Materic

The Materic series includes experimental works developed between the period of the studies in Milan (1970-1975) and the late 1970s. It arises from a personal interest in materials and, like for the Combustions and Fragments series, in response to the ongoing state of socio-political tension. However, over the years, the series focuses on ecology and expresses a critique on urbanization.

The canvas, here, is replaced by wooden panels, a reference to the Early Influences. We also denote an experimental and painterly use of ephemeral and waste materials, materials belonging to the world of furniture making, such as saw dust and ash, cement and organic material, mixed with everyday objects.

The early Materic works, such as Supermatter (1975), coincide with accumulation surfaces, often perishable and occupied by layers of matter, evoking a sense of precarious instability. While, later works of this series, such as Untitled (1979) are referred to as Pourings. In Pourings the material turns into action: cement mixed with recycled materials is freely poured onto a plywood.

Untitled, 1975, sawdust, ash, oxides, mixed technique, 70x70. Detail.
The Cathedral in the Desert, 1974, mixed media, 202x98. Full view and detail.
Morte Della Natura/ The Death of Nature, 1975, twigs, roots, plaster, combustion, mixed technique on panel, 146x67. Full view and details.
The title plays with the Italian translation of Still Life “Natura Morta” which iterally means Dead Nature.
Supermateria/Supermatter,1975, cement, glass, enamles, mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. Full view and details.
Untitled, 1979, cement, various objects and materials (glass wool, nails, perforated sheets, beeswax), mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. A Pourings Work. Full view and detail.
Untitled was exhibited in 1979 at the group exhibition in Castello Prinetti, Merate, where he met artist Giacomo Nicola Manenti. See Early Collaborations.
Space, 1974, oxides, sawdust, mixed technique, 50x70. From left: Piergiorgio Cazzaniga and Mariangelo Cazzaniga. Full View and detail.
Disco Volante/ Flying saucer, 1976, raw clay, oxides, mixed technique on cardboard, 50x70. Full view.
Superspazi/ Superspaces, 1977, sawdust, soil, enamels, fabric, mixed media on particle board, 100x186. Full view and details.
Razzismo/ Racism, 1975, raw clay, oxides, mixed technique on panel, 105x77. Full view and detail.

Untitled, 1975, sawdust, ash, oxides, mixed technique, 70x70. Detail.
The Cathedral in the Desert, 1974, mixed media, 202x98. Full view.
The Cathedral in the Desert, 1974, mixed media, 202x98. Detail.
Morte Della Natura/ The Death of Nature, 1975, twigs, roots, plaster, combustion, mixed technique on panel, 146x67. Full view and details.
The title plays with the Italian translation of Still Life “Natura Morta” which iterally means Dead Nature.
Morte Della Natura/ The Death of Nature, 1975, twigs, roots, plaster, combustion, mixed technique on panel, 146x67. Full view and details.
The title plays with the Italian translation of Still Life “Natura Morta” which iterally means Dead Nature.
Morte Della Natura/ The Death of Nature, 1975, twigs, roots, plaster, combustion, mixed technique on panel, 146x67. Full view and details.
The title plays with the Italian translation of Still Life “Natura Morta” which iterally means Dead Nature.
Supermateria/Supermatter,1975, cement, glass, enamles, mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. Full view.
Supermateria/Supermatter,1975, cement, glass, enamles, mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. Details.
Supermateria/Supermatter,1975, cement, glass, enamles, mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. Details.
Supermateria/Supermatter,1975, cement, glass, enamles, mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. Details.
Untitled, 1979, cement, various objects and materials (glass wool, nails, perforated sheets, beeswax), mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. A Pourings Work. Full view and detail.
Untitled was exhibited in 1979 at the group exhibition in Castello Prinetti, Merate, where he met artist Giacomo Nicola Manenti. See Early Collaborations.
Untitled, 1979, cement, various objects and materials (glass wool, nails, perforated sheets, beeswax), mixed technique on plywood, 50x70. A Pourings Work. Full view and detail.
Untitled was exhibited in 1979 at the group exhibition in Castello Prinetti, Merate, where he met artist Giacomo Nicola Manenti. See Early Collaborations.
Space, 1974, oxides, sawdust, mixed technique, 50x70. From left: Piergiorgio Cazzaniga and Mariangelo Cazzaniga. Full View.
Space, 1974, oxides, sawdust, mixed technique, 50x70. From left: Piergiorgio Cazzaniga and Mariangelo Cazzaniga. Detail.
Disco Volante/ Flying saucer, 1976, raw clay, oxides, mixed technique on cardboard, 50x70. Full view.
Superspazi/ Superspaces, 1977, sawdust, soil, enamels, fabric, mixed media on particle board, 100x186. Full view.
Superspazi/ Superspaces, 1977, sawdust, soil, enamels, fabric, mixed media on particle board, 100x186. Details.
Superspazi/ Superspaces, 1977, sawdust, soil, enamels, fabric, mixed media on particle board, 100x186. Details.
Razzismo/ Racism, 1975, raw clay, oxides, mixed technique on panel, 105x77. Full view.
Razzismo/ Racism, 1975, raw clay, oxides, mixed technique on panel, 105x77. Detail.