{"id":25013,"date":"2025-09-29T08:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/?p=25013"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:59:30","slug":"forma-viva-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/forma-viva-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"FORMA VIVA 2025: GIORGIO ANDREOTTA CAL\u00d2 &#038; ALDO CAL\u00d2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-779374 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-477974 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-780124 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-48751 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-113668 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>FORMA VIVA 2025 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2 &#038; Aldo Cal\u00f2 |\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>\u00bbA CAL\u00d2\u00ab |\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15 September \u2013 11 October 2025;\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><em>Worksite is open until 4 October 2025<\/em> |\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Saturday, 11.10.2025<\/strong>: at 1 PM, Presentation of the scultpure work; at 2 PM, Performance: Evin Had\u017eialjevi\u0107 &#038; Boris Magdalenc. Traditional gathering with roasted chestnuts follows |\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator:<\/strong> Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber,\u00a0<br \/><strong>Co-curator and worksite manager:\u00a0<\/strong>I\u0161tvan I\u0161t Huzjan,\u00a0<br \/><strong>Master sculptor:\u00a0<\/strong>Max Seibald,\u00a0<br \/><strong>Production:\u00a0<\/strong>Piran Coastal Galleries 2025,\u00a0\u00a0<strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Project is supported by:\u00a0<\/strong>Municipality of Piran and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-73621\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-200828 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-copia.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-246408 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph of Aldo Cal\u00f2&#039;s sculpture (Crack, 1963), probably taken in the late 1980s (photographer unknown), Piran Coastal Galleries archive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-243944\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-937338\">\n\t<a class=\"kc_button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FV25-vabilo_invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t<i class=\"sl-paper-clip\"><\/i> FLYER: DOWNLOAD\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-759765\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-232753 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-530705 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>PRESS RELEASE<\/h3>\n<p>In the autumn season, the <strong>Piran<\/strong> <strong>Coastal Galleries of Piran<\/strong> traditionally host the biennial <strong>International Sculpture Symposium<\/strong> <strong>Forma viva Portoro\u017e<\/strong>. In accordance with the PCG\u2019s vision, new stone sculptures have, for several decades, entered public space \u2013 urban centers, parks, and green areas of towns on the Adriatic coast of Slovenia. The symposium continues to be a space of artistic excellence, openness, and exploration of the significance of stone as a traditional sculptural material within contemporary visual art.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s symposium will be marked by collaboration with established international and domestic artists, while plans for spatial solutions to place both existing and new sculptures in coastal areas will continue.<br \/>The project will be carried out in cooperation with the <strong>Italian Community \u201cGiuseppe Tartini\u201d of Piran<\/strong> and the <strong>Croatian Cultural Society \u201cIstra\u201d<\/strong> from Piran, with support from <strong>Vinakoper<\/strong> and <strong>Kogo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The realization of the project is made possible by the <strong>Municipality of Piran<\/strong> and the <strong>Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-716486 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-859082 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-143633\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-112796 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-757115 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-320241 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-202299 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Forma-viva-2025.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-526846 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Forma-viva-2025_1.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-613855 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/od-L-proti-D_Istvan-Ist-Huzjan-vodja-delovisca-Max-Seibald-kiparski-mojster-Giorgio-Andreotta-Calo.