Carla Tolomeo: Never Rest, Venice
Tolomeo’s chairs are not simple objects of interior design, but uncommon forms of sculpture
The Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation hosts a solo exhibition by Carla Tolomeo entitled 'Never Rest', in collaboration with Contini Art Gallery and setup by Jean Paul Troili.
The collection of the sculptural chairs presented in this exhibition is an affirmation of their uniqueness – unicum – in the world of Contemporary art; a testimony of the creative strength of an artist who finds definition only in the non-definition of her unrelenting eclecticism. The display will present several documented works from 1976-79 such as paintings in honor of Vittorio Carpaccio, recent works of which some are inedited (the cycle of oil paintings which pays homage to Pontormo). As a result, the artist reaffirms her long-standing love for painting which easily bonds with her eclectic, yet well-structured creative capabilities. Countless cycles of pictorial works, marbles, etchings and water colors inspired by Charles Baudelaire, Francesco Petrarca and Paul Verlaine, the temperas and ceramics inspired by Borges, the etchings themed on the Divine Comedy and the life of Casanova (of whom Tolomeo is an enthusiast) and the latest scenographic projects for the opera Turandot designed for the 63rd Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago in 2017, all combine to make Carla Tolomeo an artist capable of incessantly reinventing her life and her art.
