Urban Solid

Urban Solid ha popolato grandi metropoli del mondo con le sue creature di gesso; se ne trovano dietro l’angolo, quando meno te l’aspetti, sopratutto a Londra, Milano, Torino.
Il duo di ex studenti della Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano, attivi sulla scena da ormai due anni e mezzo, ama applicare parti gigantesche di anatomia umana a muri inutilizzati di luoghi urbani fatiscenti. Le installazioni tridimensionali che vengono fuori, ironiche e provocatorie, permettono un’esperienza tattile oltre che visiva. Le sculture diventano forme di vita in movimento, in atto di staccarsi e svilupparsi dal muro. I soggetti preferiti: calchi umani, mani che fanno misteriose operazioni, televisori, maxi orecchie, spermatozoi e scheletri di animali.
The Street Art’s third dimension!
Urbansolid è un progetto che ha come intento quello di portare la terza dimensione al writing.
Ritrovatisi all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, dopo un breve periodo di collaborazione, capiscono che il loro lavoro scultoreo si avvicina sempre più ad un linguaggio urbano: il ritorno sui muri della città ne è l’immediata conseguenza.
Le sculture, che si articolano sui muri delle metropoli, come calchi anatomici umani, pistole, televisori e altri svariati oggetti, hanno significati contemporanei e allegorici. Si compongono spesso a multiplo sul muro, interagendo direttamente con lo spettatore che, questa volta, può davvero toccare con mano l’arte di strada.
La forza della terza dimensione che irrompe nello spazio circostante dai muri, permette anche al semplice passante di cogliere i chiaroscuri, le forme e i significati, semplici, perché evidenti, di ciò che gli artisti creano: tutto è una copia del vero a dimensione reale. Quell’oggetto, quella persona, quella scultura esistono.
È come se la città trasudasse oggetti dai propri muri; è come se ciò che fino ad ora è stato bidimensionale cercasse di evolversi uscendo ed esplorando la terza dimensione, arricchendo aree dismesse o zone fatiscenti e degradate, appositamente scelte dagli artisti.
I solidi destinati ai muri delle città sono sempre di gesso o cemento, le basi sono quelle della scultura classica del bronzo utilizzata e riadattata alla street art, con il ready made di una tecnica di formatura millenaria che con solide basi e regole ferree si fonde a materiali edili industriali per confluire in un risultato contemporaneo e moderno.

EXHIBITION

Date: 28 June 2019
Event: Personal Exhibition “Terra Promessa”
Place: Piazza Cadorna, Milan

Date: From 04 to 25 May 2019
Event: Attending to “Urban People”. Independent Artists Gallery
Place: Villa Brentano, Busto Garolfo (MI)

Date: 07 April 2019
Event: Project for Fondazione Cariplo “The innovators – Il Cavatappi”
Place: Cariplo Factory, Milan

Date: 07 March 2019
Event: Personal Exhibition and live performance “Freedom 2.0”
Place: Via Carlo Espinasse 31, Milan

Date: 28 January 2019
Event: A gift to the City “Urbanbrains”
Place: Brick Lane, London

Date: From 24 to 27 January 2019
Event: Attending to the Affordable Art Fair – Independent Artists Gallery
Place: Superstudio Più, Via Tortona, 27 Milan

Date: 25 December 2018
Event: Project for Fondazione Cariplo “The innovators – Adriano Olivetti”
Place: Cariplo Factory, Milan

Date: From 18 to 21 October 2018
Event: Attending to the “Affordable Art Fair” in partnership with Reload Gallery
Place: Battersea Park, London

Date: From 01 to 03 June 2018
Event: Attending to “Art3f – Salon international d’art contemporain” in partnership with Independent Artists Gallery
Place: Parc Expo Luxembourg

Date: 32 May 2018
Event: Collective Exhibition in collaboration with Reload Gallery
Place: Euston Road, London

Date: 26 May 2018
Event: Project for Miami Plage Monte Carlo in partnership Espinassse 31
Place: Monte Carlo

Date: 24 May 2018
Event: Workshop “Urbancoin” in partnership with Reti S.p.a.
Place: Campus Reti, Milan

Date: 13 May 2018
Event: A gift to the City “Pacwar”
Place: Croydon, London

Date: 19 April 2018
Event: Attending to “This must be the place”
Place: Via Privata Sartirana 3, Milano

