Carrara, Italy -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/24/2016 -- Centro Arti Plastiche and the Hafnia Foundation come together for the "Shape Memory" exhibit this March featuring works by Jorge Romeo and Stevens Vaughn, curated by Massimo Scaringella. The exhibit will open Friday March 18, 2016 at 6pm at the Centro Arti Plastiche Via Canal Del Rio.
Artists Jorge Romeo and Stevens Vaughn will be featured in the upcoming "Shape Memory" exhibit curated by Massimo Scaringella. Shapes Memory will open Friday March 18 at 6pm. The Centro Arti Plastiche and Hafnia Foundation will present the show from March 18 to April 17, 2016 at the Centro Arti Plastiche Via Canal Del Rio in Carrara. The exhibit is the beginning of joint work from the Centro Arti Plastiche and Villa Bertelli, representing Carrara and Versilia.
Jorge Romeo, born 1949 in Buenos Aires Argentina, is a sculptor participating in the "Shape Memory" exhibit. Romeo has been featured in personal exhibits regularly for the past three decades, his most recent exhibit "Cariddi" appeared in 2014. The artist left Argentina and his studies in Chemistry to commit himself to sculpture. After moving from Argentina in the 80's he now works from a studio in Carrara. Romeo's portfolio contains mixed media sculptures in a broad range of size and subject matter.
Stevens Vaughn, an America born in Minnesota 1958, will be part of the "Shape Memory" along with Jorge Romeo. Vaughn has previously worked in the US Peace Corps and has created a variety of art around the world since 1982. His work in Japan and training there led him to open studios around the world. Vaughn has participated in many solo exhibitions in the past two years in Italy, Chile, and China. The artist participated in a group exhibit in Messina, Italy earlier this year. Also in Italy, Vaughn produced "Distorted" and "Water is a color" as permanent exhibits in different parts of Rome.
The "Shape Memory" exhibit featuring Romeo and Vaughn will be open from March 18 to April 17 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
The new cooperation of the Centro Arti Plastiche and Villa Bertelli will allow future exchanges of exhibits and contact between the two communities.
About the Hafnia Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Hafnia Foundation is committed to collecting and preserving art from around the globe, with the objective of exploring cultural diversity in artistic expression. The art currently in their collection represents artists from America, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Norway. It is composed of sculptures, paintings, and installations, both realistic and abstract, as well as an extensive collection of historical Chinese propaganda posters.
About Centro Arti Plastiche
The Centro Arti Plastiche is located in Carrara in what was once the complex of San Francesco, which was built in the seventeenth century. by Charles I Cybo Malaspina, prince and marquis of Massa Carrara. The Centro Arti Plastiche is a dedicated museum center to sculpture and its stylistic evolution and material from the 50s to the present day.
For more information visit http://www.comune.carrara.ms.gov.it/pagina2016_centro-arti-plastiche.html
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