“Multiverses”, Daverio Sculptures and Jewelry on Display in Bergamo
Creativity and eclecticism in painting and sculpture are the themes at the center of the exhibition “Multiverses”, inaugurated on December 3rd at Galleria Ceribelli in Bergamo, where it can be visited until February 11, 2023. The exhibition consists of a section called “Aequilibrium”, dedicated to painter Roberto Giavarini, where almost twenty-five of his unpublished paintings are displayed, and another entitled “I Daverio – Sidereum” which presents more than forty works, including jewelry and sculptures, by the sculptors and jewelry designers of the Daverio family.
Two Artists from Bergamo between Painting and Sculpture
For the first time, Galleria Ceribelli has brought together two artists in a single exhibition, who are united, the Gallery explains, not only by their place of origin, both being from Bergamo, but also by their “care, sometimes almost obsessive, towards their work”. “It is essential to pause and reflect, moreover – continues the presentation of “Multiverses” – on how much the element of light influences each of the two artists and their creations, a reason of primary importance in the choice to unite them in a single exhibition space”.
Roberto Giavarini is considered an eclectic painter, engaged in innovative research on techniques and materials: his works combine ancient techniques such as engraving with unusual procedures in painting, such as rotating blades or chemical materials.
The Daverios are instead an entire family of sculptors and jewelry designers: Franco, the patriarch, his son Luca and his grandson Pablo. Their creations, writes Galleria Ceribelli, are “a perfect synthesis between art and tradition, a style of theirs that follows emotions more than fashion. Since 1933, the mastery of the Daverios has been expressed through an original style, shaping metals and gems, which follows only creative instinct to merge sculpture and jewelry into one”.
On Display at “Multiverses” the New “Sidereum” Jewelry by Luca Daverio
The section of the exhibition dedicated to the Daverios is called “Sidereum“, like the new jewelry line signed by Luca Daverio and presented as a preview in October at the Rome Film Festival. The exhibition path starts however from the works of his father Franco, such as the Woman’s Head in copper and the Pendant in yellow gold, both embossed and chased. Then follow the creations of Luca, the “engraver of signs”, as Alba Cappellieri has defined him, full professor of jewelry and fashion accessory design at the Polytechnic of Milan, who signs the texts of the exhibition catalog together with other experts, including Vittorio Sgarbi.
This is how Alba Cappellieri describes Luca Daverio’s creative process: “Faithful to hand drawing from the beginning, like an engraver he traces fluid lines on paper, erases them and modifies them even by just a few millimeters, day after day, until the drawing finds its ideal form”. The professor also defines as “singular and recurring the attraction to imperfect and organic forms and the attention to the search for mechanical solutions aimed at wearability or customization”.
“Multiverses” therefore presents the history and evolution of Daverio-signed jewelry, from the first copper works of the 1930s to recent collections such as “ForEverHugMe”, “Ricci” and the latest creation, “Sidereum“. Luca Daverio’s contemporary jewelry combines traditional techniques and modern technologies: they are designed in 3D, but always worked entirely by hand, with techniques such as chasing and embossing, which Luca learned from his father Franco. Alba Cappellieri concludes: “A living and romantic goldsmith production that expresses itself through traditional metals such as gold or less conventional ones such as titanium, which captures the chromatic depths of precious stones and which, with a scrupulous artisan technique, manages to give voice to matter”.