ASSUNTA CASSA 1st edition - June 2017 graphics: Giuseppe Bacci / Daniele Primavera photography: Emanuele Santori translations: Angela Arnone printed by Fastedit - Acquaviva Picena (AP) e-mail: [email protected] website: www.assuntacassa.it Assunta Cassa beyond the horizon

edited by Giuseppe Bacci foreward by Giuseppe Marrone critical texts by Rossella Frollà, Anna Soricaro, Giuseppe Bacci 4 - Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon The Quest of Assunta Cassa for Delight and Dynamic Beauty Giuseppe Marrone

Sensuality, movement, technique whose gesture, form and that rears up when least expected, reaching the apex and trac- matter are scented with the carnal thrill of dance it conveys, ing out perceptual geometries that perhaps no one thought compelling it on the eye, calling out to it and enticing the viewer, could be experimented. the recipient of the work who is dazed by an emotion stronger The art of Assunta Cassa has something primal in its emotional than delighted connection, and feels the inner turmoil triggered factor, no one should miss the thrill of experiencing her works by the virtuous explosions of colour and matter. The subject, in person, absorbing some of that passion, which enters the the dance, the movement, the steps that shift continuous exist- mind first and then sinks deeper into the spheres of perception. ence, igniting a split second and fixing it forever on the canvas. Sensuality and love, tenderness and passion, move with and Dynamic eroticism, rising yet immobile, fast, uncontrollable in in the dancing figures, which surprise with their natural seeking mind and in passion, able to erupt in a flash and unleash the of pleasure in the gesture, the beauty of producing a human fiercest emotion, the sheer giddiness of the most intense per- movement, again with sheer spontaneity, finding the refined ception. Observing the work of Assunta Cassa is like a return to aesthetic sense in the eroticism of the dance. The unwritten original sin, emotionally speaking, a experience of deep sensual pleasure is impossible not to express: it is sought, deliberately immersion in the colour whirlwind and pulsating movements of imprinted with colour so that the recipient of the opus may be the figures, but also of a space that participates and fills the no- drawn into this sense of beauty flowing across the skin of one man’s-land of this probing, gratifying pursuit of beauty. who has managed to impose the normality of a woman expe- Beauty is experienced in the purity of its emotions, but also riencing emotions for the eroticism of the dance, in keeping almost impetuously, like the soft and sensual touch of skin, pre- with a sense that has to do with the impossible taste of being cisely for the ease with which it is sensed. Gentle sentiment wordless before the beauty of life. The beauty of life, the joy of and erotic trait together, speaking the same language of ex- life, however, do not always win: melancholy is sometimes a pression, chasing each other, fusing together, attacking one tangible note in some works, but again naturally. Every age of another, and managing to talk thanks to the emotional world life must be experienced, and painter Assunta Cassa shows a

Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon - 5 depth and awareness that every moment must be faced and incredibly successful method for making us feel this, regardless lived with a unique emotional perspective, linked to the vital of whether we have experienced the emotion or occurrence, act that is innate to painting. Now it becomes impossible not but it is a journey that persuades us to cross the no-man’s-land to appreciate the opus in which the subject is not only dance between body and mind, perceptions and emotions, mind and and joyous vitality, but also the constant quest for meaning that heart, fusion and quest in this perpetual pursuit, like two danc- accompanies and must accompany very minute of a truly au- ers who look at each other as they dance. thentic existence, whether joyful or not. Cassa is a complete painter and before that she is a woman who has a developed sense of her own life and pictorial quest. Perceiving the nuances that pulsating emotions drive across her work is like feeling a shiver that travels up the spine to the head, from the eyes – the instrument of perception – that feed the entire body with a strong, discreet sensuality. Technically everything addresses this research, the use of matter that ap- pears and then rarefies itself with deliberate or unconscious desire, to the use of the palette, a purposeful chromatic range sought with the gentle energy of conveying something that arrives promptly and brings delight. This is an aesthetic fact of great depth. No research should exclude the artist’s own awareness of being a medium acting through their art. When the subject is broken down into precise points, Cassa does so in her sense of exploration and there is the power to give a meaning to be found in the geometric attempt to rationalize this complete inner flow that arrives at the boundless outcome of departure, where a train is the existentiell image of opportu- nity. We cannot know with precision what Assunta Cassa feels when she paints a train, but perhaps it invokes and crystal- lizes a chance, an opportunity, an ongoing investigation, first existentiell – daily – and then existential, the overall meaning of life. Were she to accelerate the dynamism when she disassembles, when she imposes a perceptual pace, when she arranges a chromatic order, it would not be a rhetorical but a spontaneous and natural process. It may seem obvious, at this point, but talking about emotions, passions and life is not obvious and there is no process for doing so. Assunta Cassa has her own