Date: From 26 to 28 January 2018
Event: Attending to the Affordable Art Fair – Independent Artists Gallery
Place: Superstudio Più, Via Tortona, 27 Milan

Date: 16 January 2018
Event: A gift to the city “Life”
Place: Camden Town, London

Date: From 17 to 19 November 2017
Event: Attending to “Step Art Fair – Milano Scultura” with Independent Artists Gallery
Place: Milano

Date: 14 October 2017
Event: Live performance “Go – Streets Scape”
Place: Como Station

Date: From 28 to 30 September 2017
Event: Live performance “Room Service”
Place: Around the streets of London

Date: From 11 to 24 July 2017
Event: Collective Exhibition “Ahora Cuba”
Place: MUDEC Museum, Milan

Date: From 30 May to June 2017
Event: Personal Exhibition “Sculptural invasion”
Place: Brick Lane Gallery, London

Date: 27 April 2017
Event: Interview with Alessandro Cattelan “Radio DeeJay”
Place: Milano

Date: 11 March 2017
Event: Interview with Urbansolid “Top, RAI 1”
Place: Milano

Date: From 04 to 05 March 2017
Event: Street Art Workshop “Pandora 2.0”
Place: Via Bergamo 9, Busto Arsizio

Date: 10 February 2017
Event: Project for NYX Hotel Milan
Place: Piazza Quattro Novembre 3, Milan

Date: From 10 to 12 February 2017
Event: Attending to the Affordable Art Fair – Eroici Furori Gallery
Place: Superstudio Più, Via Tortona, 27 Milan

Date: From 17 December 2016 to 08 January 2017
Event: Personal Exhibition “Hot Brains”
Place: Via Abbazia 31, Busto Garolfo, Independent Artists Gallery

Date: 10 November 2016
Event: A Gift to the City Project “Adamo & Eva around Brick Lane”
Place: London

Date: 03 October 2016
Event: Attending to “Step Art Fair – Milano Scultura” with Independent Artists Gallery
Place: Milano

Date: From 30 September to 01 October 2016
Event: Collective Exhibition “Anacronismo Sensoriale”
Place: Via Gaetano Crespi 24, Milano

Date: 25 September 2016
Event: Personal Exhibition “OUT, Museo a Cielo aperto”
Place: Via Pontano, Milano

Date: 03 August 2016
Event: A Gift to the City Project “Superhero”
Place: Ponte della Ghisolfa, Milano

Date: 16 April 2016
Event: Attending to Fuori Salone del Mobile Milano
Place: Via Tortona, Milano

Date: From 9 April to 9 May 2016
Event: Personal Exhibition
Place: Galleria Spazio Aperto, Via San Pietro Martire, 2 Reggio Emilia

Date: From 16 March to 20 March 2016
Event: Attending to the Affordable Art Fair
Place: Superstudio Più, Via Tortona, 27 Milan

Date: 06 February 2016
Event: Personal Exhibition “Riflessione Contemporanea” at Gli Eroici Furori Gallery
Place: Milan

Date: 10 November 2015
Event: Urbansolid come back to Paris – Live performances on different walls around the city
Place: Paris

Date: 10 October 2015
Event: A frontal lesson with Urbansolid at LAOfficina d’Arte School
Place: Milan

Date: August and September
Event: Free Walls Project – Live performances on different walls around the city
Place: Milan

Date: August 2015
Event: Collective Exhibition “La Permanente, una storia Milanese” at Museo della Permanente
Place: Milan

Date: 26 July 2015
Event: Live performance – Eve appears on the streets next to Adam
Place: Milan, Naviglio Grande

Date: 29 May 2015
Event: The Ear given to Radio Deejay
Place: Milan

Date: From 18 March to 22 March 2015
Event: Attending to the Affordable Art Fair
Place: Superstudio Più Via Tortona, 27 Milan

Date: March 2015
Event: A Gift to the City Project – Made in China appears in Milan
Place: Milan

Date: From 14 February to 07 March 2015
Event: Collective Exhibition by Neurotitan Gallery in collaboration with Walls of Milano
Place: Berlin

Date: September 2014
Event: “Finestra con Vista” Project – Let’s bring some Art through Florence’s streets
Place: Florence

Date: from 8 August to 29 September 2014
Event: The Cappelleschi Gallery presents Urbansolid – The Street Art’s third dimension
Place: Knokke Le Zeute, Belgium

