Marco Basta

A garden is an enclosed space, fenced off and protected. It is a place within which humans delimit and control nature, giving it order and beauty.It is within this limit that something comes into being, which necessarily leads one to individualise an external, unknown, indeterminate and chaotic space. The world is generated from the divide between these two spaces. My work exists within this divide. It is an attempt to define and listen to that interior and intimate space within which we acknowledge ourselves, making it necessary to create something that allows us to decipher and measure that external, chaotic space, which is nothing more than reality itself.It is an attempt to possess something, which in truth continually evades us; whose sense is always ‘elsewhere’ and which can now be fixed in memory and, consequently, in images. In this sense, I’m interested in images when they can tell us something using an imagination that can always refer to a larger and collective one. The actuality of an image, I think exists in this capacity, that is, in being able to connect to our personal “ruins” by activating a comprehension or a sentimental closeness related to what we’re looking at. And basically what I try to do in my work is to approach as closely as possible to a common feeling that follows the acceptance of a feeling first of all personal and intimate. There is an Indian story that explains much better than I did the time, but also the density of the imaginary that I seek in my work. Tell us about the Universe as a big dream dreamed by a single divinity and in which all the characters dreamed, are dreaming of their own.

Atocha - Ravenala (L)2017 / Felt-tip on felt, iron, magnets / 240 x 50 x 100 cm Atocha - Ravenala (Green) 2017 / Felt-tip on felt, iron, magnets / 240 x 60 cm

Atocha - Ravenala (L)2017 / Felt-tip on felt, iron, magnets / 240 x 50 x 100 cm Atocha - Ravenala (Green) 2017 / Felt-tip on felt, iron, magnets / 240 x 60 cm

Giardino (spider orchids) 2012 / Felt-tip pen on felt / 300 x 62 x 50 cm

Giardino (spider orchids) 2012 / Felt-tip pen on felt / 300 x 62 x 50 cm

Blue Thursday; Installation view at Gasconade, Milan; 2012

Giardino detail

Blue Thursday; Installation view at Gasconade, Milan; 2012

Fuoriclasse; Installation view at Galleria D’Arte Moderna di Milano, Milan; 2012

Giardino (zingiber) detail

Pioggia Autunnale 2011 / Inkjet print and pearl pigment on various papers / 109 x 158 cm

Pioggia Invernale 2011 / Inkjet print and pearl pigment on various papers / 109 x 158 cm

Pioggia Primaverile 2012 / Inkjet print and pearl pigment on various papers / 109 x 158 cm

Pioggia Estiva 2012 / Inkjet print and pearl pigment on various papers / 109 x 158 cm

Rainy Days; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2012

Green, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Mississippi2016 / glazed ceramic / 304 x 152 x 3 cm

Untitled2010 / Glazed ceramic / 32 x 23 x 28 cm

Untitled2010 / Glazed ceramic / 27 x 21 x 27 cm

Untitled2015 / Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle paper; 65 x 42 cm

Untitled2015 / Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle paper; 65 x 42 cm

Senza titolo (riflessi) Untitled (reflections)2010 / Inkjet print and pearl pigment on Atsushi paper / 23 x 35,5 cm

Senza titolo (riflessi) Untitled (reflections)2010 / Inkjet print and pearl pigment on Atsushi paper / 23 x 36 cm

L’ ala di un’ ape A bee’s wing 2012 / Inkjet print, pastel, hand engraving on japanese paper / 38,5 x 27,5 cm

L’ ala di un’ ape A bee’s wing 2012 / Inkjet print, pastel, hand engraving on japanese paper / 38,5 x 27,5 cm

FW2013RTW (KUDOS); Installation view with Andrea Romano and Davide Stucchi at Federica Schiavo Gallery , Rome; 2012

Vaso nella notte2015 / Inkjet print, pastel, charcoal and hand engraving on Buthan paper / 36 x 24,5 cm

Vaso nella notte2015 / Inkjet print, pastel and pearl pigment on african paper / 36 x 24,5 cm

Chieko2016 / inkjet print on paper / 33 x 21,5 cm

Qing2016 / inkjet print and charcoal on paper / 33 x 21,5 cm

Untitled (F.F.)2016 / inkjet print on paper / 33 x 21,5 cm

Cosmic apple2016 / inkjet print on japanese paper / 41 x 27 cm

Green, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Vardy2016 / inkjet print on paper / 49 x 32 cm

Green, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Sorridi ma non guardi2016 / aquatint on Hahnemuhle paper / 158 x 104 cm

Twice (blue ocean) 2016 / polyurethane, synthetic resin, paint coating / 72 x 130 x 15 cm

Twice (blue ocean) 2016 / polyurethane, synthetic resin, paint coating / 72 x 130 x 15 cm