6 - Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon The Mighty Soul of Colours

Rossella Frollà

The most striking aspect of this artist’s work is her use of iri- of overwhelming energy, an inexplicable force that goes beyond descent pixels filled with faces, movement, landscapes of the the painting and the eye, and already becomes a threshold on soul just explored by Tango. We are ensnared by a closed loop this side of a dilated horizon. The figures dance amid the move- of passion while all around it flows naturally. The boundaries of ments of the world and the tango sends a shiver up the spine, shadow and the red light that swallows everything else are inten- another aspect of the source, life that gathers us until the very sified. The oxymoron becomes a weightless step, the quick re- end where the red rose is held by fingers that skim over lips. surgence of a memory and infinite momentum over time, in plac- Exploding passions plunder hearts, one facing the other, and es peopled by contrasts of red, purple and black, the circus and the artist’s rich emotions follow the moving bodies and tenacious the theatre, and city suburbs. There is something that leaves the light, overseen by solemn stillness. This strong, pleasing trait black to give form and life to colours as if they were offspring car- erupts from the core and collects every act of the performance. ried in every womb. The red swirls across lips, beseeching them. The choir turns and looks to us, meets our eyes, our something The day traces wonder and passion on bodies, a complete else, which in formless black acquires deep essence, rising from place where the identity of the wounded is lost and we open the bottom to the top, and a firm, light hand wields the spatula our arms to the frail and human act of an embrace. Everything in lively palette choices. supports the lightness of the bodies and there it is, the soul, un- der the colours, its being showing us our own. Standing there, in an emotion of mine ready to be born. Everything was there: swift, moving sight, the soft touch of light in the intense, free exploration of things. Everything is received like a fresh mounting

Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon - 7 Symphonies of Energy

Anna Soricaro

Assunta Cassa places her figures in urban landscapes, dancing, in everyday poses of kissing couples, or women with defiant eyes. The technique and the tones steal the scene before the figures, rendering unique the finished work of a sensitive, inno- vative and sparkling artist. Bright colours contrasting with black absorb light and intrigue the observer, fascinated by the dazzling glow. An uncommon figuration and from a distance the stroke appears abstract, while up close it declares its greatness. A self-effacing hand uses intense tones and small, precise strokes to speak of passions, daily life and underlying emotions. The figuration is a challenge to overcome and Cassa succeeds very well, a magnificent way to speak through memories, intimacy and emotions; the shades are an instinct to manage, a feisty explosion that will engage the viewer. A figuration seeking to grasp the meaning of life through unusual works, with a sensual feel alternating moments of a tango with women portrayed from behind: with great skill the spatula dances in the artist’s hand, composing a symphony that will leave the observer speechless from the first movement to the finale.

8 - Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon For the Sake of Dreams: the Pixel Paradigm in the Art of Assunta Cassa Giuseppe Bacci

