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Reviews
Before the realization of any artistic idea, come the experiment, the attempt, the aim, the mistake, the thought and the action. (...) Françoise Calcagno What dominates Françoise’s work is her constant need to experiment, which is also one of her finest qualities. And this is not prompted by any dissatisfaction with what she has already achieved, but because she is pushed by an insatiable curiosity and an undying vitality that compels her to continuous self-examination. (...) Aldo Chinellato September 2005 When she started visiting the Atelier Aperto, Françoise had just begun her graphic work, but with good scenographic preparation and precise ideas. Young, curious, intelligent and lively, Françoise has made great strides since then, so much so that today we can watch with interest her incisions. We can recognise an intense force in the work of the young artist. Her expressive world seems to have found an optimal dimension in the language of incisions, especially with wood, plexiglass, but also all kinds of unusual elements. Françoise puts a rare determination in her work. (...) Nicola Sene The first impression given by Françoise Calcagno’s work is that of force. And it is immediately followed by a profound contradiction: there is the feeling the primitive in her works, which perhaps come from the fact that the forms being composed contain something rocky, natural, but also geological. Mineral, then, but a mineral that seems to come from a remote era, primitive and primordial. (...) Bruno Rosada Françoise Calcagno’s works are born like off-shoots of a primary source, a dark, shapeless stain that manifests itself authoritatively on the canvas or the board, of vague outlines, bathed in a pale halo that highlights it in all its force. It is a meeting place between the artist’s action and nature, it is the time that witnesses the exchange of matter. (...) Elisa Capitanio December 2004 My painting is about the traces that time leaves, transforming things and people, and operating more relentlessly and rapidly than our minds and vision are able to perceive. (...) Françoise Calcagno, Aprile 2004 From 26 May to 9 June 2007, as part of the Urban Pathways project, which was conceived in 2005 by Lorenzo Urbani, a series of paintings by Françoise Calcagno will be on exhibition. The artist will present small pictures from her Marco Polo series; (...) Paintings by Françoise Calcagno Françoise Calcagno Art Studio, 2 June 2007 (...) A cura di Francesca Brandes Françoise Calcagno’s on-going personal memory map project, in progress for several years now, appears recursive and structured, just like the explanation of DNA. The use of the idea beloved of mathematicians is no coincidence: when there is a well defined procedure to solve a problem, it is usually said that the problem is recursive or algorithmic. (...) Francesca Brandes |