Upcoming
ALL THAT YOU SEE
ALL THAT YOU SEE
Solo show
Kunsthalle Göppingen
Kunsthalle Göppingen
Opening Sunday Nov 10, 2024,
Nov 10 – April 27, 2025
Göppingen
Göppingen
Germany
2024
AUSSER SICHT
Solo show
Thun Panorama
Thun Panorama
May 11 – Dec 1
Thun
Thun
Text
Chiara Ottavi
On their way to the building, visitors are already confronted with Rogado’s work as soon as they glimpse from the outside the backs of the large canvases blending harmoniously with the windows. The translucency of the picture supports hints at the nature of the painting to come. In addition, circular openings in the canvases afford a direct view into the exhibition space. In addition, round pictures hanging on the back of the canvases can be seenfrom the outside but only guessed at from inside. As windows into another dimension, they enhance the impression of depth and the complexity of the installation.
Upon arrival inside the exhibition space, the possibilities for interpreting the work multiply. The colours that the artist has applied to the canvases create shimmering organic forms that open up a view inwards and – thanks to the light coming in from outside and the semi-transparent picture supports – also outwards. The daylight makes the silhouettes of the stretcher frames and the small round paintings attached to the back show through the canvases. These elements blend with the shadows cast by the trees and plants to become part of the work and its composition. Ausser Sicht is therefore constantly in motion, transforming with changes in nature and the seasons.
Chiara Ottavi
On their way to the building, visitors are already confronted with Rogado’s work as soon as they glimpse from the outside the backs of the large canvases blending harmoniously with the windows. The translucency of the picture supports hints at the nature of the painting to come. In addition, circular openings in the canvases afford a direct view into the exhibition space. In addition, round pictures hanging on the back of the canvases can be seenfrom the outside but only guessed at from inside. As windows into another dimension, they enhance the impression of depth and the complexity of the installation.
Upon arrival inside the exhibition space, the possibilities for interpreting the work multiply. The colours that the artist has applied to the canvases create shimmering organic forms that open up a view inwards and – thanks to the light coming in from outside and the semi-transparent picture supports – also outwards. The daylight makes the silhouettes of the stretcher frames and the small round paintings attached to the back show through the canvases. These elements blend with the shadows cast by the trees and plants to become part of the work and its composition. Ausser Sicht is therefore constantly in motion, transforming with changes in nature and the seasons.
The four circular openings, which are positioned in the installation in the direction of the four points of the compass, act like windows that open up the picture even further to offer a complete view of the outside world and project it outwards. Rather than blocking the view, the canvases thus open up a horizon of infinite possibilities. The artist has furthermore placed on them painted ceramic spheres with reflective enamel surfaces, creating a kaleidoscope of reflected images. Viewers can also see themselves reflected in these orbs and become in this way part of the installation. This panora- ma of visions and illusions not only explores the nature of art but also probes the limits of human perception.
In sum, Ausser Sicht generates a continuous and complex connection between interior and exterior space that can be experienced from both perspectives. The windows of the gallery become fragmented openings providing surprising views inside and out that challenge our perceptual habits. The title Ausser Sicht refers to the fact that some- thing always remains hidden from view and eludes our gaze, no matter how we look at things.
In sum, Ausser Sicht generates a continuous and complex connection between interior and exterior space that can be experienced from both perspectives. The windows of the gallery become fragmented openings providing surprising views inside and out that challenge our perceptual habits. The title Ausser Sicht refers to the fact that some- thing always remains hidden from view and eludes our gaze, no matter how we look at things.
Upcoming
AUSSER SICHT
AUSSER SICHT
Solo show
Thun Panorama
Thun Panorama
Opening Friday May 10, 2024, 18:00
May 11 – Dec 1, 2024
Thun
Thun
Switzerland
2024
ALL THAT YOU SEE
Solo show
Kunstmuseum Thun
Kunstmuseum Thun
May 11 – July 28
Thun
Thun
Text
Cornelius Krell
Giacomo Santiago Rogado explores in his paintings, works on paper and spatial installations both human perception itself and the history of artistic and non-artistic images. Using various techniques and materials, many of which have a long tra- dition, he probes the possibilities, limits and conditions of contemporary painting. Since the mid-2000s, Rogado has produced an extensive and extremely diverse oeuvre. He primarily devotes himself to developing series over an extended period of time, taking up the same leitmotifs, themes or processes again and again, which he var- ies and continually places in new contexts. For this reason, Rogado’s oeuvre exhibits great consistency and stringen- cy, without however lacking in innovative pictorial inven- tions and displays. His reflexive, circular approach can best be envisioned as a spiral that keeps leading the artist back to the same point – but always at a higher level (of development). We can therefore constantly take a fresh look back at Rogado’s earlier images from the perspective of the present, as well as perceiving his present images with hindsight from the past. This is the basic idea behind Rogado’s solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun, the very first retrospective of the artist’s work.
Cornelius Krell
Giacomo Santiago Rogado explores in his paintings, works on paper and spatial installations both human perception itself and the history of artistic and non-artistic images. Using various techniques and materials, many of which have a long tra- dition, he probes the possibilities, limits and conditions of contemporary painting. Since the mid-2000s, Rogado has produced an extensive and extremely diverse oeuvre. He primarily devotes himself to developing series over an extended period of time, taking up the same leitmotifs, themes or processes again and again, which he var- ies and continually places in new contexts. For this reason, Rogado’s oeuvre exhibits great consistency and stringen- cy, without however lacking in innovative pictorial inven- tions and displays. His reflexive, circular approach can best be envisioned as a spiral that keeps leading the artist back to the same point – but always at a higher level (of development). We can therefore constantly take a fresh look back at Rogado’s earlier images from the perspective of the present, as well as perceiving his present images with hindsight from the past. This is the basic idea behind Rogado’s solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun, the very first retrospective of the artist’s work.
Rogado has brought together here nearly 80 works made between 2005 and 2024. Outstanding key works are shown alongside new pieces produced especially for the show. Although the exhibition is conceived more or less chrono- logically, the artist also reacts directly to the architectural challenges and conditions of the surrounding space. For him, it is not only the careful composition of the individu- al works that counts but also their arrangement and place- ment in the space and within an exhibition choreography.
Rogado is the first artist in the history of the museum to simultaneously show works at both locations, the Thunerhof and the Thun Panorama, covering an area of over 1,000 square metres. ALL THAT YOU SEE at the Thunerhof pre- sents paintings, works on paper and installations from recent years and decades, while the exhibition AUSSER SICHT (Out of Sight, 11 May – 1 December 2024) in the glazed extension to the Thun Panorama features a new site-specific spatial installation that makes reference to both Schadaupark out- side and Marquard Wocher’s circular painting inside.
Rogado is the first artist in the history of the museum to simultaneously show works at both locations, the Thunerhof and the Thun Panorama, covering an area of over 1,000 square metres. ALL THAT YOU SEE at the Thunerhof pre- sents paintings, works on paper and installations from recent years and decades, while the exhibition AUSSER SICHT (Out of Sight, 11 May – 1 December 2024) in the glazed extension to the Thun Panorama features a new site-specific spatial installation that makes reference to both Schadaupark out- side and Marquard Wocher’s circular painting inside.
Upcoming
ALL THAT YOU SEE
ALL THAT YOU SEE
Solo show
Kunstmuseum Thun
Kunstmuseum Thun
Opening Friday May 10, 2024, 18:00
May 11 – July 31, 2024
Thun
Thun