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Journey through the 2024 exhibitions signed by Daniela Capaccioli

Daniela Capaccioli is a sculptor who uses and masterfully works with Cavatorta wire mesh to create her works. For years we have been following her fascinating artistic career, here we tell you about her latest projects in France.

“DONNER CORPS”, THE EXHIBITION ON BODIES AND GIVING SHAPE

“Donner Corps” is the name of the exhibition by Daniela Capaccioli, held from 6 April to 26 May 2024, at the evocative Domaine de l ‘Ocrerie, an association created by Cathy Wagner and Gilles Laburthe, in Pourraine-Burgundy. A space created to support emerging artists derived from an ancient “Ocrerie”, with a beautiful and evocative garden and a luxury bed and breakfast. Every year Domaine de l ‘Ocrerie hosts three major exhibitions dedicated to a specific theme. For 2024, the key topic is the body and Daniela Capaccioli was one of the selected artists.

The “Donner Corps” exhibition is part of this particular context, with the theme of “giving shape” to things that are invisible. The statues by Capaccioli, entirely made of Cavatorta wire mesh, fit into the natural context of the garden within which they interact harmoniously, creating a surreal and fairytale atmosphere.

Among her mythological creations, the artist has chosen feminine ones to emphasise the concept of giving form as procreation and passage from the invisible to the visible. The Waterlilies, the Harpy and Root Women discreetly take their place in nature by showing themselves in the context in positions of contemplation and connection with the environment.

Capaccioli has also used the internal rooms of the Ocrerie installing two figures that are not often seen in her exhibitions: the pregnant woman and the fetus. The pregnant woman was made from a cast of the artist’s body, a technique first used by Capaccioli, and placed in one of the two large interior rooms. In the other room, on the other hand, the fetus was installed with its umbilical cord, in harmony and invisible connection with the mother. The inner part of the location, just like a maternal womb, was the focus of the exhibition, interpreted as a place of “giving form” represented by the birth of the child.

The themes of “giving shape” as the procreation of the child and “giving shape” to the invisible represented by the fantastic and mythological figures, are intertwined through a dialogue between the inside and outside of the location, in a dance between the material and the surreal.

AN EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THE TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE GARDENS OF THE LATOUR-MARLIAC RESIDENCE

On July 1st the exhibition “Les gardiens des Nympheas” will be inaugurated at the house of the botanist Latour-Marliac in the small Templar city Temple-sur-Lot in Aquitaine. Latour-Marliac went down in history for being the first to give colour to water lilies through secret hybridization processes, inspiring, among others, Claude Monet.

The Latour-Marliac residence was acquired in 2017 by the landscape architect Thierry Huau who included it in a larger project to promote the territory and natural beauty of Le Temple-sur-Lot through the creation of the “Berceau des Nymphéas” association. The residence, together with other structures and annexed territories, for a total area of over 6,000 square metres, will be the subject of a redevelopment project that will end in 2026. Once the works have been completed, these places will host a national Festival dedicated to gardens.

On July 1st, 2024, Thierry Huau will reopen the Latour-Marliac house to the public, enriched by a “cabinet de curiosités” that will testify to the fundamental role of French hybridizers during the 19th century in the artistic and botanical sector. In addition, an experimental greenhouse and a beautiful bamboo grove will be attached to the exterior as a tribute to Latour-Marliac, who was the first to import and introduce bamboo to France.

In this great project, Thierry Huau wanted to leave the signs of time unaltered both in the interior spaces of the residence and outside, enhancing the surrounding nature. And it is precisely in the wonderful garden of three thousand square metres that the figures created by Daniela Capaccioli with the Cavatorta wire mesh were installed.

The figures chosen are all a hybrid between animal/human and fauna/flora: the Roots Woman, the Bird Man and the Bird Child are part of the exhibition. The fallen tree that acts as a natural setting for the Birdman figures that fit harmoniously into the context is very suggestive. Capaccioli’s idea was to interpret with these hybrid statues the meaning of the transformation to underline the evolution of the place. The residence and its park, in fact, through a long transformative journey, will become the contemporary face of an illustrious botanical history. And thanks to the imperceptible nature of Capaccioli’s sculptures, she intended to honour the essence of the place without overwhelming it. Instead her work brings a gentle, intimate beauty that softly touches and interacts with the historical and emotional layers of the location.

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