STUDIO VISIT presents a series of interviews with artists from Apulia or whose research is connected to themes linked to the territory.the red thread of the different conversations is the exploration of matter: its use, its compositional specifications and observations. The aim is to create a multi-voice dialogue, a mapping of the materials used in contemporary artistic practice, stretched between the search for new possibilities of concretisation and the reactivation of old ones.
STUDIO VISIT is a column edited by Elena Bray for the Salgem magazine.
Giuseppe De Mattia The work you have done since the beginning of your journey, Giuseppe, has certainly branched out in many directions. I am thinking, for example, of the series of photographs with pastel interventions "Monsieur Bonnin's Son" or with acrylic interventions "War Horse Decorations,"...
I think your work is very interesting because it has as its common thread the search for minimal movement. All your performances seem to want to investigate complex systems that are stripped down to the bone in order to extract an essential gesture. My activity...
The subject of your art is sound and, like the beginning of every interview in this column, I would like to start with this peculiarity. Can you explain your relationship with sound and how it has evolved throughout your life? First of all, there is...
Giuseppe Abate Studio visit, I wanted to talk about the practices and research of artists through a particular focus on the use and choice of materials in contemporary art. In this interview, I would like to start from this very consideration and tell me how...
