From March 19th to April 2nd, 2011 I took part with my artwork TRANSPARENT MAN in the first “Giovani d’Arte” Art Competition and Exhibition, organized by Museo delle Sculture Iperspaziali “Attilio Pierelli”, Bomarzo (www.museopierelli.it) and Associazione ComunicArte in cooperation with Comune di Bomarzo.
I classified as runner up and this was the opinion of the Jury:
The work was particularly appreciated for its belonging to the Italian tradition. It is permeated by metaphysical suggestions, which recall De Chirico’s manikins, eased by oneiric values. In a metal net housing transparent, opaque and reflecting surfaces, Cannone draws a dialectical interplay of full and void spaces, suitable to express the eternal question of human condition. The incommunicable, the ineffable, the ephemeral, take possession of the man-manikin like a cobweb, a cage, which paradoxically does not hide him, revealing, instead, the only one of possible encounters in a no man’s land where Transparent man speaks to us, mute, of a neo-metaphysical in-existence and in-consistence. (By art critic Dr Barbara Aniello)
Dell’opera è stata particolarmente apprezzata l’appartenenza alla tradizione italiana. L’opera è impregnata di suggestioni metafisiche (che rimandano ai manichini di De Chirico) alleggerite da una valenza onirica. In una rete metallica che ospita superfici trasparenti, opache e riflettenti, Cannone disegna un gioco dialettico di pieni e vuoti, adatti ad esprimere l’eterna questione della condizione umana. L’incomunicabile, l’ineffabile, l’effimero si impadroniscono dell’uomo-manichino come una tela di ragno, una gabbia, ma che paradossalmente non lo nasconde, rivelando invece l’unico degli incontri possibili in una terra di nessuno in cui Transparent man ci parla, muto, di una in-esistenza e in-consistenza neo-metafisiche. (Giudizio a cura della Dott. ssa Barbara Aniello, critica d’arte)
Here I am with the winner, artist Patrick Alò, and the organizer and curator of the exhibition, Dr Pàmela Mezzasalma.
Above pictures: the front side of the Museo delle Sculture Iperspaziali “Attilio Pierelli”, which is the only contemporary art museum of the Viterbo province, and a view of the exhibition.
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As runner up in the first “Giovani d’Arte” competition, I’ve been given the opportunity to take part in the second “Giovani d’Arte” Collective Exhibition with three pieces: VISIBLE MAN, WORN-OUT BOX FOR ERRORS and TUBI. The exhibition, which was curated by MERZBAU Arte e Cultura (www.merzbau.it) and was part of the Settimana della Cultura, organized by Associazione ComunicArte in cooperation with several other institutions (see leaflet: BOMARZO – SETTIMANA DELLA CULTURA 2011), took place from 21st to 28th May 2011 at Palazzo Orsini, Bomarzo. It was accompanied by a series of events at Museo delle Sculture Iperspaziali “Attilio Pierelli”.
With me in the fourth picture: exhibiting artist Valentina Melis, Dr Pàmela Mezzasalma, organizer, and her daughter Egle. In the fifth picture – with me, Valentina Melis and her artworks – the exhibition curators, Dr Paola Donato and Dr Loris Schermi (www.merzbau.it). With me in the sixth picture: Dr Barbara Aniello and Dr Pàmela Mezzasalma.
On occasion of the closing conference, entitled “Dialoghi inter artes: lo Spazio, il Tempo, il Suono nella scultura di Attilio Pierelli” (speakers: Prof. Elisabetta Cristallini, Prof. Arturo Vittori, Dr. Barbara Aniello), I had the honour of making the acquaintance of the internationally well-known architect and designer Professor Arturo Vittori (www.architectureandvision.com, http://www.architectureandvision.com/av/team.html), brother of the astronaut Roberto Vittori (http://www.robertovittori.it/). Many thanks to Professor Vittori for posing with me.
Marco Cannone Art 