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-132534\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-246140 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-86925 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">CALENDAR OF ACCOMPANYING EVENTS<br \/>FORMA VIVA 15.9\u201311.10.2025<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Monday, 15.09.2025<br \/><b>OPENING OF THE WORKSITE<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12:00<\/strong>, Se<span class=\"s1\">\u010d<\/span>a near Portoro\u017e<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Introductory gathering of the artists and the start of work on site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Tuesday, 23.09.2025<br \/><b>PRESS CONFERENCE<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:00<\/strong>, Forma viva Worksite, Se<span class=\"s1\">\u010d<\/span>a near Portoro\u017e<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Presentation of the artists, the history of the sculpture park, and this year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Wednesday, 01.10.2025<br \/><b>OPEN DAY<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:00\u201312:30<\/strong>, \u201cStone Sculptures and the Role of Forma Viva in the 21st Century\u201d: Public Talk with Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2, I\u0161tvan Huzjan and Max Seibald, Forma Viva Sculpture Park, Linder (in case of bad weather at the Burja Center).<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:30\u201318:00<\/strong>, Forma viva Sculpture Park, Se\u010da near Portoro\u017e (Bar Forma viva).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLiving with Forma viva\u201d: gathering with residents and lovers of Forma viva.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>EDUCATIONAL AND ADULT<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>\u2011<\/b><\/span><b>EDUCATION ACTIVITIES<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cLet\u2019s Sculpt Together!: ongoing workshops for schools\u201d, Forma viva Worksite (September\u2013October 2025).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIntergenerational workshop: creating for everyone from 8 to 85 years old\u201d, Forma viva Worksite (planned for 6\u20137 October 2025).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Contacts: Ana Pape\u017e (ana.papez@obalne-galerije.si) and I\u0161tvan I\u0161t Huzjan (istvan.ist@gmail.com)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Saturday, 11.10.2025<br \/><b>FINISSAGE: AMONG SCULPTURES, CHESTNUTS AND DANCE<br \/><\/b>Forma viva Sculpture Park, Se<span class=\"s1\">\u010d<\/span>a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13:00<\/strong>: Presentation of Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2\u2019s new sculptural work (at the Forma viva Worksite)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>14:00<\/strong>: Dance\u2013music performance: \u201cSilent Beat\u201d (20 min) by dancer Evin Had\u017eialjevi<span class=\"s1\">\u0107<\/span> with percussion by Boris Magdalenc (LINDER \u2013 SCULPTURE PARK)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Followed by a traditional gathering with roasted chestnuts and wine at the worksite<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Piran Coastal Galleries reserve the right to change the program.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-378999 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-85340\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-713874 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>PROJECT CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This year\u2019s international symposium in <strong>Se\u010da<\/strong> opens the exceptional story of two artists: <strong>Aldo Cal\u00f2<\/strong> (1910\u20131983), a renowned Italian sculptor who participated in the symposium in 1963, and his grand-nephew <strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2<\/strong>, one of the most important contemporary Italian artists. Though separated by time, they are united by artistic thought and a historical connection.<br \/>The artistic project, titled <strong>A Cal\u00f2<\/strong>, establishes a sculptural and personal dialogue with the past. Its gesture is based on the idea of re-materialization \u2013 a \u201ccopy\u201d of a lost sculpture from the <strong><em>Squarcio<\/em><\/strong> (Eng. <em>Crack<\/em>) series, which Aldo created during the 1963 symposium. The work later remained on private land \u2013 formerly a public part of the <strong>Forma viva<\/strong> Sculpture Park \u2013 due to a property dispute between private owners and the <strong>Municipality of Piran<\/strong>. Giorgio now returns to preserved drawings, photographs, and documentation kept in the archives of the public institution <strong>Piran<\/strong> <strong>Coastal Galleries<\/strong>, proposing a reconstruction of the sculpture to be created in <strong>Istrian stone<\/strong>, by hand, with chisel and hammer.<\/p>\n<p>The project raises conceptual questions about the role of the copy in art and its creation as a creative act of maintaining dialogue between generations and shaping an artistic relationship that transcends time. The central motif \u2013 the crack (Ital. <strong>squarcio<\/strong>) \u2013 will be recreated by Giorgio manually and intuitively, as a spatial gesture through which the past, present, and future shine through. The project thus brings together elements of memory, research, and the tradition of stone sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-859040 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-261907 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-457435\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-457880 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-183059 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-738032 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-117434 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-233358 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-617960 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2, Piran Coastal Galleries archive, Portorose, May 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-828269\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-689089 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-818330 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>ART AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT<\/h3>\n<p>The project is not only a sculptural homage to sculpture \u2013 it is a personal search for identity, a historical inquiry, a tribute to the <strong>Forma viva<\/strong> symposium project itself, and at the same time an open question: what does it mean to sculpt together \u2013 even across a time span of several decades?