Mario Arlati: Matter becomes Art, Viareggio

Viareggio’s Municipal Administration, in collaboration with Contini Art Gallery, is pleased to present the exhibition “Matter becomes Art” by the talented and well-known contemporary artist Mario Arlati, who will be exhibiting for the first time in Viareggio from July 23rd to October 2nd 2022 at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Viani (GAMC), inside the historic Palazzo delle Muse. The exhibition “La Materia diventa Arte” (“Matter becomes Art”) highlights the evolution of Arlati's experimentation with material: from colour to texture and the three-dimensionality of matter, as well as the expression of colour on different surfaces and light’s natural chiaroscuro effects that create infinite perceptions. Mario Arlati has always been passionately dedicated to the production of his artworks, which are influenced by the surrounding environment, particularly by its colours, its materials and light, as they approach the imagery of Arte Povera. Arlati considers matter as an inner reflection made up of feelings and evocations of the landscape. His works show the quest for a pure matter deprived of its functions. So, painting is matter concealing other matter within itself.