maura saddi

1959 in carbonia in italien geboren
seit 1993 eigener geometrischer stil

lebt und arbeitet in cortoghiana in sardinien



einzelausstellungen (auswahl)

1999 “geometrica/mente”, isili – nuoro (i)
2000 “possible variations”, centre of estetic information “concrete”, calasetta (i)
2001 “projects”, spaziostudio, cortoghiana (i)
2003 “the dance”, museum of contemporary art, calasetta (i)
2003 “signs and dreams”, museum of territory “sa corona arrubia”, villanovaforru (i)
2004 “re/constructions”, civic tower, carbonia – cagliari (i)
2006 “empties space» villamarina gallery – monteponi mines, iglesias – cagliari (i)
2007 "die neue generation: bettina bürkle - keummi paik - maura saddi", galerie konkret martin wörn, sulzburg/breisgau (d)



ausstellungsbeteiligungen (auswahl)

1997 “geometrica ars latina”, locarno (ch)
1998 “the construct art”, sassari (i)
1999 “white’s praise”, centre of contemporary artistic experiments, “man ray” cagliari (i)
1999 “artist’s toys”, centre of contemporary artistic experiments, “man ray” cagliari and quartu s.elena (i)
1999 “toward an indiscreet geometry”, centre of estetic information “concrete”, calasetta (i)
2002 “stopping times”, centre of contemporary artistic experiments, “man ray” cagliari (i)
2002 “rooms” “genius loci” (istallation), centre of contemporary artistic experiments,“man ray” cagliari (i)
2004 “une poètique de la raison”, white elephant art gallery, paris (f)
2005 59° salon rèalitès nouvelles, paris (f)
2006 in the sign of the bookilisso edition, sassari (i)
2006 60° salon rèalitès nouvelles, paris (f)

it’s necessary to have serious reasons when a painter decides to paint in only black and white, excluding all the other colours. of these reasons there is one which maura saddi doesn’t ignore: that is from the start of 20th century that led malevitch to propose his famous black square on a white background, with which inaugurated in the history of art, the practise of this chromatic asceticism.

it dealed with the self preservation from the enchantment of a colour saturated world, where illusion reigns and where the spirit risks to get lost. the colour, we all know, possess an energetic value; it awakes the ghosts of the flesh, it feeds the deliriums of decoration and too often calls back on anecdotes.

under his power, the pictorial space is prisoner of earthly things: beaten by their density, it only authorizes a simulacrum of infinity. for a spirit that aspires to a perfect autonomy and to the truth, the colour become a threat. it is necessary to opt for black and white. so, that which is a well established tradition qualifies as “no colour” will have the mission of bringing us to meet with the absolute. which is none other than the sense that malevitch intended to give to his works.

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aus: rigour and transgression of the grid in maura saddi’s works

fernand fournier
march 2005 paris

maura saddi, convergenze/divergenze, 2005 , acryl auf leinwand, 20 x 20 x 4

maura saddi, N° 325, 2004, öl auf leinwand, 100 x 100 cm

maura saddi, N° 339, 2004, öl auf leinwand, 100 x 100 cm

maura saddi, N° 329, 2004, öl auf leinwand, 100 x 100 cm