WAITING IS NOT WASTED TIME
La prima edizione di Arte a San Leonardo ha visto il coinvolgimento di Simone Berti (1966) che, al termine di una residenza sviluppatasi in più momenti nel corso del 2022, ha realizzato un Libro d’Artista in 120 copie e un’Etichetta d’artista per vestire 999 bottiglie di San Leonardodell’annata 2018. Tema della ricerca di Berti è “L’attesa non è tempo sprecato”, una riflessione sul ruolo del tempo e delle sue diverse manifestazioni nella vita dell’uomo e in quella della natura, nell’evoluzione di un’idea artistica e in quella di un prodotto come il vino. Il tempo , per Simone Berti, si manifesta in molte forme diverse: “C’è il tempo che il nostro occhio impiega per abituarsi a percepire le cose nel buio, c’è il tempo che serve alla nostra mente per cambiare idea e c'è il tempo necessario per la maturazione delle cose.
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Work by Simone Berti featured in the artist's book
For the artist, trees and vegetation are the visible form of time, nature’s time, in which slowness and the ability to wait are elements that generate strength and beauty. In the 34 images that decorate the pages of the book, nature is represented by vegetation that progressively occupies all the spaces, connecting people, objects, and architecture, turning a daily environment into a dream-like landscape crossed by a silent, vital energy. The Arte a San Leonardo project is curated by Giovanna Amadasi and occurs annually. Over time, the artist’s books will build the San Leonardo library, becoming a place to meet and converse among the worlds of wine and art, while the bottles will become collector items. The San Leonardo estate is a family-run business rich in history and deeply rooted in the land. More than 1000 years ago it was a monastery and for the last 300 years it has been the home of the Marquises Guerrieri Gonzaga, who protect it with passion. Three hundred hectares, of which 30 contain organically grown vines, protected by the imposing mountains of Trentino, which cushion the cold northern winds and welcome the temperate breezes of Lake Garda. Here we find cabernet sauvignon, carménère, and merlot, the grapes used in the production of San Leonardo, the emblematic wine of the estate.
Work by Simone Berti featured in the artist's book
Work by Simone Berti featured in the artist's book
Work by Simone Berti featured in the artist's book
The artist
Simone Berti was born in Adria (RO) in 1966. He lives and works in Milan.
He has exhibited in museums and international exhibitions including Fare Mondi / Making Worlds, 52nd Venice Biennal, (2009, curated by Daniel Birnbaum); Italics, MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Palazzo Grassi in Venice (2008, curated by Francesco Bonami); Egofugal – 7th Istanbul Biennal (2001, curated by Yuko Hasegawa); Manifesta 3 – The European Nomadic Biennial, Borderline syndrome: Energies of Defense, Ljubljana (2000, curated by Francesco Bonami);
Examining Pictures Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Hammer Museum – UCLA, Los Angeles (1999–2000, curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith Nesbitt).
He presented a solo exhibition in 2017 at Museo MACRO, Rome, entitled Simone Berti – Appunti Di Una Generazione (curated by Costantino d’Orazio) and he presented Personale (curated by Alessandro Rabottini) in 2005 at the Galleria di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea GaMEC, Bergamo. He is currently professor of painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Urbino.
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