Gerald Moroder

Lo Spazio dell’Essere

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Gerald

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“L’opera d’arte è sempre una confessione”

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Sono la materia e il concetto più sublime dell’Essere a rappresentare allo stesso tempo poetica e

fonte ispiratrice di Gerald Moroder.

La materia, intesa come base primordiale della natura e dell’uomo, assunta per costruire con senso

estetico e compiuto tutto ciò che ci circonda.

L’essere, come figura centrale dello spazio vitale o del mondo esteriore e, insieme coscienza interiore

dell’umanità che in tale mondo vive, combatte, crea.

Come spirito errante esso si confronta con lo spazio circostante, lo scruta, si interroga e ne

indaga l’essenza.

La superficie che descrive la materia è come tessuto lunare, misteriosa, ampia e

apparentemente senza fine; l’essere, la sua essenza ne vengono rapiti, anche se forse con

timore, se ne lasciano coinvolgere, dando vita ad un’interazione che non ha né origine né meta nel

tempo.

Fin dagli inizi, la figurazione di Gerald Moroder avverte come il bisogno di divenire essenziale, di tra-

scendere fino a smaterializzarsi e costituire spirito. Le sue linee, prima scolpite nel legno, poi formate

nell’impasto di porfido, a dispetto della gravità della materia, sembrano danzare, vagare senza meta

o librarsi nell’aria, inarcarsi per percorrere uno spazio indefinito.

Questo stesso spazio diviene nuovo parametro fondamentale nella ricerca più recente dell’artista.

La figura caratteristicamente curva o longilinea è scomparsa, ma essa continua ad abitarvi come sof-

fio vitale, quasi ultraterrena.

Ad assimilare le due apparentemente distinte produzioni, di nuovo la materia. Essa costituisce il

legame dell’artista con la propria terra, dall’iniziale utilizzo del legno della tradizione locale, fino alla

roccia delle sue montagne.

Il luogo che lo ha visto crescere, la Val Gardena, è lo scenario perfetto, suggerimento ed

incentivo per le sue creazioni: la forza del paesaggio è infatti costante essenziale della

produzione scultorea dell’artista, la durezza della roccia diviene malleabile nelle sue mani ma ne

mantiene le sfumature cromatiche.

Come un impressionista, Gerald Moroder coniuga questi elementi, per tratteggiare scenari che han-

no per risultato affascinante poesia ed elegante energia.

It’s the material and the most sublime concept of Being to characterize Gerald Moroder’s poetic and

source of inspiration.

The material, understood as a primordial basis of man and nature, are employed with a

sense of aesthetics and encompass all which surrounds us.

The being, as centre of the vital space and of the exterior world, and at the same time the

inner consciousness of humanity, which populates this world lives, fights and creates.

As a wandering mind the human being faces the surrounding space studying it,

questioning himself and and investigating on its essence.

The texture of the material resembles the moon surface, it is mysterious, wide and

apparently never-ending; the being and its essence are enchanted by it, even if with a bit of awe, and

thus get carried away giving life to an interaction that has neither origin nor time.

Ever since Gerald Moroder’s figures have felt the need to become essential, to transcend

until dematerializing and being mere spirit. Their lines, carved first in wood and later formed

in a porphyry mass, despite gravity of the material, seem to dance, wandering aimlessly or

freeing themselves in the air, bowing backwards in order to cover an indefinite space.

This same space becomes a new fundamental parameter in the artist’s most recent quest.

The figure, which used to be sinuous and long-lined, has disappeared, but it continues living there as

a vital breath, nearly celestial.

Again it’s the material which unites two apparently distinct productions. The material

represents the artist’s binding to the own region from the initial use of wood in the local

tradition to the rock of his mountains. The valley which saw him grow up, Val Gardena, is the perfect

scenery, inspiration and incentive for his creations. The strength of the landscape is indeed an

essential constant in the artist’s sculptural production, the hardness of the rock becomes malleable

in his hands but maintains the chromatic shades.

Like an impressionist, Gerald Moroder unites these elements to draft sceneries that result in

fascinating poetry and elegant energy.

