Chaos and Cosmos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sammer Gallery and Galería de las Misiones Present
CYP CRISTIALI: Chaos and Cosmos
An Anthology of Works by Carnot Pose
Sammer Gallery, in collaboration with Galería de las Misiones in Jose Ignacio, is proud to present CYP CRISTIALI: Chaos and Cosmos, an exhibition celebrating the visionary works of self-taught artist Carnot Pose, better known by his artistic name, Cyp Cristiali.
The creative journey of Cyp Cristiali was as intense and radiant as his striking, detailed paintings. His prolific output was confined to a brief but impactful period during the 1970s, spanning just over half a decade. Despite holding only a few exhibitions during his lifetime, Cristiali's art continues to captivate, much like the enigmatic artist himself, who disappeared from the artistic scene as mysteriously as he emerged.
Cristiali's artistic mystique began when he was already in his fifties, using an alias even more unusual than his own name. His extravagant painting technique produced vivid, otherworldly results that left a lasting impression on the art world, despite his limited public appearances.
A fully illustrated catalogue, featuring an essay by art critic Pablo Thiago Rocca, is available for download.
For more information and to obtain press images, please contact the gallery at: info@sammergallery.us
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sammer Gallery LLC Announces “The Abstract Life”
Featuring Works on Paper by María Freire and José Pedro Costigliolo
Sammer Gallery LLC, in collaboration with Galería de las Misiones from Montevideo, Uruguay, is proud to present The Abstract Life, an exhibition showcasing the works on paper by renowned Uruguayan artists María Freire and José Pedro Costigliolo. This exhibition offers a comprehensive exploration of their vast creative periods, illustrating the formal and aesthetic evolution of the celebrated couple.
The Abstract Life is accompanied by archival materials from María Freire’s collection, providing unique insights into their artistic processes. A fully illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by art historian Manuel Neves will also be available, offering a deeper examination of the creative journey of both artists.
Through this exhibition, visitors will witness the groundbreaking abstractions and innovative forms that characterized Freire and Costigliolo’s works, revealing how they shaped the course of modern art in Latin America.
For more information and to obtain press images, please contact the gallery at info@sammergallery.us.
María Freire (Montevideo 1917-2015) and José Pedro Costigliolo (Montevideo 1902-1985) are considered, within the Uruguayan and Latin American geometric abstraction, two of the most outstanding visual artists of the second half of the 20th century. Founders in 1952 of the Non-figurative Art Group (Grupo de Arte No Figurativo), stood alongside the outstanding artists: Antonio Llorens (1920– 1995), Carmelo Arden Quin (1913-2010), Raul Pavlotzky (1918-1998), Rhod Rothfuss (1920-1969), Rómulo Aguerre (1919- 1992) Rodolfo Ian Uricchio (1919-2007) and Lincoln Presno (1917– 1991) members of the avant-garde movement that swung between the Concrete and the Madi art. In the last decade, within the rich panorama of geometric abstraction, their work is considered for its originality and radicality as a fundamental reference in the American continent. This can be seen by the inclusion of their work in very import- ant exhibitions, both in the American continent and in Europe. It’s also seen through the growing interest of institutions such as the cases of MOMA from New York, the Reina Sofía Center in Madrid, or the Malba in Buenos Aires; all of which have integrated works by the couple into their collections. On that account, it is worth noting the first comprehensive monograph of Costigliolo published by Galería de las Misiones and the artist's retrospective "The life of forms" (2018-2019), curated by Enrique Aguerre at the National Museum of Visual Arts in Montevideo. Costigliolo had already been celebrated by two retrospective exhibitions held at the “Subte Municipal de Montevideo” in 1983 and 1988, but these were accompanied by modest publications. María Freire's case is similar but somewhat more deficient. Her first major monograph was published in Brazil in 2001, along with an essay by Gabriel Pérez Barreiro. Recently she had a mod- est exhibition at the Blanes Museum in Montevideo, which was her second monograph by the historian Gabriel Peluffo, who had curated an anthological exhibition in 2003 at the Mercosur Bien- nial in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
This exhibition further acknowledges and honors these fundamental artists by presenting, for the first time to the public, an outstanding selection of works on paper.-