{"id":28412,"date":"2022-06-14T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T15:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/guido-de-zan-an-idea-of-lightness\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:02:09","slug":"guido-de-zan-an-idea-of-lightness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/guido-de-zan-an-idea-of-lightness\/","title":{"rendered":"Guido De Zan &#8211; An idea of lightness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28412\" class=\"elementor elementor-28412 elementor-28378\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f23641 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"6f23641\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7925dcb\" data-id=\"7925dcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7eb43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d7eb43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>On the occasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/exhibition\/c-italian-studio-ceramics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[C] &#8211; Italian Studio Ceramics<\/a>, the first auction dedicated to contemporary Italian ceramics, ESH Gallery presents five new works by Milanese master Guido De Zan. An artist who places the Japanese tradition, dear to the gallery&#8217;s aesthetic principles, at the centre of his sources of inspiration.<\/p><p><strong>An idea of lightness&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><p>This is how Guido De Zan, who has concentrated on producing stoneware and porcelain vases and sculptures for more than twenty-five years, summarises his poetics.<\/p><p>In fact, his works show a tendency towards rigour, formal purity but above all, even though they are made of ceramic, towards lightness, breaking the limits imposed by the material and sometimes making it take on an illusory paper-like effect. To this effect the artist combines his very personal graphic research, sometimes composed of thin lines that thicken to give the impression of the chiaroscuro typical of drawings or engravings on paper.<\/p><p>The feeling that his works are something other than ceramic is also given by the extreme fineness with which the artist works the walls of his works, which appear almost two-dimensional, and by the use of light-coloured earths such as porcelain and a mixture of stoneware mixed with porcelain left unglazed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21de132 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"21de132\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4fe515\" data-id=\"a4fe515\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6fdbd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"c6fdbd1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99ff357\" data-id=\"99ff357\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2193929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2193929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Biographical notes<\/strong><\/p><p>Guido De Zan was born in Milan in 1947.<\/p><p>In 1974, after working eight years in the field of assisting mentally disabled children, he graduated in Sociology from the University of Trento.<br \/>In 1975 he began researching in the field of ceramics and in 1978 in Milan, next to the Colonne di San Lorenzo, he opened <i>Coccio <\/i>(shard), the workshop with ceramic kiln where he still works today. In the early years, his work focused on everyday objects in majolica.<br \/>Then, using the raku technique, he turned towards more symbolic objects such as cups for the tea ceremony, vases and decorative panels. In the last twenty-five years, using stoneware and porcelain, Guido De Zan has devoted himself almost exclusively to vases and sculptures.<br \/>Since the 1990s, he has combined ceramic production with graphic research, using various techniques and materials.<br \/>He lives and works in Milan.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p>Many of his pieces are part of public and private collections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e03317 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"6e03317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;slides_to_scroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/De-zan-768x551.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-28402\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/De-zan-768x551.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/De-zan-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/De-zan-700x502.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/De-zan-600x430.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/De-zan.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9502c8\" data-id=\"d9502c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a773a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37a773a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;What I try to do is convey to the viewer of my work a feeling of lightness&#8221;<br \/><\/em><strong>Guido De Zan<\/strong><\/p><p><em>&#8220;His works are an expression of constant research and continuous experimentation&#8221;<br \/><\/em><strong>Ugo La Pietra<\/strong><\/p><p><em>\u201cGuido is one of the few ceramists who takes care to give not only a shape to his objects, but also a special skin, a texture handmade by himself&#8221;<br \/><\/em><strong>Bruno Munari<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of [C] &#8211; Italian Studio Ceramics, the first auction dedicated to contemporary Italian ceramics, ESH Gallery presents five new works by the Milanese master Guido De Zan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28490,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28412\/revisions\/28490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}