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2<\/strong> was invited to participate by <strong>Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber<\/strong>, director of the <strong>Coastal Galleries of Piran<\/strong>, who has collaborated with the artist for decades. While reviewing the state of the PCG\u2019s public collection in December 2020, she learned from curator <strong>Dr. Majda Bo\u017eeglav Japelj<\/strong> that the sculpture was part of the third edition of the symposium in Se\u010da in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>This led to the discovery of rare information preserved both in the PCG\u2019s archives and in <strong>Aldo Cal\u00f2\u2019s<\/strong> private archives in Rome, contributing to a multilayered interpretation of the project, which emerges from the poetic intertwining of the fate of the artwork and the lives of both artists.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-339731 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-602381\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-396062 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>A REFLECTION ON PUBLIC GOOD &#8211; MEMORY AS A TOOL FOR A BETTER PRESENT<\/h3>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the symposium does not avoid current issues, such as: the art-historical question of the copy and the original, memory as a socio-political tool for the unconditional protection of the public good, the removal of artworks from public space, misguided interventions in cultural heritage, and the delimitation between public and private interest.<br \/>On an institutional level, this project also centers the question of how to protect art in public space and what role <strong>Forma viva<\/strong> should play in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium will include a rich accompanying program: workshops for all generations, public debates and meetings with the local community, a round table intended for citizens and the professional public, as well as visits to the work site by nationally and internationally recognized art critics and curators.<\/p>\n<p>The program is being prepared with the desire to once again activate spaces for meeting, understanding, and shared care for the future of art within the <strong>Forma viva<\/strong> project.<br \/>Professional meetings and public round tables will be led by <strong>PCG\u2019s<\/strong> director <strong>Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber<\/strong> and <strong>Matic Bukovac<\/strong>, curator with a Master of Science degree at PCG.<br \/>Workshops for the youngest will be coordinated by <strong>Ana Pape\u017e<\/strong>, responsible curator-pedagogue at PCG, and led by <strong>I\u0161tvan Huzjan<\/strong>.<br \/><strong>Dragan Klarica<\/strong>, cultural worker and external collaborator, will again this year organize free culinary workshops and meetings with residents and local cultural societies, taking place every Saturday at the sculpting site in the company of artists and curators.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the program will be published at the beginning of September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-83050 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-19131 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-341413\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-93624 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-319498 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-367694 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-565730 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-727496 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2 and Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber, Studio GAC, Venice, June 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-466234\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-620169 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-878315 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>PARTICIPATING ARTISTS AND EXPERTS &#8211; THIS YEAR&#039;S SCULPTORS&#039; TEAM AT THE SYMPOSIUM<\/h3>\n<p>At the work site, <strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2<\/strong> will be assisted in the role of a master sculptor by renowned Austrian sculptor <strong>Max Seibald<\/strong>, one of the leading connoisseurs of <strong>Istrian stone<\/strong> in Europe. Seibald created a sculpture for the <strong>Sculpture Park<\/strong> in <strong>Se\u010da<\/strong> in 2021 and now returns as a master, passing on his knowledge to a new generation of creators.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the work site will be led by Slovenian sculptor <strong>I\u0161tvan I\u0161t Huzjan<\/strong>, whose work was installed last year in the <strong>Memorial Park<\/strong> in <strong>Ankaran<\/strong>. He is also the co-curator of the project and head of the educational sculpture workshops for children.