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Nino Caruso (1928-2017). Forms of Memory and Space at MIC Faenza, Italy

July 28, 2022
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Nino Caruso (1928-2017). Forms of Memory and Space at MIC Faenza, 2022
Pandora, 1986
Maenad, 1987
Archisculpture, 1988-1991
Itinerary of Memories, 1974
Memories of Sicily (column), 1999-2004
Continuous high relief, 2000

Nino Caruso (1928-2017). Forms of Memory and Space is on view at MIC Faenza, Italy

May 28 – October 9, 2022

The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza (MIC Faenza) celebrates Nino Caruso, sculptor, writer, ceramist, and designer. A foremost artist in the history of ceramic sculpture, known more abroad than at home.

After about two years, the exhibition homage to Nino Caruso that the MIC organized together with the Japanese museums of Kyoto and Mino finally arrives in Faenza with the curatorship of Claudia Casali, Tomohiro Daicho and the support of the Nino Caruso Archive.

This wide-ranging anthological exhibition testifies more than 50 years of vibrant activity. His lively biography outlines the vitality of a character always in search of new artistic and productive experiences.

Coming from a Sicilian family, Caruso was born and grew up in Tripoli where he attended elementary school. In the ’50s he returned to Italy, reached Rome and was introduced by Salvatore Meli at Villa Massimo where he met Guttuso, artists and intellectuals of the Roman avant-garde.

In 1954 he decided to undertake the activity of ceramist, graduating from the State Institute of Art in Rome. In 1956 he exhibited for the first time at the gallery “L’incontro” together with Guttuso.

Starting in 1965 he began to use polystyrene to make casting molds into which he poured the clay, revolutionizing his working method, in search of a new relationship between sculpture and architecture. He began a deep study of modularity with a precise architectural function, a system that would open up significant collaborations with companies.

In 1966 he contributed to the constitution of the Italian Center of Art Productions (CIPA) of which he assumed the role of secretary with the presidency entrusted to the architect Gio Ponti. Alongside his career as a designer and ceramist, he began teaching: in 1970 he replaced the sculptor Leoncillo Leonardi at the State Institute of Art in Rome, winning the competition for the chair of ceramic design, for fifteen years. Since the mid-seventies he has made frequent collaborations with some American universities where he organized exhibitions, workshops and seminars.

Gradually matured a vast knowledge of ceramic techniques, such as ancient ones still in place in Eastern civilizations, and learned directly, thanks to his long stays in Japan, the most innovative experiments. His wide production shows a particular attention to the themes of the ancient applied to modernity. Already from the works of the beginning, in the ’50s, considered primitive and Picassian, emerged a study on the tradition, revisited later in the productions more related to the design, the application in urban and architectural spaces.

Nino Caruso passion for Etruscan art has earned him important recognition with works placed in public spaces as a tribute to this significant civilization.

Contact
info@micfaenza.org

MIC – Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza
Viale Baccarini 19
48018 Faenza
Italy

Photo captions

  • Pandora, 1986, earthenware
  • Maenad, 1987, earthenware
  • Archisculpture, 1988-1991, earthenware
  • Itinerary of Memories, 1974, stoneware
  • Memories of Sicily (column), 1999-2004, earthenware
  • Continuous high relief, 2000, earthenware
Tags: Ceramic sculpturefaenzaInternational Museum of Ceramics in FaenzaMIC FaenzaNino Caruso

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