Works

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The project iSculpture, literally “Italian

Sculpture”, was born to promote those

skills and knowledge that, treasuring

tradition and past techniques, remain the

excellence of our country.

Updated in the concept of “beauty”,

sculpture is perhaps the most complete art,

in which matter and shape come

together in a continuous challenge

to renewal, without ever leaving a

constant acquisition of consolidated

parameters relating to balance and

know-how.

The works of our selected artists represent

a significant example of contemporary

Italian sculptural production in the fields

of ceramics, bronze, alabaster, wood,

marble, iron and “new” materials.

The selecting parameters are those of high

technical ability and originality.

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iSculpture was established in 2012, with

the aim to promote both young and

successful Italian sculptors. Our attention

is mostly focused on the research of the

new borders of the Italian figurative arts.

Tradition and modernity merge together

in the 14th century architecture and the

renovation works, facilitating a timeless

dialogue between the art works and the

spectator.

Its first location in San Gimignano is today

joined by another exhibition space in

Casole d’Elsa (SI), a historical town located

at the border between the provinces of

Siena and Pisa which has been for many

years influenced by international art and

culture movements.

iSculpture is the first art gallery featuring

only Italian sculpture.

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Site Specific Installation

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doppia trittico al castello

Hotel Castello di Casole is really honored to welcome the incredible sculptures of Gerald Moroder.

When the contemporary art meets the history and the charm of an historical Tuscan Castle,

the result is simply magical.

Castello di Casole – A Timbers Resort, is a five-star resort and residences in Tuscany, Italy. One of the

largest private estates in Italy, is located in heart of Tuscany, near the beautiful cities of Florence, Siena

and San Gimignano. The castle’s rich history dates back to the end of the 10th century, when it was

built and christened Querceto Manor. Querceto Manor often hosted the political exiles of nearby

Siena until it fell into decline starting in the 15th century. Owned and reconstructed during the 19th

and 20th centuries by the Bargagli family of Siena, esteemed local aristocracy. During the late 20th

century the Castello was owned by prominent Italian film director Luchino Visconti, who entertained

European and Hollywood luminaries throughout the estate The historic 4,200-acre estate features 28

artfully restored and reconstructed Tuscan farmhouses, and a 41-suite boutique hotel complete with

a world-class spa and wellness center, swimming pool, pizzeria, stylish bar, visionary fine-dining and

casual restaurants, 10 hotel villas, and a stately penthouse. The estate is also home to a model game

preserve, 88 acres of vineyards, 13 acres of olive groves and an expansive trail system.

Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2014 : No. 1 Resort in Europe

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Gerald Moroder was born in Milan in 1972.

He attended art school in Ortisei, Val Gardena, where he lives and works. He creates his sculptures

with various materials such as wood, iron, porphyry mixtures, soil and brick.

In the centre of his artistic quest, Moroder puts the human being whose fragility he lays bare thanks

to formal reduction and thus recalling more universal existential issues.

“ In his research, earth materials are placed in the foreground, almost privileged for their pristine force of

impact with the image of reality and of today’s mankind. Through these ancient materials he is determined

to find a configuration corresponding to the sense of a break with the world, or a wound, or a laceration

with the existing that is to be bridged with a hug. For the sculptor, the important thing is not to feel

excluded from the desire to belong to the Mother Earth, to come into her magma and ascend to the sky,

bringing the art work from earth’s impurity to the purity of heaven, and vice versa, from the purity of the

idea to the impurity of language. “

Chiara Canali

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Kunst in der MIIL - Cermes/Merano with Daniela Pfeifer - Italy

“Lo Spazio dell’Essere” - iSculpture Gallery, San Gimignano & Casole d’Elsa - Italy

“Begegnung”, with Daniela Pfeifer - Galleria Augenblick Tannheim - Austria

2013 Galleria Kass - Innsbruck - Austria

Circolo artistico e culturale - Ortisei - Italy

2012 “Alter ego”- Istitut Ladin Micura de Rü - San Martino in Badia - Italy

2011 “Kunst in der Miil” - Cermes, Merano - Italy

2011 “Skulpturen” - Galerie im Kies - Altach - Austria

“La pesante leggerezza dell’essere” - Spazio Arte - Bibione - Italy

2010 “Il gesto e la forma”- Spazio Arte - Bibione - Italy

“Kunst in der Miil”, with Christian Stl Holzknecht - Cermes, Merano - Italy

2007 “Die Einsamkeit des Denkens”, Galleria Cassa Raiffeisen - Tirolo - Italy - Curated by Else Prünster