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-880863 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-481192\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-502086 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>ADDITIONAL PROJECT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PIRAN AS PART OF MUNICIPAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS<\/h3>\n<p>Just before the end of the symposium, the concluding event of the project <strong>Renovation and Valorization of Venetian Defensive Structures in Piran<\/strong> will take place. Its symbol is stone \u2013 as a bearer of memory and a metaphor of openness.<\/p>\n<p>The project also came to life thanks to the <strong>Piran Coastal Galleries<\/strong>, which, during preparations for <strong>Forma viva<\/strong>, established a link between the <strong>Microclima Association<\/strong> and the <strong>Municipality of Piran<\/strong>. The municipality then successfully obtained funding for the renovation of the <strong>rondella<\/strong> \u2013 a defensive tower of the former Piran city walls on <strong>Cape Madona<\/strong>\u2013and for other project activities.<br \/>More at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piran.si\/objava\/1045489\">https:\/\/www.piran.si\/objava\/1045489.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The project involves artist <strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2<\/strong> (with the <strong>Microclima Association<\/strong>), the <strong>Municipality of Piran<\/strong>, the <strong>Italian Community \u201cGiuseppe Tartini\u201d<\/strong>, and the <strong>Self-Governing Community of the Italian Nationality of Piran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Their cooperation weaves a new bond between both shores of the Adriatic \u2013 between past, present, and future.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>rondella<\/strong> on <strong>Cape Madona<\/strong> in Piran and the fortress of <strong>St. Andrew<\/strong> in <strong>Venice<\/strong>, as former stone guardians of the <strong>Serenissima<\/strong> \u2013 the former Venetian Republic \u2013 now become spaces of shared memory, artistic inspiration, and heritage worth preserving.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just a continuation of tradition, but a living connection through time. In this year, in which past, present, and future intertwine, a shared story is once again being shaped in stone between the Slovenian and Italian cultural spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-914395 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-657486 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-467192\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-253000 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-708877 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-120113 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-79089 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>BIOGRAPHIES OF THE AUTHORS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Aldo Cal\u00f2<\/strong> (born <strong>Osvaldo Cal\u00f2<\/strong>, 1910\u20131983) was one of the leading Italian sculptors of the 20th century, whose work marks the transition between figural and informal art. After studying at the <strong>Art Institute<\/strong> in <strong>Lecce<\/strong>, he further developed his skills in the art centers of <strong>Lucca<\/strong> and <strong>Florence<\/strong>.<br \/>His first solo exhibition took place in 1945 in <strong>Lecce<\/strong>, marking the beginning of his rise on the Italian and later international art scene. Participation in prestigious exhibitions such as the <strong>Venice Biennale<\/strong> (1962) and the <strong>Rome Quadriennale<\/strong>, as well as travels through <strong>France<\/strong> and the <strong>UK<\/strong> \u2013 where he was strongly influenced by the work of <strong>Henry Moore<\/strong> \u2013 significantly shaped his artistic expression.<br \/>Cal\u00f2 primarily worked in <strong>metal<\/strong> and <strong>wood<\/strong>, and his sculptures reflect the freedom and materiality of informal art. In 1975, the city of <strong>Rome<\/strong> dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him at <strong>Piazza Margana<\/strong>. Today, his works are held in major museums in <strong>Italy<\/strong> and abroad, including the <strong>Vatican Museums<\/strong>, the <strong>Museum of Modern Art in New York<\/strong> (<strong>MoMA<\/strong>), and the <strong>Centre Pompidou in Paris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2<\/strong>, born in 1979 in Venice, is a visual artist whose work encompasses sculpture, installations, and performance, often with a strong experiential and site-specific character. After studying at the <strong>Venice Academy of Fine Arts<\/strong> and the <strong>Kunsthochschule in Berlin<\/strong>, he deepened his artistic research at prestigious international art residencies in the Netherlands (<strong>Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam<\/strong>) and in France (<strong>Villa Arson, Nice<\/strong>). His works, which are often monumental, explore the relationship between space, time, and memory and invite the viewer to physical and sensory involvement. In 2011, he was included in the <strong>main exhibition of the 54th