New episode with Silvano Cattaï: Into the Light
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Silvano Cattaï born in Belgium, of Italian parentage, came to be an artist in Italy by way of making films in New York. After years in sculpture he finally came back to painting but this time with a sculptural angle, using a plasma gun and paint on aluminium.
Silvano’s studio houses his powerful plasma equipment, and protective gear. On the walls are metal-working tools, shelves with tubes of oil paints. Around the studio are neatly stacked rows of aluminium.
Silvano mixed his own colours and worked in sculpture in Pietrasanta for many years until he came full circle back to art - this time using the plasma torch at the same time as paint, making sweeping cuts on the aluminium plates.
Thanks to Gail Skoff for this collaboration and for the fantastic photographs of Silvano.
(Left) Silvano Cattaï, Mountain (work in progress), 2022, (Right) Silvano’s studio and garden overlooking the mountain opposite
Episode 44 – Silvano Cattaï: Into the Light
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Sarah Monk
producer, Materially Speaking