{"id":1730,"date":"2010-11-12T07:07:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T05:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatsarte.com\/blog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2017-11-13T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:34:57","slug":"michela-minotti-beyond-ceramic-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/highlights\/michela-minotti-beyond-ceramic-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Michela Minotti \u2013 Beyond. Ceramic Sculptures."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><strong><em>November 6 \u2013 14, 2010<br \/>\nTuscania, Italy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><a title=\"Italian Ceramics - Artworks by Michela Minotti\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti2web.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1739\" style=\"margin: 6px 8px;\" title=\"Italian Ceramics - Artworks by Michela Minotti\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti2web.jpg\" alt=\"Italian Ceramics - Artworks by Michela Minotti\" width=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti2web.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti2web-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a>I read about this exhibition on the Internet and I decided to go, regardless of my knowing nothing about the artist. A ceramic art exhibition near Viterbo, the place where I currently live, is a seldom occurrence. Plus, Tuscania is a charming destination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">I drove there with a sense of excitement because I had absolutely no idea of what I was about to see. I cherish the lack of expectations. It\u2019s a blessed state of mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">The exhibition was in a beautiful spot: a handsomely shaped, ancient warehouse, encased into the city walls. I watched a short video, featuring the artist, Michela Minotti, using the Raku technique to fire her pieces. Then I had a close look at her pieces. Finally I met her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><a title=\"Italian Ceramics - Artist Michela Minotti\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti1web.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1741\" style=\"margin: 4px 8px;\" title=\"Italian Ceramics - Artist Michela Minotti\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti1web.jpg\" alt=\"Italian Ceramics - Artist Michela Minotti\" width=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti1web.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/minotti1web-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a>I had a long list of questions to ask. Luckily, Michela was very happy to talk about her work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">She started with a statement: \u201cI\u2019m fascinated by Architecture\u201d. Indeed, her latest ceramic sculptures are dominated by an architectural module, a recurrent formal pattern that she develops in individual works or juxtaposes to plain surfaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">To her, Architecture is the rational frame of an ideal creative space. She dedicated her exhibition to Bruno Zevi, a most important Italian architect, who wrote \u201cThere is no thought without a language\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">I particularly loved four works that were displayed in the middle of the main room, on short stands. Only partly glazed, they released a positive energy that I figured was due both to their shape and to the mixture of burnished and glazed surfaces. I thought they were huge seeds\u2026 \u201cAlmost there\u201d, said Michela. They were embrios, starting to develop their own personality and path in life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Michela uses fire clay for her works, a rough material that is perfect to enhance her architectural perspectives and textures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">I thank Michela for taking the time to show me the details of her work. I wish her all the best. It takes a lot of courage to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/handmade-italian\/artist\/giacomo_alessi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ceramic artist in Italy<\/a>. Even more so in the area around Rome, where the opportunities are scarce. We\u2019ll soon mention her again for her participation to a Italian Ceramic Art event in Lithuania. Well done!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><strong>Oltre<br \/>\n<\/strong>Magazzini delle Lupa<br \/>\nVia della Lupa 4, Tuscania<br \/>\nFri. and Sat &#8211; 4 pm to 7 pm<br \/>\nSunday \u2013 11 am to 1 pm &#8211; 4 pm to 7 pm<br \/>\nPh: 0039 0761 443239<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:magazzinidellalupa@libero.it\">magazzinidellalupa@libero.it<\/a>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 6 \u2013 14, 2010 Tuscania, Italy I read about this exhibition on the Internet and I decided to go, regardless of my knowing nothing about the artist. A ceramic art exhibition near Viterbo, the place where I currently live, is a seldom occurrence. Plus, Tuscania is a charming destination. 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