Marcelle Alix
Ernesto Sartori , France
"Scaffalando"
CARTE BLANCHE
Ernesto Sartori, Trantorizzabilante P3, 2023, gouache and gesso on wood, painted on both sides, 70 x 50 x 4,6 cm
Carte blanche for to Simone Menegoi
This sixth solo show of Ernesto Sartori at Galerie Marcelle Alix is titled “Scaffalando”: the gerund of an Italian verb derived from the word “scaffale” (shelf) and can mean “furnishing with shelves” or “arranging on shelves”. The exhibition consists of two sets of new works. The first is composed of paintings on panels in which the paint – a general texture evoking architectural drawing or cartographic representation – extends uniformly over the six faces of the support, resulting in peculiar pictorial objects without a privileged point of view. The second set of works consists of drawings on panels, also worked on all sides. These are sharp representations, in central perspective, of immense empty interiors with uncertain function: architectural fantasies mixing factory and warehouse, conference center and shopping mall, house and cenotaph.
Solo show of Ernesto Sartori
From May 24th to July 20th, 2024
Rendez-Vous
Friday 24 May 2024 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Opening of the exhibition
Saturday 25 May 2024 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Conversation between Ernesto Sartori and Simone Menegoi
75020 Paris, France 09 50 04 16 80 marcellealix.com
The gallery
We founded Marcelle Alix in 2009 in Paris in a characteristic boutique in the Belleville district. Our ambition is primarily to follow a rhythm that we deem appropriate to our activity, to remain independent of any form of norm or pressure, and to take pleasure in what we do. The gallery is for us a space of creation where the dialogue with the artists is not only focused on the commercialization of artworks but also reflects an equal relationship to creativity. Marcelle Alix currently represents thirteen artists and two duos. Our identity has been formed with the help of the artists who opened our program (Aurélien Froment, Louise Hervé & Clovis Maillet, Charlotte Moth, Ernesto Sartori, Marie Voignier) and those whom we have made visible on the French scene (Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, Ian Kiaer, Mira Schor, Donna Gottschalk). Throughout all these years, we have supported the longevity of artistic careers (Laura Lamiel, Liz Magor, whose work we are the only ones to present in Europe), accompanying the development of new perspectives in sculpture (Gyan Panchal, Jean-Charles de Quillacq), in video (Lola Gonzalez), or in drawing (Armineh Negahdari). We emphasize the central role played by galleries in the art ecosystem: they give visibility to singular artistic positions and offer a critical discourse on the most current plastic forms.
Gallery artists
Pauline Boudry, Renate Lorenz, Aurélien Froment, Lola Gonzàlez, Donna Gottschalk, Louise Hervé & Clovis Maillet, Ian Kiaer, Laura Lamiel, Liz Magor, Charlotte Moth, Armineh Negahdari, Gyan Panchal, Jean-Charles de Quillacq, Ernesto Sartori, Mira Schor, Marie Voignier
