Eliseo Mattiacci
Eliseo Mattiacci (Cagli, 1940 – Fossombrone, 2019) was an italian artist. He moved to Rome in 1964. In 1967 La Tartaruga gallery opened Mattiacci’s first solo exhibition, featuring “Tubo” (Tube), a 150 meters, yellow-coloured, nickel-plated iron tube that “changes the perception of the environment and encourages the public to modify it.” In those years, contemporary artists experienced the limit of conventional institutional spaces together with a strong need of unconventional contexts to express their languages, which drove to a greater freedom in action and forms of expression. In this scenario, the Roman gallery L’Attico-garage by Fabio Sargentini marked a turning point: Mattiacci in 1969 entered the gallery with a compressor that crushes a path made of pozzolana ash.
Along the years, the research of the artist strengthened around the relation with the specific site, both natural (as a quarry) and human-designed (as an archaeological site) environment; also, his work focused on visible and invisible physical energies – such as gravity force and the attraction generated by large magnets – fueled by a constant, ideal tension to remove weight from the heavy matter. The exhibition held at the archeological site of the Trajan’s Markets in Rome in 2001 has exemplified his established narrative.
Eliseo Mattiacci (Cagli, 1940 – Fossombrone, 2019) was an italian artist. He moved to Rome in 1964. In 1967 La Tartaruga gallery opened Mattiacci’s first solo exhibition, featuring “Tubo” (Tube), a 150 meters, yellow-coloured, nickel-plated iron tube that “changes the perception of the environment and encourages the public to modify it.” In those years, contemporary artists experienced the limit of conventional institutional spaces together with a strong need of unconventional contexts to express their languages, which drove to a greater freedom in action and forms of expression. In this scenario, the Roman gallery L’Attico-garage by Fabio Sargentini marked a turning point: Mattiacci in 1969 entered the gallery with a compressor that crushes a path made of pozzolana ash.
Along the years, the research of the artist strengthened around the relation with the specific site, both natural (as a quarry) and human-designed (as an archaeological site) environment; also, his work focused on visible and invisible physical energies – such as gravity force and the attraction generated by large magnets – fueled by a constant, ideal tension to remove weight from the heavy matter. The exhibition held at the archeological site of the Trajan’s Markets in Rome in 2001 has exemplified his established narrative.

- Eliseo Mattiacci, Dinamica Verticale, 2013Aluminum and antimony, 70x57x70 cm
- Eliseo Mattiacci, Senza titolo, 2015Lead and mixed media on cardboard, 54,5x40,5 cm
- Eliseo Mattiacci, Tempo Globale, 1994Iron, 261x120x120 cm

- Eliseo Mattiacci,
- Nunzio,
- Giovanni Termini

- Ana Cardoso,
- Athanasios Argianas
Apr 14-16, 2023
VIP Preview Apr 13th
Established
Pav.3 – Booth 7

- Serena Vestrucci
Palazzo Merulana, Rome
Mar 25 – May 21, 2023
Curated by Joanna De Vos and Melania Rossi

- Ana Cardoso
MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Mar 29 – Sep 11, 2023
Curated by João Pinharanda

- Serena Vestrucci
PRIMO PIANO Palazzo Grillo
Mar 4 – Apr 8, 2023
Curated by Pierre Dupont with Anna Daneri