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Mario Surbone's Etchings

, by Susanna Della Vedova, translated by Jenna Walker
From 21 March to 6 May, an exhibition will be held of the artist's surface etchings, creating tricks of light and shadow. The inauguration will be at 6pm in Sala Ristorante Bocconi

An exhibit by Mario Surbone, an artist who has been close with the art movements following informalism during his long career, will be inaugurated on Monday 21 March (Sala Ristorante Bocconi, Via Sarfatti 25, 6pm).

Of his many periods, the one characterized by a series of etchings will be presented at Bocconi. This is not as well known, but the most interesting. Inspired by the geometry of Malevic and the abstraction of the European avant-gardes, the artist etched surfaces, creating poetic tricks of light and shadow. He focuses on balance and silence, understanding that one is impossible without the other.

In harmony with Azimuth artists from Manzoni to Castellani and Bonalumi, who worked in the '60s and '70s, his painting is not aimed at representation on surfaces, but molding and shaping the canvas. It is interpreted as an object, a three-dimensional reality that expands in space, becoming sculpture, architecture, color and light, all at once.

The exhibit can be attended from 21 March to 6 May 2016, Mondays through Saturdays from 9am to 12pm.

Mario Surbone was born in 1932 in Treville (AL) in Monferrato Casalese. A student under Felice Casorati, his public debut was in 1958 at the Mostra d'Arte Giovanile in Rome. His first personal exhibit was in 1962 at the "Il Canale" Gallery in Venice.

Starting in 1968, he began exploring the expressive opportunities in etched and modulated monochrome surfaces, following rigorously geometrical compositional structures.

He then came in contact with Azimuth investigations, gaining the attention of influential critics such as Giulio Carlo Argan and Paolo Fossati.

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