The artistic research Assunta Cassa has pursued thus far con- Cassa’s signature style, representing a real oxymoron with re- stitutes a carousel of works and ideas so rich in colour and nu- gard to the events of her artistic research. ance as to suggest she wants to deplete her entire cosmos of Assunta Cassa devoted her time to studying pixels in order imagination and intellect. Slowly, meticulously, faces and ideas to tease out a dogmatic and creative side, and in this key she slide forth from chiaroscuros, emerging to assert themselves in subsequently broadened her studies, painting characters more the strong strokes and expression. The pixelated faces reflect familiar to her. Overall, her portraits ring with an undefined, re- ideas personified and oozing passion through the intensity with motely Renaissance echo. which they experience their inner story. Cassa’s pixels are a req- From this point, her artistic production gradually expanded into uisite reference in her pictorial research: to contemplate them the exploration of new territory, further buttressed by adverse we must keep a certain physical distance, otherwise the images events, which Cassa handles with stubbornness and determina- they compose are out of our reach, dissolving into a mess of tion, but which encourage her to give free rein to all her energies. colour before vanishing completely. The corpus making up the Libertà section, entirely in indigo, re- The pixels indicate the countless points that make up the display quires a contextual reading of the pictorial texts, which speak of a digitalized image on a computer screen, so even for the art- of the encumbrance of our limits, errors, rejections, illnesses, ist, following the path in reverse, the union of all these miniscule unforeseen events of any kind that are a symptom of regression dots generates the frame, then the merging of all the frames and decadence. These works allow us to grasp the theme of reconstitutes the moving image. Assunta Cassa’s art, which moulds figures of contemporary life The subjects shown in motion and the static quality of the pixels to people an assorted and organic collection that reveal rhyme are the paradoxes in the examples used in interpreting Assunta and reason of art in a “supernatural” perspective. Freedom is

Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon - 9 symbolized by the colour indigo, which the artist singled out, the air in a positive breath of awareness and responsibility, eager perhaps inspired by The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg’s 1985 for a different and better future. film loosely based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. Why did Alice Thus we shift from the freedom etched into eyes, with the style Walker, a renowned novelist, call her novel The Color Purple? of the great and pure, to the freedom of the journey, taking in the Purple is the colour of the flowers in the field where the story freedom of self-determination. The works of the Libertà section starts and ends, defined by the words: “I think is pissed God reflect in the retreat of the soul as it turns towards that self-de- off if you walk by the colour purple in a field somewhere and termination. In Assunta Cassa’s iconographic evolution, the don’t notice it.” It is also the colour that alludes to the freedom identification of characters is not yet entirely distinct as the solo dreamed of by the women in the film. individual works their way to their landfall, seeking unconditional If each of us were asked to choose the colour freedom has for freedom and an identity, universal paradigms of human redemp- us, the answers would be as different as each one of us is differ- tion accompanied by intimate suggestions motivating empow- ent, and every shade that exists would be suggested ... erment, manifestations of the weariness of routine, pondering In the works of Assunta Cassa the mannered space of dark col- the treadmill of work and days passing. Everything develops in ours and rigorous compositions of iron bars expands into glow- a process ranging from universal to individual, from rationality to ing faces dominated by the light of the eyes, the part of the body sentiment, from fortuitous to intangible, fostering total, uncondi- that reflects the soul; eyes that reject loss of freedom with a tional intellectual awareness, kindling desires of the heart, arriv- surplus of light. ing at an act of love with every atom of mind, heart and might: The opus Why (2016) leads to the perception of distance, soli- one example is the 2013 I ragazzi che si amano [Kids Who Love tude, fragility, because the scenario where daily life plays out is Each Other]. full of suffering and frailty. There is no doubt that Assunta Cassa has liberated her perspi- Methafors (2017) is a portrait dedicated to Alphonso Johnson, cacious, creative art to be able to speak, declaring love. The acknowledged as the best jazz-fusion bassist of the 1970s. woman with the light step (Con passo leggero, 2015) becomes The work was for the cover of the new album by this famous synonymous with mysterious, elusive beauty. The instant that American musician who worked with international artists like movement and light spring from the train in the 2016 Joie de Weather Report, Carlos Santana, Billy Cobham, Wayne Shorter, vivre. Happiness that appears similar to this reaching out to life The Crusaders, Stanley Clarke, Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan, when the joy and happiness of a girl appear in a pictorial glimpse Phil Collins, Airto Moreira, and Pino Daniele. In the portrait his of light in a foretaste of the bliss of the journey as a synonym of face has strong, virile features and gives the impression of re- freedom but also of escape, of reconciliation, of peace: nothing maining aloof while being totally immune to the contamination of is more beautiful than the anticipation of the trip. For the artist, the place where he finds himself. A condition that is most often departure is a bold, magical gesture, which will engender joy in found only in “real people”, whose dignity and pride permeate the soul of those who know how to afford value to freedom. Her

