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Robert Castagna
- Boston, MA
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- "Then there were the private rooms in the restaurants where you went for supper after midnight with a motley crowd of writers and actresses, all laughing in the candle light, who were prodigal as kings, full of idealistic ambitions and fantastical frenzies. Theirs was a higher life, 'twixt heaven and earth, amid the storm clouds, touched with the sublime." Gustave Flaubert
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- Castagna is represented by Rolly-Michaux Gallery (617.536.9898). To visit the gallery go to 290 Dartmouth Street in the Vendome building located in the Back Bay of Boston on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street only half a block from Newbury Street. Ron Rolly and Ron Michaux have been art dealers and gallery owners since 1967 and they will be happy to answer your questions and provide any information that you may need. Call to make an appointment or just stop in during regular hours: Tuesday through Friday 11-4 and Saturday until 5:30.
Castagna`s first series of work was black and white photographs of Copley Square which was shown in a solo exhibition in the Boston Room of the Boston Public Library. Work from this series and other black and whites of a similar nature were then acquired by the library for its permanent collection. This exhibition was followed up with photographs of Harvard Square, using the Square itself as the exhibition venue, photographs were scattered throughout storefronts and store-windows in a broad show entitled the Harvard Square Document. Images from these early shows were also exhibited in the Danforth Museum of Art.
The next major series of work was photographs from Kyoto Japan in a portfolio entitled Kyoto in its Season. This work was displayed in a solo exhibition at Rolly-Michaux Gallery in Boston. Pieces from this series were then selected for the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Brookline Arts Center, Casa Moretti (museum of Marino Moretti in Italy) and soon to be exhibited at the Art Complex Museum. Prints from this series are now also being acquired by the permanent collection of the Boston Public Library. One can view and acquire images from this collection at the gallery.
His latest work L’Ombra dell’Italia (The Shadow of Italy) will be on view at Rolly-Michaux Gallery come November. “Italy - rich with artisanship, splendor and beauty - is part of my heritage, and has cast its influence upon my life and family. In this series, I have focused on the elusive shadow to accentuate and counterpoint the color, texture and feel of my photographic images.” L’Ombra dell’Italia, a solo show will be on view at Rolly-Michaux Gallery of Bostonfrom October 31 - November 28, 2009. Opening reception from 4 to 7.
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Artist Statement:
Isolation and abstraction of cultural elements using pattern, shadow and selective focus.
Isolation and abstraction of cultural elements using pattern, shadow and selective focus.
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L'Ombra dell'Italia at Rolly-Michaux Gallery
October 31, 2009 from 4pm to 7pm
Robert Castagna is a Boston based artist and photographer who uses cultural abstraction as a means of expression. His series on Kyoto will be on display in his first solo museum show in 2011. His latest work L’Ombra dell’Italia (The Shadow of Italy)…
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This is great, Sharon. There's no void of down-toned comm on our planet today.
You make a great point about creating "good effects", not only in our art, but in our
lives as we lead them. That is what Ron says in Route To Infinity- just being a
bea…
Your verses leave me detached, suspended in the silence of me.
And then the endless contemplations of "what if" so much beauty
could fill the spaces of us all.
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