Maurizio Casari Biography
Maurizio Casari was born in Bergamo in 1939 and subsequently moved to Verona, where he attended the Cignaroli Academy. While he initially devoted himself to painting, his artistic focus shifted entirely to sculpture. Casari aimed to achieve the archetypal and original idea of form, seeking the inner meaning of things through ideal figures such as squares, circles and triangles.
In the early 1960s Casari participated in the avant-garde movement that arose around the Galleria Ferrari in Verona, a laboratory of continuous artistic experimentation. He worked alongside artists such as Rampinelli, Chiecchi, Arduini, Degani, Marinelli, as well as with the critic Mozzambani. Casari's curiosity led him to explore the use of different tools and languages, broadening his artistic expression and making his work more varied.
Casari was also involved in artistic politics, participating in the artists' union and the national congress in Naples, as well as serving as an advisor to the Italian Communist Party. However, these commitments often interrupt his artistic activity.
Casari's main works are plastic structures based on the search for extremely simple, if not primordial, forms. His drawings in various media record past experiences to broaden his perception, knowledge and relationships. The works display a rigorous structure that acts as a frame to counterbalance the atmosphere of the lines. Casari, like Licini, becomes a constructivist acrobat who extends his mastery over imaginary regions. Sensitivity, tension and exploration characterize his sculptures, which embody doubts rather than affirmations and are fluid rather than definitive. The artist's goal is to reveal the vast visual potential hidden in forms, even when they are defined by measure and rigor.
