MILAN – “You see a block, think of the image: the image and inside you just need to undress it”. A concept that is easy to understand but equally difficult to implement. These are the words that formed Michelangelo’s thought to which today, still few artists are able to draw inspiration. Everyone, except those artists who had the courage to dare, to try to put their skills to good use without the presumption or fear of failure. We are talking about Jago Cardillo, aka Jago, a thirty-year-old sculptor from Ciociaria still unknown to most of the “offline” generation of the operators of the art system. A personality and an art of him that more than presentations, deserves to be appreciated through the direct and immediate exploration of his works, which we propose in this article. READ ALSO: The irreverent stone sculptures of the artist Hirotoshi Ito JAGO ARTIST – Jago Artist and the name with which we can find the young Cardillo on every social profile, including his website. Yes, we are also talking about immediacy and the 2.0 world because Jago, if on the one hand it is still unknown to that “offline” generation, is at the same time in the lead in the research of the “online” world, the fresh and immediate one of the Millennials. This is because Iago, as it has already been defined several times, is a contemporary art, one of those that also combines his skills as a musician, videomaker and composer. “The contemporary artist is the one who uses the contemporary means of communication”, says Jago. If, after all, we have the possibility to make the most of the capabilities of a simple smartphone at no cost, why not use it to share with other people what we do best.
! Which is why it uses technology to share that sort of behind-the-scenes “making off”. Social aside, these abilities of him complement his surprising talent as an artist and sculptor. What his hands are able to do better, is to mold the cold and aseptic consistency of the marble, which almost magically manages to “soften” and to come to life, indeed, a new life. Through his hands the stone seems to almost surrender to bend softly, being enveloped by that charm that makes the work innovative and modern. An impossible process, you will think, but that Jago manages to render in a surprisingly simple way through the use of a cutter and an attached device that sucks in real time. READ ALSO: Instagram, 10 profiles that every art lover should followHABEMUS OMINEM – Like all creative minds that respect themselves, Iago has never bowed to any kind of imposition, much less to those who wanted to judge or manipulate his talent. For this reason the artist decided years ago not to finish his academic studies, especially when a professor expressed his opposition to his exposure at the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale , after being called to attend by Sgarbi . “It is clear that in Cardillo there is an awareness of form and it needs to express an idea with a modernity of image even if with references to tradition. An awareness in a profession that few artists have shown during the twentieth century ”, are the wordsexpressed by the art critic after an exhibition by the young sculptor. Today Jago, who thanks to his tenacity has had the opportunity to give himself the opportunity, can boast a remarkable background of awards. The one of greatest importance and that among all the most discussed was the honor of the Holy See “Croce Pro Benemerenti “. The “Habemus Ominem” sculpture,it represented the figure of Pope Ratzinger, in which the body of the Pontiff was masterfully modeled on white marble. A detail however indignant the Vatican, namely the lack of the eyes of the Holy Father in the Sculpture. When in 2013, the news of the Pope’s resignation was then communicated, Iago suddenly decided to overturn the work. Just as the work had been stripped, so the Pope would have been stripped of his clothes, this time deciding to fill his eyes and “give him sight”. With this change the work wants to symbolize a sort of return to man. The loss of the papal vestments made of formal sacrality represents a process of dispossession to reach that essence made of flesh, veins and skin. The scenic impact of Jago’s works does not stop there,Facebook and Instagram . Photocredit: www.pinterest.com