Venice Biennale <em>ILLUMInazioni\/ILLUMInations<\/em><\/strong>, and then in 2012, he received the prestigious <strong>MAXXI Prize<\/strong> in Rome. In 2014, he received the <strong>New York Prize<\/strong>, awarded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. <strong>In 2017, he represented Italy at the 57th Venice Biennale with the installation <em>Untitled<\/em> (<em>The End of the World<\/em>)<\/strong>, an architectural intervention that reflects on the instability of our historical present. His retrospective exhibition <strong>Citt\u00e0 di Milano<\/strong>, presented in 2019 at the <strong>Hangar Bicocca Pirelli<\/strong> exhibition space in Milan, cemented his position on the international contemporary art scene. His works are part of numerous public and private collections in Italy and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-639001\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-271700 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-949249 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h3>\n<p>As part of the <strong>Thick Atmospheres<\/strong> (Slov. <strong>Goste atmosfere<\/strong>) program \u2013 a discursive program curated by Bianca Stoppani, editor at Fondazione In Between Art Film, and held on October 17 and 18, 2024, in collaboration with the Palazzo Grassi \u2013 Pinault Collection foundation in Venice \u2013 a talk titled <strong><em>When Reality Overflows Imagination<\/em><\/strong> also took place. It featured the artist <strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2 and Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber<\/strong>, director of the Piran Coastal Galleries. To understand the artistic poetics, the conversation in Italian with English subtitles can be viewed <strong>at this link<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inbetweenartfilm.com\/when-the-real-floods-the-imaginary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-26-alle-18.38.26.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inbetweenartfilm.com\/when-the-real-floods-the-imaginary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/inbetweenartfilm.com\/when-the-real-floods-the-imaginary\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-506343 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-678167 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-725715\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-102409 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-2125 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>COLOPHON \u2013 FORMA VIVA 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FORMA VIVA 2025 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2 &#038; Aldo Cal\u00f2 |\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>\u00bbA CAL\u00d2\u00ab |<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15 September \u2013 11 October 2025;\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Closing: 10 October 2025 at 12 PM \u00a0<\/strong><br \/><em>Worksite is open until 4 October 2025<\/em>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator:<\/strong>\u00a0Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber,\u00a0<br \/><strong>Co-curator and worksite manager:\u00a0<\/strong>I\u0161tvan I\u0161t Huzjan,\u00a0<br \/><strong>Master sculptor:\u00a0<\/strong>Max Seibald,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andragogical program and professional meetings:<\/strong> Matic Bukovac, Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber, I\u0161tvan I\u0161t Huzjan<br \/><strong>Pedagogical workshops:<\/strong> Ana Pape\u017e, I\u0161tvan I\u0161t Huzjan<br \/><strong>Culinary workshops and meetings with locals and local cultural associations:<\/strong> Dragan Klarica<br \/><strong>Technical team:<\/strong> Janko Atel\u0161ek, Erik Malnar<br \/><strong>Graphic design:<\/strong> Du\u0161anka Djukic, Giorgia Simioni<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> Se\u010da, Coast of Slovenia<br \/><strong>In cooperation with:<\/strong> Italian Community \u201cGiuseppe Tartini\u201d and the Self-Governing Community of the Italian Nationality of Piran, Croatian Cultural Association Istra from Piran, Vinakoper d.o.o., Restaurant Kogo<br \/><strong>The project is supported by:<\/strong> Municipality of Piran and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia<br \/><strong>Production:<\/strong> Piran Coastal Galleries, 2025<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:info@obalne-galerije.si\">info@obalne-galerije.si<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORMA VIVA 2025 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2 &#038; Aldo Cal\u00f2 |\u00a0\u00bbA CAL\u00d2\u00ab |\u00a0 15 September \u2013 11 October 2025;\u00a0Worksite is open until 4 October 2025 |\u00a0 Saturday, 11.10.2025: at 1 PM, Presentation of the scultpure work; at 2 PM, Performance: Evin Had\u017eialjevi\u0107 &#038; Boris Magdalenc. Traditional gathering with roasted chestnuts follows |\u00a0 Curator: Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber,\u00a0Co-curator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,79,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-exhibitions","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25013"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25992,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25013\/revisions\/25992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obalne-galerije.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}