Sipario tagliafuoco

Ceccarelli, Giovanni

1988 - 1990 - XX

2421

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 57; Larghezza: 91

colore e lamine metalliche su compensato

Nerone Ceccarelli, art name Giovanni Ceccarelli, was an Italian sculptor. He worked under the banner of research characterised by the integration of art and architecture, while elaborating sculptures linked to a strict geometric abstractionism. Between 1989 and 1990, Nerone took part in the competition for the firebreak curtain at the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa. He presented ‘Solo con un disco...’, ‘Bravo Nicolò!’ and ‘Trillo di Dio’. Ceccarelli was not the winner of the competition but, in 1990, he won a new competition with the work ‘Viva Schöenberg’. It is a sculptural surface of monumental dimensions, consisting of 125 panels for a total of 200 m², of rigorous geometric abstractionism on which Ceccarelli worked for months. One of the preparatory sketches is now on display in the Villa Croce collection, entitled ‘Sipario Tagliafuoco’. The geometric elements, made of different metals, are assembled together in a mixture of sculpture and painting.