EMANUELE BECHERI

If you ask him about his influences and his masters in the field of sculpture, Becheri answers: “In 2016, in the collective exhibition The Lasting at the Galleria Nazionale di Roma, I found myself with one of my works (Shining, 2007, luminescent smudges of snails on a black background) next to Impression de Boulevard and Ecce Puer by the artist Medardo Rosso. It was the first spark. And later, in the exhibition De Scultura At the Casa Masaccio designed by Saretto Cincinelli (2018), I showed my terracotta pieces for the first time, creating a tête-à-tête with what was beginning to interest me more and more closely; a game of looks, of revisions, of tracking, the unique and rare possibility of seeing my works several times in rooms strictly intended and shared with old masters, imagining finding roots that only the real presence of the sculptures, in this common space, could reveal.”

Emanuele Becheri, born in Prato in 1973, completed his academic training at the Fine Arts School of Florence, where he studied both traditional techniques and contemporary trends. He now enjoys national and international recognition. In 2020, the Museo Novecento in Florence dedicated a monographic exhibition to him, Sculture e disegni. The event was curated by critics Sergio Risaliti and Saretto Cincinelli. An important catalogue was published on this occasion by Novecento Editions. Among his recent group exhibitions are Ragione e Sentimento at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (2019) designed by Chiara Stefani and Massimo Mininni; but also De scultura organized at Casa Masaccio, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea.

Text courtesy Galerie Bernard Bouche.