Galleria d'Arte Cinquantasei

PAST EXHIBITION

Mirella Guasti: Anthological Exhibitions

October 7, 2006—November 30, 2006

A Rare Case: Mirella Guasti
By Estemio Serri

Mirella Guasti, the Milanese sculptress, is a bit of a rare case: she has often shunned the strategies of the market, which have brought fame instead to many artists of her own generation. Thanks to her convictions, but also to her shyness and determination, Mirella has been able to live a quiet life, almost cutting herself off from the society. By doing so, she has completed her artistic project and achieved works of great artistic value. If we take a look at one of her latest works - just as if we examine the work of any other contemporary sculptor - we will immediately be able to tell it is the work of Mirella Guasti: all this is quite important, since it means that no other artist, neither in Italy nor abroad, has been able to create so far such expressive forms. These forms are part of an artistic project that focuses on the human body, and in the particular on the female body, a relevant theme in the so-called ''women's era''. Nuccio Madera, a close friend of mine and the editor of the magazine ''Arte'', a man of great culture and worthiness who prematurely died some time ago, said to me once: ''I am planning to write an article about the success that women, always isolated from the artistic world, will achieve in the 21st century in the field of visual arts!''. He was right! The new century has just begun and lots of painters and sculptresses have entered the artistic scene. These artists are becoming almost as famous as their colleagues Rosalba Carriera, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Alexandra Exter, Mary Cassat and Tamara De Lempicka. In accordance with what Mirella says in her autobiography, I may argue that in order to give up one's own potential of commercial and artistic success an artist must necessarily be determined and stubborn. And this is the case of Mirella Guasti, a resolute woman who has always had faith in her project, carrying it out gradually; as a result of her search and experience, her latest production enjoys an extraordinary expressive power. At the age of 71, the artist, upon several requests by me and other collectors, finally made her first works in bronze. Had not we spurred her to do so, she would have never made those works, since she thought that they would be just poor copies of the original ones. The great success achieved by Guasti's works on a national scale during our tests has given new stimula to our initiative, both at a productive and promotional level. We strongly believe that in the near future Mirella's works will be a huge success. Moreover, we must always keep in mind that when we buy a work of art, we should not just think of its value, but rather remember that a work of art is always a good investment for the future.

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