{"id":2245,"date":"2019-10-02T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2022-01-21T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T10:44:41","slug":"sculptor-gioni-david-parra-fragments-of-a-sculptural-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/sculptor-gioni-david-parra-fragments-of-a-sculptural-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculptor Gioni David Parra &#8220;fragments of a sculptural discourse&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gioni David Parra has made an important and unique contribution to the artistic exploration of sculpture. Even though it is difficult to place his art into any generic category, he has always managed to remain closely connected to contemporary art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-1024x872.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-1024x872.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-696x593.jpg 696w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-1068x910.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david-493x420.jpg 493w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sculure-gioni-david.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gioni David Parra, Nocube 2019, Sahara noir marble and gold leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>His current output sheds light on the approach he has taken since his marble sculptures (e.g., Bladelight, Nocube). It does so by adding a new component to the dialogue created by the artist: the surface of a blank canvas. This abstract element juxtaposes painting and sculpture in terms of light, thanks to the presence of marble fragments skilfully placed on the canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gioni-David-Parra-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gioni-David-Parra-1.jpg 526w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gioni-David-Parra-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gioni-David-Parra-1-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption>Gioni David Parra in a marble carving studio in Pietrasanta, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gioni David Parra has titled this new cycle of works Matter Conceptual. These themes will be discussed in October, during a meeting with the artist organized by the Cris Contini Contemporary Gallery in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scultore-gioni-david-parra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2248\" width=\"354\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scultore-gioni-david-parra.jpg 526w, https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scultore-gioni-david-parra-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption>Gioni David Parra, Cased bladelight, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer, the artist\u2019s latest works will be on display at the Contemporary &amp; Co. gallery in Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo and at the Hotel Villa Roma Imperiale in Forte dei Marmi. Gioni is also preparing two important solo shows that will take place next season, in Argentina and in Bologna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gioni David Parra has made an important and unique contribution to the artistic exploration of sculpture. Even though it is difficult to place his art into any generic category, he has always managed to remain closely connected to contemporary art. His current output sheds light on the approach he has taken since his marble sculptures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,228],"tags":[357,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-2245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sculptors-en","8":"category-art-en","9":"tag-art-en","10":"tag-gioni-david-parra"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3522,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions\/3522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstylemagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}