Pierluigi Calignano
The simple act as a sign sequence
Wood and steel
The simple act as a sign sequence by the artist Pierluigi Calignano reflects on habitual gestures such as walking and breathing and weaves in the times dictated by the rhythm generated by their repetition. Fragments of tree structures, discarded branches found in the woods become, through Calignano’s artistic operation, reconstructed and recontextualised structures in which nature takes on a new form.
The broken branches collected in the forest made it possible to create a site-specific work based on a strongly abstract idea of line. Of the 3000 twigs found, about 1500 were used. With them, a connection was made between different trees, trying to fully respect the balance of the forest.
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After studying at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Pierluigi Calignano attended the Advanced Course in Visual Arts at the Fondazione Ratti in Como in 1995 with Visiting Professor Joseph Kosuth. From 2007 to 2016, he lived and worked between Italy and the USA, where he took part in programmes such as ISCP, New York; I-Park Residency Program, East Haddam, Connecticut; Art Omi International Artist’s Residency, Ghent, NY and, in 2016, he created a permanent public work at the Parkside Community Complex PISIS 437K in Brooklyn, New York.
He currently teaches painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
