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Gonzalo Borondo Goes to Church and Imagines the Opposite of Genesis – “Settimo Giorno” in Bologna

Gonzalo Borondo Goes to Church and Imagines the Opposite of Genesis – “Settimo Giorno” in Bologna

New images today from street artist/fine artist Borondo of his new exhibition in Bologna, “Settimo Giorno.”

In the historic and revered gallery venue at the Former Church of San Mattia, he creates eleven new works incorporating a complex video process unique to the artist. To generate narratives between painting and sculpture, he creates bas-reliefs and employs a layering of nets in a monochromatic scheme.

“In order to think about Genesis, it is necessary, in some way, to also think about its opposite. Thus, the energy of creation and the energy of destruction merge on the Seventh Day, giving life to an intermediary space that visitors will be able to see and walk through”.

Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Former Church of San Mattia. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)

EXHIBITION AT MAGMA GALLERY

Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)

THE BOOK

Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)
Gonzalo Borondo. Settimo Giorno. Magma Gallery. Bologna, Italy. (photo © Roberto Conte)

Gonzalo Borondo SETTIMO GIORNO at Former Church of San Mattia and MAGMA Gallery runs from 03.02.2023 – 05.03.2023. Bologna, Italy. Click HERE for further details.

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Urvanity Madrid Diary 5: Selections From Urvanity Art Fair

Urvanity Madrid Diary 5: Selections From Urvanity Art Fair

This week BSA is in Madrid to capture some highlights on the street, in studio, and at Urvanity 2019, where we are hosting a 3 day “BSA TALKS” conference called “How Deep Is the Street?” Come with us every day to see what the Spanish capital has happening in urban and contemporary.

“Urvanity seeks to explore and thus imagine possible future scenarios for this New Contemporary Art,” they say boldly in the manifesto for this art fair/cultural platform in Madrid. A thrilling nexus is created here in this college campus of architecture where art from the streets is evolving in such ways that it is invited to come in from the street.

Isaac Cordal. SC Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Whatever your perspective is on this evolution, we encourage the conversation – which usually contains elements of tribalism (various), resistance, acceptance, even euphoria. During breaks from hosting the BSA Talks this weekend we are also skipping and swerving through the crowds to look at the art that galleries have on offer.

Anthony Lister, Marion Jdanoff and Victor Ash. Urban Spree Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Here we offer a very quick sample of some items that have caught our eye, looked fresh, or were indicative of larger movements in the so-called “scene”. And we use the word “scene” very loosely, because there is really not such thing as a homogeneous scene, only a constellation of them which are intersecting, coalescing, and redefining themselves. Some pieces are remarkable.

Here is the past, existing side by side with the future.

Jan Kalab. MAGMA Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Miss Van. Fousion Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Okuda. The Rainbow Mountain Installation. Detail. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Okuda in collaboration with his mother. The Rainbow Mountain Installation. Detail. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hendrik Czakainski. Urban Spree Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dmitri Aske. Ruarts Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
D*Face. Stolen Space Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dan Witz .Wunderkammern Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dan Witz .Wunderkammern Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pro176. Swinton Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sabek. Swinton Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sam3. Doppelganger Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
2501 .Wunderkammern Gallery. Urvanity Art Fair 2019. Madrid, February 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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