Enrico Castellani - Extroflexion

The work is a type of assemblage that aims to explore the field of human perception in relation to the artistic artifact. Enrico Castellani's entire oeuvre takes into account various issues already raised, for example, by Lucio Fontana's Spatialism, such as the definitive transcendence of traditional media to engage with a perceptual experience that directly engages the viewer's space.

For Enrico Castelllani, as for Agostino Bonalumi, the artwork's invasion of real space is achieved through the extroflexion of the canvas. The artist thus creates a raised surface, decisively introducing a new type of perceptual experience to the viewing of the painting: the tactile one. The tactile experience, however, merges with the visual one. The extroflexions always follow a rigorous rhythm and, guided by a rationalistic spirit, manage to reach the highest peaks of minimalist aesthetics, thanks also to the choice of a monochrome white.

Enrico Castellani was born in Castelmassa in 1930 and passed away in Celleno in 2017. He studied in Belgium at the École Nationale Supérieure. In 1957, he settled in Milan, where he began collaborating with Piero Manzoni. After his initial experiences in the field of Informal Art with Manzoni, he founded the magazine Azimuth, which advocated a radical rethinking of art. For Castellani and Bonalumi, this rethinking would lead to the extroversion of their canvases. Among his most notable exhibitions were his participation in the Venice Biennale in 1964, 1966, 1984, and 2003. In 1965, he participated in the group show "The Responsive Eye" at the MoMA in New York and in the 8th São Paulo Biennial in Brazil. In 1970, he took part in the group show "Vitality of the Negative in Italian Art," curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. In 1981 he participated in "Identité Italien. L'art en Italie depuis 1959", curated by Germano Celant, at the Center Pompidou in Paris.

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