Date: 7 May 2014
Event: Live Performance and preview of the Urbansolid Video
Place: La Permanente, Milan

Date: 14 April 2014
Event: Live Performance on the streets of Paris
Place: Paris

Date: March 2014
Event: A Gift to the City Project – Pollution Detector and Audio Surveillance Zone appears in Milan
Place: Porta Genova, Milan

Date: 14 January 2014
Event: Personal Exhibition – “Audio Surveillance Zone” – Crowd Funding Project: 50 white Big Ears hang on the walls
Place: Studio D’Ars Gallery, via Sant’Agnese, 12 Milan

Date: from 30 November to 8 December 2013
Event: Attending to The Florence Biennale
Place: Florence

Date: 06 November 2013
Event: Attending to the Fair “Paratissima 9”
Place: Borgo Filadelfia, MOI, Turin

Date: October 2013
Event: A Gift to the City Project – Adam appears in Turin
Place: Turin

Date: October 2013
Event: Installation at Villa Ambrosetti for a public Event
Place: Lugano

Date: September 2013
Event: Live Performance on the Streets of Prague
Place: Kampa Museum and Mustek Tube Station

Date: September 2013
Event: Installation by the Tirano’ s Jail featuring the Association Gabbiano Onlus
Place: Tirano, Sondrio

Date: August 2013
Event: A Gift to the City Project – Adam appears in Varese
Place: Via Bizzozzero Varese

Date: July 2013
Event: Live Performance on the street of London – Brike Lane, Shoreditch, Whitecross Street Market
Place: London

Date: 06 July 2013
Event: Street Art Collective Exhibition
Place: Calice Ligure

Date: 06 July 2013
Event: Personal Exhibition – Postgraffitismo
Place: Casa Mori, Pavia

Date: April 2013
Event: Installation at the QLab Club
Place: Via Padova, 21 Milan

Date: 15-16-17 March 2013
Event: Urbansolid per Edison – Live performance
Place: Piazza Santa Francesca Romana, Milan

Date: 06 March 2013
Event: Attending to the Affordable Art Fair
Place: Superstudio Più Via Tortona, 27 Milan

Date: February 2013
Event: Performance “The Clown” in the MM1 Milan Underground at the stop Duomo making fun of the Election Day in Italy
Place: MM1 – Duomo, Milan

Date: February 2013
Event: Installation for the Gran Guardia Food – Lounge Bar
Place: Peschiera del Garda

Date: 08 November 2012
Event: Personal Exhibition “What?!” at Art Kitchen Gallery
Place: Superground via Bussola, 4 Milan

Date: Octobrer 2012
Event: Installation inside an Hotel in Varese
Place: Hotel Al Sei Rooms, Varese

Date: July 2012
Event: Installation in a Pub of the Audio Surveillance Zone with 4 Big Ears
Place: Carugate, Milan

Date: June 2012
Event: Installation of Two Dinosaurs on the 10th Platform, Cadorna Station Milan
Place: Milan

Date: May 2012
Event: Performance on the outside walls of the Club Leoncavallo

Place: Via Antoine Watteau, 7 Milan

Date: 21 September 2011
Event: Personal Exhibition “Mesozoico Contemporaneo” at Gli Eroici Furori Gallery
Place: Via Melzo, 30 Milan

Date: 18 July 2011
Event: Performance “Golden Town” – more than 200 golden bars left in front of the Stock Exchange
Place: Milan

Date: 12 May 2011
Event: Advertising for the Comedy Acido Solfureo with a picture of “The Televiewer” as flyer of the Event
Place: Teatro Menotti, Milan

Date: 05 May 2011
Event: Personal Exhibition “A new street art dimension”
Place: Spazio Omnia, via Bertarelli, 4 Milan

Date: 28 October 2010
Event: Collective Exhibition “Da Oriente a Occidente”
Place: Milan

Date: June 2010
Event: A gift to the Tate Modern – an “Head that hold its nose” left in one of bathroom on the 3rd floor
Place: London

Date: May 2010
Event: Performance with 12 pieces of the “Head that hold its nose” given to the passers-by in Piazza Moscova
Place: Milan

 

Education

From September 1999 to October 2003
Accademy of the Fine Art, Brera, Milan

From September 1993 to June 1997
Liceo Artistico via Manara, Busto Arsizio, Varese