10 - Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon painting is full of whirlwind, thrilling inner reverie, as in the 2014 urgency of recovering identity, greatness that lies in simple Fuga [Flight], where the protagonist of the canvas was never things, sublime nature, aspirational desires. The eager chro- assertive and adamant but in the awareness of the act seems to matic strokes emphasize passions and impulses perfected in show she will become so. a rarefied atmosphere preannounced from the first pictorial Unwittingly, in the 2017 work Restare [Stay], the artist wants to compositions. Assunta Cassa is often inspired by the theme engage us in a difficult, thorny decision. Made, perhaps, with of dance, showing a flurry of mixed feelings, romantic twilight pain in her heart and in complete paradox knowing exactly what visions, primordial references, the eyes of the subjects full of she flees, but not what she is seeking. And in this case desires disturbing doubts, or compassionate gazes, eloquent silences, are like trains. Traveling is like dreaming ... anguished solitude, universal redemption. The beauty of bodies, Valigia [Suitcase, 2014] contributes to strengthening the reflec- shown in the plastic splendour of the gestures and silhouettes of tion of how life continues its mysterious, predetermined course. dance, the metaphor rebelling against the grim grey of their lives. We do not want to imagine the girl worried by the uncertainty of These works combine beauty and passion, and classic tango tomorrow, but desires are now her affectionate friends. She sees moves expand connaturally, intellectualizing the moving bodies the future every day as she looks out of the “window” of her soul of the dancers, simulating the quivering folds of cloth in tradi- in an effort to give birth to the “freedom of becoming a woman”. tional tribute. In both cases, there is old and new beauty, quietly The most beautiful place is one’s own heart. suggestive because it can ignite desire for something new by But the real journey begins in the mind and in having new eyes, overstating pixels and the indefinite, spurring the imagination to explained so well in the orange section Io ti vedo [I See You], map out magical places. The dances painted by Assunta Cassa where the paintings are emblematic metaphors. The eyes of the capture our attention with situations where her eyes light on the mind and heart must harmonize to exclaim at the magnificence couple and its emotional angst. In the Non Solo Tango section of creation with emotion. Nonetheless, sometimes our eyes are we immediately have the overwhelming impression that these blind or what we see often exists in an unapproachable light. So subjects must have stirred her emotionally from the very mo- our hurting eyes want to seek the splendour of what surrounds ment she saw them. This made her style of painting tentative, us, since contemporary humanity in its everyday life recogniz- as if lacking the courage to introduce the concepts she had in es before all else the sense of inhuman tragedy and gradually mind, put them in place and look into them deeply enough. She opens the eyes of the mind to discover new aspects of life, in did this later, with her innate confidence, in a scenario of quiet, a quagmire of contradictions, happy or adverse circumstances, hard and serious work, sketching over and over, always ready to joys or sorrows. embark on a terse appraisal. And her skilled intuition manifests A world that Assunta Cassa declares loudly with bold colours itself in the perception of the strength of the individuals, treated and vibrant compositions in the fascinating Non Solo Tango with the same involvement she reserves for the concepts of life [More Than Tango] red pictorial section, which speaks of the and death, darkness and light, end and beginning, weaving a

Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon - 11 perfect balance that expresses her love for dance. volving cognitive processing and subjective experience, which The theme of passion, of sensuality, could not escape the artist’s we call feelings or affections. Emotions lie behind affections and painterly intentions. So over the years, works like Tango metro- we become aware of them psychologically only through a sym- politano (2012), Tango on the Street (2013), Travolgente pizzica bolic and mental process which anticipates what the artist will (2013), Tango del cuore (2014), A tempo di tango (2014), Molo then produce. Cassa’s commitment has imprinted her artistic sud (2014), Iloveyou (2015) have taken it in turn to reveal Assun- research, her efforts succeeding as an analysis of her artistic ta Cassa’s love of dance, casting the magical spell of form and evolution shows she has achieved her goal. Initially passionate colour over viewer’s heart. She returns to conjure up that en- about painting, she became a painter, exhibiting prolifically and chantment of line and hue again in the small works found in the also commenting in recent times on art and culture tout court. blue section, Le cassette. Prêt-à-porter works in which the artist Interacting with contemporary times we become experts of casts onomatopoeic accents on her surname and creates small extraordinary things in art, pushing the human horizon further canvases placed in handcrafted caskets of different colours. – hence the title of the exhibition Oltre l’orizzonte, Beyond the Hence the name, which means “small cases”, and the artefact Horizon – in order to plunge deeper into artistic creation. they hold becomes symbolic art: the images are bright, arche- Assunta Cassa’s research is still in progress, and she cannot typal universal metaphors made into paintings, thus becoming fail to open up to more developments in the logic of a “new absolute elements that mark the course of her artistic research. cultural season” for her artistic growth. It is a case of looking to The pages of this catalogue tell the story of Assunta Cassa’s the future, intuiting the signs of the times to promote new artistic artistic research and how it is enfolded in ordinary virtue, open productions. to setting foot on new shores, in the knowledge that every the- ory remains an assumption and we must not confuse it with the truth, especially assuming that any theory, even the most elaborate, can be useful at times, but can also shows its lim- its because human nature has complex origins and is subject to constant change. Mind and body are an inseparable unit: our every gesture or expression, including stillness or silence, take on their own meaning. We can express emotions and feel- ings through non-verbal language which means it is impossi- ble not to communicate. The inner world of Assunta Cassa is expressed through mediation of the body, externalized in the gesture of painting that becomes the means by which the most complex psychological manifestations are rendered visible, in-

12 - Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon Assunta Cassa - Biography

Puglia native and Economics and Commerce graduate As- including Rome, Florence, Ferrara, Piacenza, Macerata, and sunta Cassa now lives in the Marche region. Her open mind Barletta. Overseas exhibitions began in 2014 and continued and outgoing character are the driving force for her ongoing in 2015: in Paris, at the Carrousel du Louvre’s 13th Salon Art quest to find new ways to express her talent. Over the years Fair Shopping, and in Bratislava’s prestigious Pallfy Palace, she worked in a number of areas until she was recruited by as well as in Tokyo at the Minato Mirai Gallery. Cassa has Musei Piceni and here she discovered her calling for art, a also garnered national and international awards from art con- pictorial art that allowed her to express and explore her inner tests: joint third place at Cormano’s 3rd International Painting, self. Coming into contact with artists she discovered her own Colour and Matter Competition (2016); the critics’ award for strong grasp of form and colour, and she experimented with colour research and original technique at the International Art figurative and informal style, but the former was the true mag- and Territory Biennial in Umbria (2015), as well as being voted net. The resulting unique fusion of line and palette allows her one of the top eight participating artists by Japanese visitors to express her own personal vision of modern, metropolitan at IAT Tokyo 2015. In 2013–2014 she won awards prizes in life, where image is all that seems to matter as she enfolds the La Spadarina International Competition. her subjects in a pixel-bound reality. Conversely, her spatula unleashes deep nuances of colour allowing glimpses of an inner self seeking balance and freedom. Assunta Cassa’s first solo show was held in 2011, in San Benedetto del Tronto. More exhibitions followed in the Marche, Veneto and Tuscany. She has also been invited to many different art events in Italy,

Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon - 13 14 - Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon I have always considered my life as a movement, progress, a per- ennial journey toward a destination that is itself in progress.

“Do not settle horizon. Search infinity,” said Jim Morrison and I took his words to heart, made them my own because I felt that they summed up my beliefs, my philosophy of life.

For me what counts is going ahead, always, looking for new desti- nations, never thinking I’ve arrived. My horizon is never still, it moves with me, my gaze goes beyond it to look for the next horizon and the next, and the one after.