Genova / polyurethane, synthetic resin, sand / 210 x 35 cmGreen, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Genova (detail)2016 / polyurethane, synthetic resin, sand / 210 x 35 cm

Green, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Green, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Untitled ( A.)2016 / Neon / 105 x 105 cm

Green, Blue and You; Installation view at Monica De Cardenas; 2016

Marco Basta Milan,1985. Lives and works in Milanwww.marcobasta.org

Education

2004 - 2008BA in Visual Arts, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan

Solo exhibitions

2016Green, Blue and You; Monica De Cardenas, Milan2012Rainy Days; Monica De Cardenas, MilanBlue Thursday; Gasconade, Milan2011Senza titolo (riflessi); DNA projectbox, Venice

Group exhibitions

2017Greffes; curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto; Villa Medici, RomeAnatomia del paesaggio; curated by Arianna Rosica / Gianluca Riccio; Chiostro di San Nicola, AnacapriOn Demand; curated by Oda Albera; section part of MiArt 2017, Milan2015Wholetrain; curated by Daniela Bigi; Fondazione per l’Arte; RomeOpen MIA; curated by Stefano Raimondi; Baco, Bergamo2014Studiolo. The Best of Italian Youth; curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di San Marino, Repubblica di S. MarinoÈdra, Connecting Landscapes; curated by Carmen Stolfi; American Academy in Rome, RomeItalian Summer; Galleria Monica De Cardenas; Zuoz, SwitzerlandThe Remains Of The Day; curated by Rita Selvaggio; Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo)Iconica / Arte Coni 100; curated by Maria Alicata and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi; RomeNon potendomi arrampicare sulle nuvole presi dalle colline; curated by Eva Fabbris; Galleria Civica di Valdagno;Valdagno (Vicenza)2013Rosa Titanica; curated by Michele D’Aurizio; Private house, RomeYellowing of the Lunar Consciousness; curated by Andrea Bruciati; galleria Massimo De Luca, Mestre / Palazzo Bonvicini, Venice O’ Rescue Benefit Grand Soirée; spazio O’, Milan2012FW2013RTW (KUDOS); curated by Michele D’Aurizio; Federica Schiavo Gallery, RomeFuoriclasse; curated by Luca Cerizza; Galleria D’Arte Moderna di Milano, MilanStracrepaccio Paradise; curated by Marcello Maloberti; il Crepaccio, Milan2011Vedere un oggetto, vedere la luce / To see an object, to see the light; curated by Ginny Kollak, Padraic E. Moore, Pavel S. Pys; Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba (Turin)

Special Projects

Furla Creative Lab, Fondazione Furla, 2014 - 2015

Bibliography

Marco Basta. Sinuous voids and emotional shades. Text by Giovanna Manzotti. Arte e Critica n.85, Spring - Summer 2016Marco Basta “Green, Blue and You” at Monica De Cardenas, Milan. Moussemagazine.it. April 2016 Marco Basta. Monica De Cardenas, Milan. Previewed. Art Review. April 2016Panorama; Diorama Editions; 2016Marco Basta, Oasi Visive. Text by Rita Selvaggio. Flash Art Italia n° 323, Ottobre-Novembre 2015, pp.88-89Curamagazine.com, Wholetrain, Marco Basta Andrea De Stefani Giulio Delvè, June 2015fondazionefurla.org, Marco Basta for Furla Creative Lab, 2015Marco Basta cover/interview, Artribune n° 21, Settembre - Ottobre 201415° Premio Cairo, Arte, Settembre / Ottobre 2014Èdra. Connecting Landscapes - Marco Basta, Julietartmagazine.com, 2014Maria Villa presents Marco Basta, Wheresart.net, 2014Curamagazine.com, STUDIO VISIT #12 – Marco Basta, 2014Atpdiary.com, Rosa Titanica hai i giorni contati!, 2013Federica Tattoli, Marco basta / interview, Pizzadigitale / Pizza magazine online, July 2013Andrea Ruggieri, Marco Basta. Moments of ambiguous beaty, Arte e Critica n° 74, June 2013, pp. 62-63Speciale Pittura, Flash Art Italia n° 308, February 2013, p. 69Marco Tagliafierro, Reverberetion #3: Marco Basta, Flash Art Online, February 2013Atpdiary.com, Giorni di Pioggia a Milano...Marco Basta, 2013Atpdiary.com, Il giardino a penna di Marco Basta, 2013Fuoriclasse, exhibition catalogue, Kaleidoscope Press, 2012Contemporary Art Daily.com, Marco Basta at Gasconade, July 2012Vedere un oggetto, vedere la luce / To see an object, to see the light; exhibition catalogue, Mousse Publishing, 2011