Bardelli and Colorobbia, important realization for the Venice Biennial
Until November 24th it will be possible to admire the Pabellon Criollo project by the Venezuelan artist Sol Calero at the Biennale, a project in which Italian ceramics meets art and architecture and color becomes the element of union between the artist and the two partners to evoke emotions and sensations and transform architectural spaces.
The now historic collaboration between Gruppo Bardelli and Colorobbia becomes stronger in the project of the Pabellón Criollo by Sol Calero creating an important connection between art, culture and the ceramic industry. Through the collaboration with the artist Sol Calero, the two companies are committed to promoting beauty and innovation, thus contributing to the growth and vitality of Italian ceramic culture in an international context such as that of the Venice Biennale, demonstrating strong attention to the world of art, supporting projects and initiatives that enhance creativity and artistic expression.
Thanks to a combination of synergies and knowledge with the art gallery Francesca Minini and the studio Diego Grandi Office, expert in ceramic surfaces, Sol Calero has identified the excellence of Made in Italy as the ideal choice for her project. Therefore, collaborating with two established entities in the Italian design and ceramic industry landscape such as Gruppo Bardelli and Gruppo Colorobbia was a natural decision.
Italian ceramics meet art and architecture, and color becomes the element of union between the artist and the two partners to evoke emotions and sensations and transform architectural spaces.
The pavilion of artist Sol Calero evokes elements from past projects of the city of Venice: among these, the ramp from the current German pavilion is built with wood taken from the last Ukrainian pavilion, the wood comes from a former pavilion of Uzbekistan, the tiles from an old pavilion of the United States, the bamboo and sheets from a project of an Ethiopian and Australian architecture team. This reuse represents a new life for the materials and reflects the international history and exchange of ideas that the Biennale embodies in its principles.
Gruppo Bardelli is a reference point in the world of high-end ceramics with brands Ceramica Bardelli, Ceramica Vogue, and Appiani, a visionary design, where corporate know-how is put at the service of prestigious collaborations with national and international architecture studios to create innovative and sophisticated products.
Design Made in Italy is one of the key principles. The entire production, design, Research and Development of Gruppo Bardelli develop in its own facilities in Italy, transferring to the market the beauty and elegance of Italian savoir-faire. Using Gruppo Bardelli ceramic surfaces means entering scenarios strongly characterized by modernity, aesthetic sign, choice of two-dimensional motifs that become architecture.
Colorobbia world leader of an Italian-born tradition of ceramics, marks a century of innovation and international enterprise since 1921. A family business built on Italian creativity and international innovation, specialized in the production and distribution of raw materials and semi-finished products for the ceramic , glass industry and digital printing to obtain ceramic surfaces of high added value both in the industrial and artistic fields.
Sol Calero, Pabellón criollo, 2024. Installation view at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, ‘Foreigners Everywhere’, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Courtesy of the artist; Chertlüdde, Berlin; Crèvecœur, Paris and Francesca Minini, Milan. Photo by Andrea Rossetti