2006 “Chiamarsi dentro” - Galleria Spazio Arte Luna - Bolzano - Italy

2005 Surgical Academy Gallery - Double Show with “Chiro”- Rastatt - Germany

“Mythos der Materie”- Double Show with Filip Moroder Doss - Hartberg - Austria

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2014 International Art Fair “Art Innsbruck” - Austria

“Greencall”- Kränzelhof, Cermes/Merano - Italy

20° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Kunststraße 2014” - Imst - Austria

2013 Frühlingsmesse Graz - Graz - Austria

19° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

RE-ART T(w)oo Ihlienworth - Germany - curated by Samuel J. Fleiner

“Arteotto” - Cavallermaggiore - Italy

“Kunststraße ” - Imst - Austria

2012 IV AAM - Arte Accessibile Milano - Italy

18° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

2011 54° Biennale Venezia - Pad. Italia Torino - Italy

“La speranza brilla più dell’oro”- Arquà Petrarca - Italy

Collaboration to the project “Movemënt” Collective art work for Unika

2010 “O genießt die Augenblicke”, “Labyrinthgarten Weingut Kränzel”, Cermes, Merano - Italy

“Città - Spazio - Futuro” Südtirol [un]defined 10 - Merano - Curated by Giorgia Marotto

“Biennale Gherdëina” - Ortisei - Italy - Curated by Chiara Canali

“Arte a confronto” - Ortisei - Italy - Curated by G. Di Brindisi

17° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

2009 “Holz-Art”, “Kunstforum” - Halle - Germany

“Aschermittwoch der Künstler” - Bistum Trier - Germany

“Wooden Sculptures” - Galleria Andreas Baumgartl - München - Germany

16° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Il mistero nella scultura”, cappella di S.Pietro in Archivolto, Verona

2008 “L’arte del legno” - Spazio Arte - Napoli - Italy

15° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Deberieda” - Centro Culturale di Ortisei - Ortisei - Italy

3° Kunstmesse (fiera d’arte) Merseburg - Germany

2007 “Contenitore di emozioni “- Galleria Metropolitan - Lecce - Italy

“Contenitore di emozioni” - Spazio Lattuada - Milano - Italy

“Contenitore di emozioni”- Baveno - Lago Maggiore - Italy

“Koiné Vicenza” - Vicenza - Italy

“KunstArt” - Bolzano - Italy

“Non sempre ci sono le parole” - Giardino dei Cappuccini - Bolzano - Italy

“Arte Natura“ - Bolzano - Italy

“Stanze” - Galleria Civica - Bolzano - Italy

14° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

2006 International Sculpture Symposium - Zinnowitz - Germany

“Estate Artistica Veneziana”- Centro d’arte San Vidal - Venezia - Italy

“Chiamarsi dentro”- Galleria Spazio Arte Luna - Bolzano - Italy

“Arte Padova” - Padova - Italy

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2005 15° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Hèdoné” - Museo Ladino “Ciastel de Tor” - San Martino in Badia - Italy

“Dance of Life” - Centro Cristallo - Bolzano - Italy

Spazio Arte “Luna-Mondschein” - Bolzano - Italy

“Skulpturen aus Südtirol” - Daetz Zentrum - Lichtenstein - Germany

“Tra sogno e realtà” - Wiener Staatsoper - Wien - Austria

2004 14° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Hèdoné” - Istituto italiano di Cultura - Athens - Greece

2003 13° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Sculture” with B. Walpoth, F. Canins, G. Prugger - Mobili Bertossa - Bellinzona - Switzerland

ArtExpo - New York - U.S.A.

