{"id":19094,"date":"2023-11-16T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/?p=19094"},"modified":"2024-04-03T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:57:22","slug":"uterus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/blog\/2023\/11\/16\/uterus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Uterus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUterus\u201d is a series of ceramics made by Penelope at Ceramica Gatti in Faenza.<br \/>\nThe clay used to make the ceramic is the spark igniting this new series, offering a renewed reflection on life and humanity, expressed in works that need no figuration to speak of the entire human race.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">\u201cUterus\u201d \u00e8 un ciclo di ceramiche realizzate da Penelope presso Ceramica Gatti di Faenza. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">L\u2019argilla di cui la ceramica \u00e8 composta \u00e8 la scintilla che accende questa nuova serie, una rinnovata riflessione sulla vita e sull\u2019umanit\u00e0, espressa in opere che non necessitano di figurazione per parlare dell\u2019intero genere umano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"774\" height=\"774\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm.png 774w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm-570x570.png 570w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmic-Entropy-30cm-700x700.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">&#8220;Cosmic Entropy&#8221;, Series &#8220;Uterus&#8221;, Size: \u00d8 30 cm (12&#8243;), Material: Ceramics, Year: 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19099 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Black-Hole-35-cm-e1700035591447.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Black-Hole-35-cm-e1700035591447.png 687w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Black-Hole-35-cm-e1700035591447-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Black-Hole-35-cm-e1700035591447-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Black-Hole-35-cm-e1700035591447-500x500.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">&#8220;Black Hole&#8221;, <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">Series &#8220;Uterus&#8221;, <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">Size: \u00d8 35 cm (14&#8243;), <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">Material: Ceramics, Year:2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19098 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm.png 756w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm-570x570.png 570w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cosmos-50cm-700x700.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">&#8220;Cosmos&#8221;, Series &#8220;Uterus&#8221;, Size: \u00d8 50 cm (20&#8243;), Material: Ceramics, Year: 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to anthroposophical thinking, the human being is conceived first in heaven and then on earth.<br \/>\nClay is taken from underground, removing it from darkness and bringing it into the light, thus bringing it closer to people and the cosmos. The clay awakens from a long hibernation: the sun\u2019s warmth and light slowly melt and dissolve those forces that kept it underground, awaken it from its torpor, and help it to embrace the entire universe.<\/p>\n<p>The uterus and the earth are the two organs where the human seed and plant seeds develop.<br \/>\nClay is one of the substances entrusted by evolution with protecting life and ensuring its development for the future of the earth. Clay, seed and the future of the earth are an inseparable whole.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">Secondo la visione antroposofica il concepimento dell\u2019essere umano avviene prima in cielo e poi sulla terra. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">L\u2019argilla viene estratta dal sottosuolo, un\u2019operazione che la sottrae al buio, portandola nella sfera della luce, avvicinandola cosi\u0300 all\u2019uomo e al cosmo. L\u2019argilla si risveglia da un lungo letargo: il calore e la luce solare sciolgono e dissolvono piano piano quelle forze che la incatenavano al sottosuolo, la risvegliano dal torpore, portandola ad accogliere l\u2019intero universo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">L\u2019utero della donna e la terra sono i due organi dove il seme umano e quello vegetale si sviluppano. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">L\u2019argilla e\u0300 una delle sostanze a cui l\u2019evoluzione ha affidato il compito di proteggere la vita e assicurarne lo sviluppo per il futuro della terra. Argilla, seme e futuro della terra sono un tutt\u2019uno inscindibile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5918.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5918-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5918-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5918-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5918-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">&#8220;Cosmic Entropy&#8221;, Series &#8220;Uterus&#8221;, Size: \u00d8 30 cm (12&#8243;), Material: Ceramics, Year: 2023, Detail<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In her cosmic visions, Penelope constantly links heaven and earth, the cosmos and humanity, in a globalising, unifying, cosmogonic design. In this new series opened in the global ceramics capital, the artist brings together the Earth and the stars precisely where the elements of earth (clay) and fire meet.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">Nelle sue visioni cosmiche, Penelope collega costantemente il cielo e la terra, il cosmo e l\u2019umanit\u00e0, in un disegno globalizzante, unificante, cosmogonico. In questo nuovo ciclo aperto nella capitale mondiale della ceramica, l\u2019artista unisce la Terra e le stelle proprio laddove si incontrano gli elementi della terra (argilla) e del fuoco. