Last September, at Cersaie in Bologna, Ceramiche Refin presented Glint Variation, a collection of unique ceramic pieces created together with Quayola.
The installation followed the presentation at Fuorisalone in April of the site-specific Glint installation designed also by Quayola for the Refin Studio spaces in Milan. Glint Variation is a collection of sculptural pieces in porcelain stoneware, an evolution and reinterpretation of the work presented in Milan, and a pure expression of the technical and material dialogue between the artist and the Refin laboratory.
The research path for the development of the Glint ceramic variation was complex and extremely stimulating. The real challenge for Refin was to be able to reproduce on the surface of the porcelain stoneware a structure that recreated the geometry developed by Quayola to represent the ripples of water. To do so, the company undertook a long process with the artist made up of tests, trials and continuous comparisons to explore new production techniques and a special ceramic mould was designed that allowed for the pressing of a bas-relief structure.
The result is a collection of sculptural pieces in 30cm x 30cm or 30cm x 60cm porcelain stoneware, 20mm thickness, with black glazed surfaces and edges. Glint Variation 30cm x 30cm is made up of four different subjects and can be inserted into interior design projects as a composition of pieces of art or to create scenographic full-wall coverings. Glint Variation 30cm x 60cm format is proposed as a single piece of art produced in a limited edition of 99 pieces and delivered with a numbered certificate of authenticity.
“Glint is first and foremost a research, a process. Both the sculpture Glint and the Variations document my study of the relationship between light and complex geometries. My idea was to crystallize the light effects on the surface of the water in a physical and tangible object. Glint Variations are like several works in one, there is no precise dimension. Being modular, the different pieces can be assembled together arriving at a scale, if you like, immersive” – Quayola
Quayola employs technology as a lens to explore the tensions and equilibriums between seemingly opposing forces: the real and artificial, figurative and abstract, old and new. Landscape painting, classical sculpture and iconography are some of the historical aesthetics that serve as a point of departure for Quayola’s hybrid compositions. His varied practice, all deriving from custom computer software, also includes audiovisual performance, immersive video installations, sculpture, and works on paper.
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