2002 “L’arte della scultura” - Muggiò - Italy

2001 12° Unika - Ortisei - Italy

“Atelier zur Mühle” - Weiningen/Zurich - Switzerland

“Giovani Scultori” with A. Demetz, L. Demetz, G. Demetz, M. Senoner - Bolzano - Italy

Castel Anras - Lienz - Austria

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AWARDS

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SPECIAL PROJECTS & PRAISES

- European representative for the group “Völkerverständigung – eine olympische Idee“ in Lichtenstein.

- “Sospeso“, work out of the sculpture cycle Gedächtniszuständein the permanent exhibitions in the

Ladin Museum „Ciastel de Tor“.

- “Alter Ego“ and “Sitzend“, works in the private collection of the Surgical Academy Gallery in Rastatt, Germany.

- Ideator of the “Fans“ (sculptures in joint work by Unika)

- Co-ideator of the work “Wings- wing beat over borders“, side event of the Manifesta 7.

- Works in the permanent exhibition of the Labyrinthgarten Kränzel, Tescherms, since 2009.

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“Ein Foto wert“ - 1st prize at the competition for the new SMG-South Tyrolian exhibition booth.

“Hochachtung”: awarded work at the competition “Nova“, announced by the Chamber

of Commerce of Bolzano.

-3rd prize award at the competition “Leben-wohnen-genießen” announced in occasion of

the 60th anniversary of the Fair-Trade Bolzano.

Winner of the competition “Gesichter einer Landschaft” in St. Magdalena in Villnöß and

realization of a sculpture for the nature park house Puez-Geisler.

-Finalist at the art competition “Premio Arte 2008”, Milan.

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4 Gerald Moroder - Photo by Tobia Moroder

5 “L’opera d’arte è sempre una confessione - The Art work is always a confession” by Umberto Saba

7/9 “Lo spazio dell’Essere” Text by Patrick Pii and Francesca Cundari

8 Gerald Moroder - Photo by Tobia Moroder

13 “Stop” - Iron Powder & Resin - Cm. H. 205 - 2013 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

15 “Pioggia 2” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. 100 x 38 - 2014 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

17 “I Cacciatori” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. H. 51 - 2014 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

19 “Seduto” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. H 41- 2014 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

21 “Equilibrista” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. H. 42 - 2014 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

23 “In punta di piedi” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. H. 68- 2012 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

25 “Ma...” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. H. 92 - 2013 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

27 “Senza Titolo” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. 76 x 76 - 2013 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

29 “Winter” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. 73 x 73 - 2013 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

31 “Senza Titolo” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. 100 x 100 - 2013 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

32 “Prima della tempesta” - Porphyry Powder and Resin - Cm. 120 x 78 - 2014 - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

38-39 “Eccomi” - Site Specific Installation - Castello di Casole - Photo by Patrick Pii

40-41 From the Site Specific Installation - Castello di Casole - Photo by Patrick Pii

42-43 “Guardare oltre” - Site Specific Installation - Castello di Casole - Photo by Patrick Pii

44 From the Site Specific Installation - Castello di Casole - Photo by Patrick Pii

48 The Artist’s Studio - Photo by Matthaeus Kostner

48 From the exhibit “Alter ego” - San Martino in Badia - Italy - Photo by Gustav Willeit

50 Gerald Moroder - photo by Matthaeus Kostner

51 The Artist at work - Photo by Tobia Moroder

52 From the exhibit “Skulpturen” - Galerie im Kies - Altach - Austria - Photos by Gerald Moroder

54 From the exhibit at “Greencall”- Kränzelhof, Cermes/Merano - Italy - Photo by Tobia Moroder

56 From the exhibit at Circolo artistico e culturale - Ortisei - Italy - Photo by Tobia Moroder

56 From the International Art Fair “Art Innsbruck” - Austria - Photo courtesy Art Innsbruck

58 From the exhibit “Alter ego” - San Martino in Badia - Italy - Photos by Gustav Willeit

59 From the exhibit “Hèdoné” - Museo Ladino - San Martino in Badia - Italy - Photo by Gerald Moroder

59 From the exhibit at Unika - Photo by Egon Dejori

62 From the exhibit at 54° Biennale di Venezia - Pad. Italia Torino - Italy - Photo by Gerald Moroder

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