"Art, nature and ecological sensitivity"
Research between nature and ecological sensitivity
curated by Sandro Bongiani
"I empower myself to make visible deep cultural inquiries, impact thought / behavioral ethics, carry out visionary eco-Permaculture structure and systems design, integrate mind / body / spirit / etheric energy, and synthesize SuperSkyWoman's ability to see objectively from the beginnings of the earth's timeline ". Coco Gordon / SuperSkyWoman
On the occasion of AMACI 18a Giornata del Contemporaneo 2022 the solo exhibition by Coco Gordon entitled "Art, nature and ecological sensitivity" by Sandro Bongiani is presented in Salerno with several unpublished works from the Coco Gordon Archive of Colorado (USA) .
Coco Gordon / SuperSkyWoman of Italian origins, is one of the most significant American "intermediate" artists. You have roots in the "Fluxus" movement. At the center of her many works lies the intention to create awareness of the ecological and social problems of our world. In addition to the research of performance and Exploding Books, cut and open, in recent years she has dedicated herself to working with a certain diligence even in digital, producing particular visionary works. At the center of her many works is always the intention to create awareness of the ecological and social problems of our planet. With the practice of performance, and digital dream research, the artist demonstrates his close proximity to natural processes and expresses the desire to create a radical change from consumerism and the daily economy of exploitation so that making art and practicing in nature are two compatible activities, which linked together, can work to modify collective awareness and rediscover a common primary experience linked to our creation.
The common thread that binds the works featured in this solo show is precisely the theme of the environmental challenge, a global urgency under the sign of sensitivity and sustainability. A research, carried out for a long time with works, environmental interventions and performances up to the recent works of landscapes and split and hybrid visions of beings born from unusual metamorphoses suggested by a visionary tension that conditions and suddenly transforms the visible into a dark essence.
The American artist has always investigated the dark interweaving between thought and memory, between vision and contradiction of existence in a momentary granting of the image and then immediately denying it and relegating it to the margins of the visible. A precarious condition in which the investigation turns into suspension and uncertainty, in which anything can always happen. It is certainly a continuous and unusual proceeding to investigate the hidden part of the visible in which relationships and fragments of meaning that can be defined "in the form" of an image emerge.
Coco Gordon / SuperSkyWoman / Short biography
Coco Gordon (Genoa, 1938) lives and works in Lyons, Colorado. She is also known as SuperSkyWoman she is an artist, poet, performer, editor. After having supported the exponents of the Fluxus group in the years of her greatest activity, she has long been engaged at the head of a group of aggregation on the issues of the territory, nature, biological, systems of life (Permaculture). She has published 46 books including Radical Food, Hip Hop Solarplexus, SuperSkyWoman, TIKYSK, and Life Systems, a montage of 41 artists working to create a healthy planet. Coco Gordon has been active and an integral part of the Fluxus movement since 1982. She is the artist, she is dedicated above all to the production of artist books with works exhibited in Vienna by Kunst Kanzlei and at EMILY Harvey in NY and Venice. She is very active and has participated in several international art biennials in Venice. In many years of work he has produced numerous performances, such as the one held in 1983 in Reggio Emilia at the foyer of the Municipal Theater, the New York installation with guitar dated 1984. In June 1984 Coco Gordon participated in the event The charm of card organized by Pari & Dispari. In 1993 with other artists she introduced her to Casa Malaparte in Capri a day and night installation called LUN’AQUA. In 1999 she was invited to give a performance at the 48th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. In 2003 Coco Gordon participated in the collective with 130 artists, conceived by Pari & Dispari A pillow to dream. In 2020 she is invited to do a performance entitled "EXPLODING RED PIANO KEYBOARD installation in progress" at the Spazio Visioni Altre in Venice. For some years she has been making cut books. The Cut / Shared Books are Coco Gordon's latest artistic production. The artist cuts, notes, draws, giving a new shape and a different interpretation to the book. In 2020 a great event is presented by the Bongiani Art Museum Collection at the Spazio Ophen Virtual Art Gallery in Salerno an exhaustive and complete retrospective with 72 works, from 1958 to 2020, which define the entire artistic path carried out by this original and important artist American.
We thank the Coco Gordon Archive of Colorado (USA) for allowing the realization of this important event.
SALERNO / Ophen Virtual Art Gallery space
Opening 8 October 2022 h. 18:00
8 October to 30 November 2022
TITLE: Coco Gordon's personal exhibition
"Art, nature and ecological sensitivity"
Research between nature and ecological sensitivity
PLACE: Ophen Virtual Art Gallery space
CURATORS: Sandro Bongiani
ADDRESS: Via S. Calenda 105 / D
HOURS: every day from 00.00 to 24.00
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E-MAIL INFO: bongianimuseum@gmail.com
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