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Fragments

The Fragments series emerged in response to the social fracture of the mid-1970s.

Earlier Fragments appear reprocessed with oxides and organic material and torn. Large in size, residual presences, elements of a combustion process.
The canvas is abandoned in favor of particle wood panels. A choice that follows the logic of material dispersion, where the hardness of the particle wood in the early works gives way over the years to the lightness of paper.

Later works engage in an investigation of space: they assume smaller dimensions and are freely arranged on walls and surfaces of occasional environments. Site-specific elements, materic reminder of the Traces series.

In 1992, Marangelo participated in a group exhibition at the Castello di Sartirana Lomellina (PV) with Threshold, a site-specific work that engages with the concept of open discontinuity, where small fragments are installed around a portal, between two spaces. In 1994, he took part in the group exhibition Exterior Interior at Villa Borgia di Usmate, with Fragments in Space, a work that conceptually concludes the Fragments series and initiates the Space series.

  • Mariangelo Cazzaniga and Frammento, 42,5x32,5, Indipendente A, 1990, photo by Michele Salmi.
    Mariangelo Cazzaniga, Frammenti, 1990-1991, particle board, oxides, mixed technique.
    Exhibition View Indipedent “A”.
    Mariangelo Cazzaniga, Frammento, 1986, particle board, oxides, mixed technique, 80x60.

  • Frammento Su Frammento/Fragment on fragment, 1976, particle board, filtering fabric, pigments, mixed technique, 200x190.
    Full view on wall and details.

  • Frammenti con Terra/Fragments with soil,1989, installation, soil, paper, collage and mixed technique. 300X100. Full view and single element.

  • Frammento Collage/Fragment Collage, 1989, paper, oxides, collage, 135x40. Full view and deails.

  • Piergiorgio Cazzaniga Design Studio, Book edited by Andreu World.
    From left, on the walls: works from the Early Works series and Fragments, wall installation, 1988.
    Frammenti/Fragments, 1988, wall installation, ash, particle board. 200X200 Full view, 18x14 single element.
  • Mariangelo Cazzaniga and Fragment, 42,5x32,5, Indipendente A, 1990. Photo by Michele Salmi.
  • Mariangelo Cazzaniga, Fragments, 1990-1991, particle board, oxides, mixed technique.
    Exhibition View Indipedent “A”, Spazio h:Orarte.
  • Mariangelo Cazzaniga, Fragments, 1990-1991, particle board, oxides, mixed technique.
    Exhibition View Indipedent “A”, Spazio h:Orarte.
  • Mariangelo Cazzaniga, Fragments, 1990-1991, particle board, oxides, mixed technique.
    Exhibition View Indipedent “A”, Spazio h:Orarte.
  • Frammento/Fragments, 1986, particle board, oxides, mixed technique, 80x60.

  • Frammento Su Frammento/Fragment on fragment, 1976, particle board, filtering fabric, pigments, mixed technique, 200x190. Full view.

  • Frammento Su Frammento/Fragment on fragment, 1976, particle board, filtering fabric, pigments, mixed technique, 200x190. Detail.

  • Frammento Su Frammento/Fragment on fragment, 1976, particle board, filtering fabric, pigments, mixed technique, 200x190. Detail.

  • Frammento Su Frammento/Fragment on fragment, 1976, particle board, filtering fabric, pigments, mixed technique, 200x190. Full view.

  • Frammenti con Terra/Fragments with soil,1989, installation, soil, paper, collage and mixed technique. 300X100. Full view.

  • Frammenti con Terra/Fragments with soil,1989, installation, soil, paper, collage and mixed technique. 300X100. Single element.

  • Frammento Collage/Fragment Collage, 1989, paper, oxides, collage, 135x40. Full view.

  • Frammento Collage/Fragment Collage, 1989, paper, oxides, collage, 135x40. Deail.

  • Frammento Collage/Fragment Collage, 1989, paper, oxides, collage, 135x40. Deail.

  • Piergiorgio Cazzaniga Design Studio, Book edited by Andreu World.
    From left, on the walls: works from the Early Works series and Fragments, wall installation, 1988.
    Frammenti/Fragments, 1988, wall installation, ash, particle board. 200X200 Full view, 18x14 single element.
  • Piergiorgio Cazzaniga Design Studio, Book edited by Andreu World.
    From left, on the walls: works from the Early Works series and Fragments, wall installation, 1988.
    Frammenti/Fragments, 1988, wall installation, ash, particle board. 200X200 Full view, 18x14 single element.
  • Piergiorgio Cazzaniga Design Studio, Book edited by Andreu World.
    From left, on the walls: works from the Early Works series and Fragments, wall installation, 1988.
    Frammenti/Fragments, 1988, wall installation, ash, particle board. 200X200 Full view, 18x14 single element.

"The semblance of the artifact survives, the recovered material is recognizable in the appearance of the fragment, almost like an immense irregularly shaped shard, embodying the function of spatial director and, still, of signage.”

Sabrina Zannier, critical text on the work Frammento/Fragment, 1991, an excerpt from the Catalogue Esterno Interno/External Internal a group exhibition, 1994, Villa Borgia Usmate.

Catalogue Esterno Interno / External Internal
1994, detail.
Mariangelo Cazzaniga, Villa Borromeo, Arcore, preparing for the installation Frammenti nello Spazio / Fragments in space.