The artwork features a ceramic sculpture composed of two distinct elements. The main form is a deep blue and textured, resembling a human head or mask. This is contrasted by a smooth, cream-colored cylindrical shape that appears to be a part of the sculpture. The overall composition creates a striking and enigmatic visual statement. The artist's use of contrasting textures and colors suggests an exploration of the dichotomy between the human face and abstracted forms. This piece likely reflects the artist's unique perspective on the human condition and the relationship between the tangible and the intangible. ...
Federico Cantini graduated from the National University of Rosario with a degree in Fine Arts. His work challenges the conventional boundaries between sculpture and installation, generating intimate and sometimes unsettling scenes. He is distinguished by his ability to create pieces that go beyond mere materiality, exploring the intersection between the rigidity of physics and human sensitivity. His creations are not simply static objects, but rather traces of a mood, pres- ences that interact with the viewer and expand the experience into a shared space.
Cantini finds inspiration in everyday elements, which he transforms through personal reinterpretation. His works, infused with an unsettling familiarity and palpable emotional tension, invite the viewer to explore the beauty and complexity hidden in the seemingly ordinary.
The artist presents everyday scenes that, when illuminated, reveal a raw reality devoid of adornments, without passing judgment. Here, the human is shown in its vulnerability and authenticity. Federico is a visual storyteller whose work is located in an ambiguous territory where violence and creation converge unexpectedly. ...
PASTO is a contemporary art gallery based in Buenos Aires that represents young and promising Argentinian artists. We contribute to their professionalization by encouraging them to produce under new challenges and we try to impulse and build bridges between the artists and worldwide critics, curators and collectors. Since 2014, PASTO assumes its fundamental role as a meeting and dissemination platform and uses that potential to provide visibility to divergent practices and ideas. ...
