Cristina Fiorenza - Sisterhood

CRISTINA FIORENZA
Sisterhood

March 6th > April 30th 2009

Opening: friday march 6th 2009, 07:00 - 10:00 PM
Catalogue ed. Overfoto. Written pieces by Antonello Tolve e Giulia Coccia

There are many signs that can help us understand Cristina Fiorenza’ s work, but none will ever be exhaustive right to the end. Exploration of different styles and media - from collage to painting, from painting to collage- takes a personal journey that gradually leads to states of consciousness repeatedly undefined. Which makes vibrant her artistic search is an absolute tension between reality imagined and real image. The collage is often the best instrument to express this fine intent: figures extrapolated from their original context and piloted until landing in a fertile ground for dream suggestions. Cristina Fiorenza weaves together her stories, orchestrates voices, sets figures that freely find their place in the space and leaves to the viewer’s perception the ability to move the invisible threads of a seemingly familiar scene that always escapes to an immediate understanding . Between the interstices of geometric constructions, solid presences in background or foreground enliven the landscape, lurks the unusual, the unexpected, the plant that grows revealing its profound origin: uncovered roots which hover it in the air. Everything seems to invoke an archetype which in fact remains unconfessed or incomplete.
In her work, therefore, seem to live together two very different cultural matrix: the first, German by adoption, is expressed in a language of squared lines and modernist architecture, with clear references to the Staatliches Bauhaus, the famous School of Art and Architecture which worked in Germany from 1919 to 1933. The second, originating from Campania, contains a fantastic repertory of images, makes intimate and popular songs resonate, whispers dream fables with everyday life taste.
The graft of the two reveals a balance based on imbalances: overturned perspectives and inclined planes welcome clear and clean scenes. Despite of the freedom of expression and the fervid imagination, nothing seems left to chance, everything seems to respond to a direction which from above observes with disenchanted and shiny look all that happens around.

Giulia Coccia

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BIO
Nata a Napoli, nel 1998 si laurea in Architettura all’Università Federico II, materia che approfondisce successivamente anche nelle Università di Weimar e Berlino. Contemporaneamente si dedica alla pittura sotto la guida di due artisti, Vincenzo Cerino e Giuseppe Barbarulo, rispettivamente a Napoli e a Salerno. Segue corsi di Arte alla Bauhaus Universität di Weimar. Dopo la laurea si sposta in Germania e in Olanda, prima di stabilirsi a Vienna, dove tuttora vive e lavora.

Personal exhibits
2009,Sisterhood, Galleria Overfoto, Napoli- 2009; Senza titolo, Galerie Barbara Preyer-Youngaustrianart, Vienna
2008, Lost, VGF, Berlino
2006, Baku-Detroit, Galerie Franzke, Vienna; Radio Tashkent, Galleria Overfoto, Napoli-
2005, Agege Motor Road, Galerie Habres+Partner, Vienna

Collective shows (selection)
2008: ArtecontemporaneamoderaRoma, Roma; Fiera Arte Contemporanea di Londra; Arte contro la violenza, Associazione Industriali e Ministero della Cultura,Vienna.
2007: Kunstart, Fiera di Arte Contemporanea di Bolzano; Fiera Arte Conteporanea di Colonia; Artisti emergenti, Associazione Industriali, Vienna
2003: Soho in Ottakring, Vienna
2002: Te huur, Vienna; Soho in Ottakring, Vienna; Erste Wahl, Galerie IG Bildende Kunst
2001: Soho in Ottakring, Vienna; 20 Jahre WUK, Vienna; Moltitudini, Atelier 96, Vienna



	CRISTINA FIORENZA Sisterhood March 6th > April 30th 2009 Opening: friday march 6th 2009, 07:00 - 10:00 PM Catalogue ed. Overfoto. Written pieces by Antonello Tolve e Giulia Coccia There are many signs that can help us understand Cristina Fiorenza’ s work, but none will ever be exhaustive right to the end. Exploration of different styles and media - from collage to painting, from painting to collage- takes a personal journey that gradually leads to states of consciousness repeatedly undefined. Which makes vibrant her artistic search is an absolute tension between reality imagined and real image. The collage is often the best instrument to express this fine intent: figures extrapolated from their original context and piloted until landing in a fertile ground for dream suggestions. Cristina Fiorenza weaves together her stories, orchestrates voices, sets figures that freely find their place in the space and leaves to the viewer’s perception the ability to move the invisible threads of a seemingly familiar scene that always escapes to an immediate understanding . Between the interstices of geometric constructions, solid presences in background or foreground enliven the landscape, lurks the unusual, the unexpected, the plant that grows revealing its profound origin: uncovered roots which hover it in the air. Everything seems to invoke an archetype which in fact remains unconfessed or incomplete. In her work, therefore, seem to live together two very different cultural matrix: the first, German by adoption, is expressed in a language of squared lines and modernist architecture, with clear references to the Staatliches Bauhaus, the famous School of Art and Architecture which worked in Germany from 1919 to 1933. The second, originating from Campania, contains a fantastic repertory of images, makes intimate and popular songs resonate, whispers dream fables with everyday life taste. The graft of the two reveals a balance based on imbalances: overturned perspectives and inclined planes welcome clear and clean scenes. Despite of the freedom of expression and the fervid imagination, nothing seems left to chance, everything seems to respond to a direction which from above observes with disenchanted and shiny look all that happens around. Giulia Coccia _______________ BIO Nata a Napoli, nel 1998 si laurea in Architettura all’Università Federico II, materia che approfondisce successivamente anche nelle Università di Weimar e Berlino. Contemporaneamente si dedica alla pittura sotto la guida di due artisti, Vincenzo Cerino e Giuseppe Barbarulo, rispettivamente a Napoli e a Salerno. Segue corsi di Arte alla Bauhaus Universität di Weimar. Dopo la laurea si sposta in Germania e in Olanda, prima di stabilirsi a Vienna, dove tuttora vive e lavora. Personal exhibits 2009,Sisterhood, Galleria Overfoto, Napoli- 2009; Senza titolo, Galerie Barbara Preyer-Youngaustrianart, Vienna 2008, Lost, VGF, Berlino 2006, Baku-Detroit, Galerie Franzke, Vienna; Radio Tashkent, Galleria Overfoto, Napoli- 2005, Agege Motor Road, Galerie Habres+Partner, Vienna Collective shows (selection) 2008: ArtecontemporaneamoderaRoma, Roma; Fiera Arte Contemporanea di Londra; Arte contro la violenza, Associazione Industriali e Ministero della Cultura,Vienna. 2007: Kunstart, Fiera di Arte Contemporanea di Bolzano; Fiera Arte Conteporanea di Colonia; Artisti emergenti, Associazione Industriali, Vienna 2003: Soho in Ottakring, Vienna 2002: Te huur, Vienna; Soho in Ottakring, Vienna; Erste Wahl, Galerie IG Bildende Kunst 2001: Soho in Ottakring, Vienna; 20 Jahre WUK, Vienna; Moltitudini, Atelier 96, Vienna