I don’t believe in what I see on the surface, because what some- thing appears to be is often not what it is, not the essence. I always try not to impose limits on my knowledge, I don’t stop, because stopping is another way of imposing limits. I think it’s vital to address what you don’t know at any given time, what is different from me, which may seem unattainable. I think personal enlightenment is in- finity; the finite is a limit.

Painting, for me, is the most effective way to look beyond the in- finite.

Assunta Cassa - Beyond the horizon - 15 Fuggi dalla gabbia del tuo quotidiano rassicurante, esci Flee the cage of your comfort zone, push down the bar- dal recinto delle tue convinzioni inamovibili, sciogli le ca- riers of your irremovable convictions, shake off the shack- tene dell’ignoranza, taglia i cavi dell’intolleranza, elimina les of ignorance, cut the wires of intolerance, remove the le corde dei pregiudizi, apri la finestra al mondo e mettiti ropes of prejudices, open your window to the world, and in cammino. Il tuo orizzonte cambierà e aprirà a nuove start walking. Your horizon will change and show you strade e nuovi paesaggi dell’anima e volerai verso l’infini- new paths and new landscapes of the soul, and you will to con le forti ali della libertà. fly to infinity with the strong wings of freedom.

16 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Libertà Freedom

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 17 Why 2016, olio su tela, cm 100x100

18 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 19 20 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 21 Dietro le sbarre 2016, olio su tela, cm 30x60

Metaphors. Alphonso Johnson 2017, olio su tela, cm 80x80 Copertina del disco “Metaphors” di Alphonso Johnson, USA 2017

22 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 23 24 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 25 Visitare i carcerati 2016, olio su tela, cm 40x70

Dietro la finestra 2016, olio su tela, cm 60x80

26 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 27 Fuga 2014, olio su tela, cm 120x80

28 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Fuga 2014, olio su tela, cm 120x80

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 29 30 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte La Valigia 2014, olio su tela, cm 60x80

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 31 Orizzonte 2017, olio su tela, cm 80x80

32 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 33 34 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Piove 2015, olio su tela, cm 60x80 Collezione Ridel, Massy, France

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 35 Con passo leggero 2015, olio su tela, cm 60x80

36 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 37 I ragazzi che si amano 2013, olio su tela, cm 80x120

38 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 39 Restare 2017, olio su tela, cm 80x100

40 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 41 42 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Joie de vivre 2016, olio su tela, cm 70x100 Collezione Pinto, Vicenza

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 43 Icanfly 2015, olio su tela, cm 120x100 Colllezione Paola Clementi Art Et Parfum San Benedetto del Tronto 44 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 45 Oltre l’orizzonte muovo il mio sguardo e ti vedo, altro da I shift my gaze beyond the horizon and I see you, diffe- me, e sono consapevole che tu esisti. Coesisto con te rent to me, and I know you exist. I coexist with you and e ti accetto così come sei, nella tua diversità. Né tento I accept you as you are, in your diversity. Nor will I try to di trasformarti in una persona simile a me. Al contrario, turn you into a person like me. Instead, I will come to vengo ad incontrarti nel tuo territorio, comprendo il tuo meet you on your own ground, I understand your spirit. spirito. Non mi limito a guardare ma ti vedo e sancisco I will not limit myself to looking but I see you, and I en- con te un legame indissolubile, un autentico legame dorse you with an unbreakable bond, a real bond with con la terra e con tutti gli esseri viventi. the Earth and all living beings.

