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Dario Carmentano (Matera, 1960)
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Dario Carmentano was trained as an etcher at the Graphic Arts Studio of via Sette Dolori in Matera.
In 1990 he founded the Cultural Association ARTErìa. In 1999 he founded FARO Coordinating Associations for Art, which would go on to produce a series of events and meetings amongst artists and cultural associations in Southern Italy. In 1999, he met the promoters of ORESTE, the collective of relational artists with whom he would collaborate to create the organization of ORESTE 2, a residential Program for artists and curators.
His research is focussed on symbols of high anthropologic value, on sacred icons, objects of worship but also on words and swear-words of strong socio-cultural impact, as proof of meticulous analysis of collective devotion and social rituals, of popular culture and its most truthful aspects.
The artist looks to the most restored and primordial of symbols, to the reasoning of phonetic and cultural roots of a phrase, to the heart of many icons that we often don’t perceive in their original integrity. To do this, he uses irony and desecration, upsetting popular (and often populist) clichés humanistically, with respect to modus and concise visual caliber.
The same languages confirm the moral strength of a trip that moves through our lifetime without any fear of doubt, a mixture that is filled with simplified technology and manualisms, yet without ever being overly dogmatic.
Dario Carmentano is represented at the international level by the Contemporary Art Consultant Francesco Cascino. www.francescocascino.com |
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