Cesare Galluzzo’s works are characterised by a careful balance between conceptual object, philosophical thinking, and graphic sequence. The artist’s aesthetic research starts with the theme of architecture and especially travel, both physical and sensorial. The resulting works are characterised by the rhythm of their components and by the use of materials that camouflage, thus making the work gradually visible. Equally progressive are the temporal and spatial changes of the structures taken by the artist as models for his works. By reflecting on the relationship between architecture and painting, one used to purify the other, Galluzzo produces sculptural installations in which he carries out a process of deprivation of weight and consistency of the structures, unveiling their essentiality, the “zero grade”, as in Domus (‘house’, 2013).
For this reason, Galluzzo puts the graphic sign and the line at the heart of his artistic language, as they recall the dawn of art with ancient cave drawings in which humans first perceived the existence of a symbolic space as distinct from the reality it represented.
The relationship with the audience is fundamental for Cesare Galluzzo, since his works must prompt reflection rather than providing answers. Moreover, he seeks a dialogue with the settings of his works. What matters is not just the shape of the object, but rather the emotional charge it transmits and the relationship that it establishes with its surroundings, from which new visual and perceptual paths are developed.
Especially in the recent phase of his visual research, the artist’s favourite motif is the thread, considered as a linear element. For instance, in works such as Doctum doces (‘You teach to he, who knows’, 2013) or Salire cadere (‘Climbing falling’, 2013), the thread can make the void tangible, as well as give substance to the space between the objects where he wants to focus the viewer’s attention as a non-place where relationships are established.
Cesare Galluzzo (Milan, 1987) lives and works in Milan, where he studied environmental architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Since 2005 he has participated in solo and group exhibitions in public and private spaces including Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, Fioretto Arte Contemporanea in Abano Terme, and Colossi Arte Contemporanea in Brescia. He participated in many award competitions, winning the award Creare, Guardare e Mangiare with the chef Giancarlo Morelli in 2011, the Novicelli Award in 2012 and Arteam Cup in 2015 in Venice.
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