46 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Io ti vedo I see you

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 47 Io ti vedo - 1 2016, olio su tela, cm 40x30

Io ti vedo - 2 2016, olio su tela, cm 40x40

48 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 49 Io ti vedo - 3 2016, olio su tela, cm 30x50

50 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Io ti vedo - 4 2017, olio su tela, cm 40x50

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 51 Io ti vedo - 5 2017, olio su tela, cm 40x30

52 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Io ti vedo - 6 2017, olio su tela, cm 40x50

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 53 Il tango è per me metafora di vita, è ricerca spasmodica For me the tango is a metaphor of life, the sporadic quest di armonia, che si realizza in un dialogo tra partner sen- for harmony, which takes the form of a dialogue betwe- za proiettare l’uno sull’altro i propri desideri, le proprie en partners who do not projecting their own desires and aspettative, senza pesare sull’altro o prevaricarlo. expectations on the other, without impacting or encro- Il tango è incrocio di anime che si esprimono attraverso aching on the other. The tango is a rendezvous of souls due corpi che tentano ad ogni passo di diventare uno. expressed through two bodies that seek to become Il tempo di una tanda è una relazione in cui si investe one with every step. The time given to a tanda is a that tantissimo sapendo che tutto finirà lì. E’ vivere l’eterno of relationship in which much is invested while knowing presente. Sapere che esiste solo l’attimo e coglierne la it will go no further. It is an eternal present. Knowing we preziosità. must grasp the precious fleeting moment.

54 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Non solo tango More than tango

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 55 Tango Metropolitano 2012, olio su tela, cm 70x100

56 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 57 Tango on the street 2013, olio su tela, cm 70x90

58 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 59 A tempo di tango 2014, olio su tela, cm 80x80

60 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 61 Molo sud 2014, olio su tela, cm 100x120

62 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 63 Travolgente pizzica 2014, olio su tela, cm 80x100

64 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 65 Tango del cuore 2014, olio su tela, cm 100x100 Collezione Groppi, Parma

66 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 67 Iloveyou 2015, olio su tela, cm 100x100

68 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 69 En tus manos L’abbraccio 2014, olio su tela, cm 18x24 2015, olio su tela, cm 60x60

70 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 71 Anima che attraversi la vita 2015, olio su tela, trittico cm 20x20 x3

72 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 73 Moon 2014, olio su tela, cm 70x40 Collezione Angelini, Macerata

Libertango, Antonella 2017, olio su tela, cm 80x60 Collezione Salerno, Foggia

74 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 75 Perdersi per ritrovarsi 2016, olio su tela, cm 100x100

76 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 77 «Opere prêt-à-porter in cui l’artista, ironizzando sul «Prêt-à-porter works in which the artist casts ono- suo nome di famiglia con accenti onomatopeici, crea matopoeic accents on her surname and creates piccole tele racchiuse in teche artigianali di diversi small canvases placed in handcrafted caskets of dif- colori. Da qui il nomignolo (Le cassette) e il cimelio ferent colours. Hence the name, which means “small che esse racchiudono diventano arte simbolica, co- cases”, and the artefact they hold becomes sym- sicché, le figure dell’artista sono luminose e archetipi bolic art: the images are bright, archetypal universal metafore universali fatte pittura, diventando così ele- metaphors made into paintings, thus becoming ab- menti assoluti che segnano il corso della sua ricerca solute elements that mark the course of her artistic artistica.» (Giuseppe Bacci) research.» (Giuseppe Bacci)

78 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Le cassette

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 79 80 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Rose 2016, olio su tela, cm 20x20

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 81 Il bagaglio dei ricordi 2014, olio su tela, cm 20x20 Collezione Vegliante, San Giovanni Rotondo 82 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Titti 2016, olio su tela, cm 20x20 Collezione Cassa, Bologna Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 83 Travolgente intesa 2014, olio su tela, cm 20x20 Collezione Botarelli, Bologna 84 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Sorriso 2016, olio su tela, cm 20x20

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 85 La valigia 2 2016, olio su tela, cm 20x20 Collezione Botarelli, Bologna 86 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Profumo di rosa 2014, olio su tela, cm 20x20 Collezione De Meo, Vicenza Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 87 Desiderio 2014, olio su tela, cm 20x20

88 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Fuoco e ghiaccio 2014, olio su tela, cm 20x20 Collezione Fioravanti, Verbania Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 89 90 - Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte Dance with me 2016, olio su tela, cm 20x20

Assunta Cassa - Oltre l’orizzonte - 91 beyond the horizon