Bislacchi
Bislacchi's creations re-evaluate the canvas's support function, which actively participates in the creative process, becoming a constructive element of the work. In doing so, the physical dimension of his production investigates new forms of pictorial notion.
If you are interested in Bislacchi’s work, please email all inquiries to info@bislacchistudio.com
Website: www.bislacchistudio.com
Instagram: @bislacchi
About
Bislacchi has been investigating and experimenting with the canvas's potential since his professional artistic education in fine arts at the City & Guilds of London Art School, where he graduated in 2018. The most significant influences of his artistic production are related in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in Italian Informal Art, Abstract Expressionism, and Arte Povera, when artists began to question the formal presentation of painting and its purpose. Since his first artistic production, he has developed the interest and curiosity to manipulate the traditional support of painting. Experimenting with new possibilities of using the canvas, Bislacchi rethought the painting's idea by concentrating his investigations on the making processes, escaping from the realm of representation and the picture's physical constrictions. If Lucio Fontana cuts the canvas support, Bislacchi reconstructs it through motives, making it an integral part of the artistic process. The Wall of Canvas series develops from this idea of reconstruction and recreation. As the title suggests, the creative process refers to the symbolic construction of the canvas wall through hand-twisted strips of painted canvas that individually stretched over the painting's support according to vertical or horizontal arrangements. Reconstructing the painting from scratch, Bislacchi translates it into a symbolic construction model that he strongly associates with the idea of a mural structure made with canvas and paints instead of lime and brick. The series is born from one of his most significant experiences, a one-month residency program at PADA Studios near Lisbon, Portugal.
The “Bislacchi Studio - Wall of Canvas” documentary is available on YouTube at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIlTN3slZH4&feature=emb_logo
Biography
Bislacchi (1995) is an Italian-born and London-based visual artist. In 2014 after he gained a Diploma in graphic design and photography, he moved to London to study art. He graduated in 2018 with a BA in Fine Art from City and Guilds of London Art School. He participated in various art residencies across Europe, including “The Art of Nature” Cepovan, Slovenia (2019); “PADA Studios,” Barreiro, Portugal (2019); “ARTPIQ Summerhouse,” Dusseldorf, Germany (2018). Bislacchi was shortlisted for the “Young Talent Contemporary Purchase Prize” (2019) and the “Signature Art Prize” (2018) and awarded "The Chadwyck-Healey Prize for Painting" (2018). In September 2021, he will start a four months residency at Via Farini in Milan.
Group Exhibitions
2021: Yellow Archangel – Perceiving Anomalies, General Practice, Lincoln, UK.
2020: Art Rights Prize Finalist Exhibition, Online.
2020: After Hours, Bowes-Parris Gallery, London.
2020: Rea Art Fair, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan.
2020: Artpiq at The Flag, Frankfurt.
2020: Sitting Room (Bislacchi & Gabriel Carucci), Artisan Space, London.
2019: Young Talent Contemporary Purchase Prize, The Cello Factory, London-
2019: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London.
2019: The Feeling’s Mutual, The Rectory Projects, London.
2019: The Art of Nature (Residency Exhibition), Mestna Obcina, Nova Gorica.
2019: PADA Studios End of Residency Show, Barreiro (Portugal).
2019: The Signature Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Bankside Hotel - Trinity Art Gallery, London.
2018: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London.
2018: Artpiq Summerhouse Vernissage, Dusseldorf.
2018: City & Guilds BA Degree Show, City & Guilds of London Art School, London.
2018: Dimensions, Menier Gallery, London.
2017: City & Guilds Interim Show, Crypt Gallery, London.
2016: City & Guilds Interim Show, Diorama Arts Centre, London.
Press & Publications
2021: NotiziArte Alla scoperta di giovani artisti Emergenti: l’intervista a Bislacchi (notiziarte.com)
2020: Rea Art Fair Catalogue
2020: BlueBee Magazine
2020: ArtHole Magazine
2020: Chambre Fluide Online Magazine https://www.chambrefluide.com/bislacchi-studio
2019: Young Talent Contemporary Purchace Prize Catalogue
2019: Issue 19 Floorr Magazine, London https://www.floorrmagazine.com/issue-19/bislacchi
2019: Art Verge, London https://art-verge.com/2019/03/18/bislacchi-flowing-bonnard/
2018: Artpiq “Introducing Bislacchi,” Dusseldorf https://artpiq.net/blogs/news/introducing-bislacchi
Imagery courtesy of the artist.