Decastelli, around 1984, discovered the infinite possibilities of this material with which he made handbags, shoes, boxes, human figures, chairs, fans, book-objects, small pieces of furniture. In that long pilgrimage he reached what could be called sophistication: X-raying the material, turning it into bronze and showing his ability as a sculptor, whose solid technique and training in different disciplines he owes to artists such as Batlle Planas, Iommi, Labourdette and Balduzzi. But he also tackled photography and sound art. Through this medium he recorded even in the smallest detail the porosities and roughness of a material that he manipulates with great skill.
This is what can currently be seen in the “Between Us” exhibition curated by Daniel Fischer, who coined the expression “corrugated art” in his text. This exhibition is the pinnacle in the aesthetic development of this tireless experimenter of the essence of an industrial material that in his hands ceased to be considered poor.
The first thing that catches your eye when entering the main room of the gallery is an 11-meter curtain that blocks the wall. A disturbing blockage, in the first place due to the chromaticism: a conjunction of ochres and blacks, of great density, cracks, irregular shapes that invades the space and forces us to ask questions of an existential nature.
Decastelli could be considered a minimalist sculptor, creator of the sculpture-object like Robert Morris or Donald Judd; he is also a textile artist as can be seen in the treatment of the folds of a sheet of corrugated cardboard at the entrance of the gallery since the textile is based on the fact that the material is vegetable.
Digital photographs derived from the development of the textile stage are also exhibited, it focuses on textural qualities and has come to use zoom, scanning and digital manipulation as a way to unravel the essence of a material that served as a way of singular, formal and also conceptual expression. Other works also show that apart from the interior of the material, now the gaze is on the exterior, thus achieving effects of great chromatic intensity.
Decastelli has established an intense dialogue with this material: “I excite the material to get a response, I hit so that it vibrates, I scrape and it responds, I tear and I discover, provoking confrontations”. From there, the title: “Between Us”, that confusion that identifies it. A playful work from the beginning to reach the conceptual, by no means indecipherable, which is within reach of understanding, which constitutes a personal challenge.
Going through this exhibition, the prevailing pessimism is opposed by the creativity of those who escape the emptiness of the image and do not leave us indifferent. (Paraná 759. First Floor. Monday to Friday from 15 to 19).
Source: Ambito
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