo Machirelli Dal Pozzo Imola, 'Vanni Spazzoli' Galleria Civica Faro Arte with the patronage of Regione Emilia Romagna and Provincia Ravenna. In 2018 he will hold a new solo show in Gallery L’Ariete artecontemporanea and will take part in the exhibition ‘Il disegno della polvere’ in the context of Biennale del Disegno Rimini, both curated by Eleonora Frattarolo. Vanni Spazzoli since 2008 is represented by Gallery L'Ariete artecontemporanea of Bologna, with the Gallery he participated in Arte Fiera (Bologna), Art Verona (Verona), MiArt (Milano), Art Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, D). His works are in Italian and international collections.

Luca Lanzi (1977 Bologna) studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and worked for a year in the laboratories of the Berlin Academy. He works with reference galleries in Italy and Germany. Flaminio Gualdoni, Ian McEwan, Claudia Casali, Mark Gisbourne, Silvia Ferrari and Stefano Castelli have written about his research. Selected solo shows: 2020 LAYER L'Ariete artecontemporanea Bologna (I) 2018 MALIA Keramion Museum Cologne (D) 2017 He fashioned it and breathed into it of his spirit Lorch-Seidel Gallery Berlin (D) 2016 Eikon Collezioni Comunali d'arte Bologna 2014 The hand and the idol Galleria Officine Saffi Milan, Italy 2014 Magica Religio Palazzo Re Enzo Bologna 2012 Totem Museo Civico Medievale Bologna, Italia 2010 Feticci L'Ariete artecontemporanea Bologna 2009 Dolls Gallery Lilly Zeligman Laren (NL).

Beth Moon (Neenah Wisconsin Usa 1956) american photographer, has obtained international recognition for her works dedicated to time, nature and memory. The suite ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ focuses on totem-like beliefs and practices that connect humans to animals. In his twilight, ritual world, we see a form of devotion in which all things are connected. The idea of reaching the animal spirit is at the heart of ancient Eurasian religion, a dormant memory in today's contemporary culture. The resonance that connects man to animal in a less primordial world has become the guiding theme of this series that emulates the memories of spiritual innocence and wisdom of our ancient cultures. The photographs in the suite are hand-printed by the artist in platinum palladium, a stable and permanent metal like gold, which guarantees the image the maximum durability over time.

Simone Ponzi (Fidenza 1971) dedicates his pictorial research to the theme of landscape - through a spatial synthesis that renounces the frenzy of color to become a luminous suspension of traces eroded by time - to convey to our eyes and our sensitivity a feeling of belonging to an environment of which we must not forget that we are an integral part and custodians over time

Luca Freschi (Forlimpopoli 1982) graduated in painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, in these years of activity he has undertaken a research based on the otherness of the human figure, on the personal and collective memory through the use of the casting technique. He has participated in various group and solo exhibitions in Italy and Europe, among which we highlight in recent years: the 51st edition of the Campigna Prize, at the Contemporary Art Gallery Vero Stoppioni of S.Sofia (FC); Open 12, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations at the Island of S. Servolo in Venice in 2009; in 2011 he won the first edition of the OPERA / Fabbrica, at the Chiostri della Biblioteca Oriani of Ravenna. Among recent solo exhibitions include: in 2018 “Rust Never Sleeps”, Zeit Gallery Pietrasanta (LU), “Out of Memory”, Art & Space Gallery at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Munich, “Pop Up Store Momentum”, Art & Space Gallery at the Lungarno Collection Hotels Firenze, “Surgery”, Debaser Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU) 2017, “La pratica dell’imperfetto”, niArt Gallery, Ravenna, 2015, “Volatili apparenze” National Etruscan Museum of Marzabotto (BO); “Lacrimae Rerum”, Galleria dell’Immagine Rimini in 2014; “Simplify and Disobey”, Stefano Forni Gallery, Bologna in 2013. Among group exhibitions: “Italy Korea, Art & Culture - Acknowledging the Differences”, Sala della Tinazzara, Nantional Museum of Ravenna at 2018; “Dialoghi paralleli”, Lara e Rino Costa Gallery, Valenza (AL) and “La scultura è una cosa seria”, Bonioni Art Gallery, Reggio Emilia 2016; “Arte dal Vero” Gianni Isola Center Imola (BO); “Martyrium”, at M.E.A.M of Barcelona and the Biennale of sculpture Pobla de Segur, Lleida, Spain, 2014. In 2015 he was selected as a finalist in the 59th edition of the International Prize of Ceramics in Faenza and in 2017 was invited to Korea to the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale and it is ‘honorable mention’ in the 39th International Exhibition and Competition of Ceramic Art in the City of Gualdo Tadino, Perugia, Italy 2017. Freschi has won national awards and some of his works are part of Italian and Spanish public collections. He is currently collaborating with important italian and european galleries. Lives and works in the town of Meldola in Italy.