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19103 \" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5871.jpg 782w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5871-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5871-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5871-700x641.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19104 \" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5883.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"808\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5883.jpg 903w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5883-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5883-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5883-700x543.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Bottega Gatti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19114 \" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unknown.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unknown.png 225w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unknown-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bottega Gatti was founded in Faenza in 1928 by the painter and ceramicist Riccardo Gatti.<\/p>\n<p>In the same year the Bottega opened, Riccardo Gatti was exploring the Futurist Movement and created a series of ceramics based on both his own work and pieces from other key members of the group, including Giacomo Balla, Mario Guido Dal Monte, Benedetta Cappa and Remo Fabbri, with whom he had been collaborating since 1930.<\/p>\n<p>In the late Thirties, Gatti participated in the attempt to renew artistic craftsmanship, creating ceramics for the Milan Triennale, based on designs by artists, designers and architects, including Gio Ponti and Giovanni Guerrini.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">La Bottega Gatti viene fondata a Faenza nel 1928 dal pittore e scultore ceramista Riccardo Gatti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">Nell\u2019anno stesso dell\u2019apertura della Bottega, Riccardo Gatti si avvicina al Movimento Futurista e realizza una serie di ceramiche sulla base sia di modelli propri che su quelli di alcuni importanti componenti del gruppo artistico, tra cui Giacomo Balla, Mario Guido Dal Monte, Benedetta Cappa e Remo Fabbri, coi quali collabora fino al 1930.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">Nella seconda met\u00e0 degli anni Trenta, Gatti partecipa al tentativo di rinnovamento dell\u2019artigianato artistico, con la realizzazione di ceramiche per la Triennale di Milano, su disegni di artisti, design ed architetti, tra i quali Gio Ponti, e Giovanni Guerrini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19111 \" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5546.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5546.jpg 577w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5546-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Such experiences, especially that of Futurist ceramics, set the historical and ideal precedent on which Bottega Gatti later resumed and expanded its dialogue and collaborations with major artists. This began happening in the late Eighties, when Dante Servadei, the grandson and pupil of Riccardo Gatti, who took over the running of the workshop upon his death in 1972, alongside his son Davide, began forging new collaborative relationships with renowned artists.<br \/>\nThe Bottega has collaborated and still collaborates with Carla Accardi, Aldo Mondino, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino, Alessandro Pessoli, Ettore Sottsass, Alberto Burri, Sandro Chia, Arman, Enrico Baj, Enzo Cucchi, Mario Della Vedova, Pablo Echaurren, Giosetta Fioroni, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Mike Kelley, and many more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">Simili esperienze, in particolar modo quella della ceramica futurista, costituiscono il precedente storico e ideale, su cui la Bottega Gatti ha in seguito ripreso ed ampliato il dialogo e le collaborazioni con importanti artisti. Questa ripresa si verifica alla fine degli anni Ottanta, quando Dante Servadei, nipote ed allievo di Riccardo Gatti, succedutogli nella guida della bottega alla sua morte nel 1972, insieme al figlio Davide, allaccia nuovi rapporti di collaborazione con artisti di grande fama. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">La Bottega ha collaborato e collabora con Carla Accardi, Aldo Mondino, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino, Alessandro Pessoli, Ettore Sottsass, Alberto Burri, Sandro Chia, Arman, Enrico Baj, Enzo Cucchi, Mario Della Vedova, Pablo Echaurren, Giosetta Fioroni, Ilya ed Emilia Kabakov, Mike Kelley, e molti altri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19105 \" src=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5557.jpg 756w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5557-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5557-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/penelopearts.com\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5557-700x933.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Faenza majolica tradition therefore continues in this city\u2019s oldest workshop. The Gatti workshop is still based in the same premises, with the building extended over several floors. The museum and showroom are on the ground floor while production takes place on the first floor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">La tradizione della maiolica di Faenza, quindi, si perpetua nella pi\u00f9 antica Bottega di questa citt\u00e0; infatti il laboratorio Gatti si trova ancora negli stessi locali di un tempo, con uno sviluppo dell\u2019edificio su pi\u00f9 piani. Al piano terra si trova il museo e la showroom e al piano primo e secondo la produzione.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cUterus\u201d is a series of ceramics made by Penelope at Ceramica Gatti in Faenza. 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