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The foundation of Ravagli’s practice resides on four principles - light, continuum, intensity and solitude. Light uncovers the stone’s insides, continuum denotes the prolonged, detailed process of creation, intensity conveys devotion, solitude enhances intuition and mastery.
Shaping organic matter brings out the violence that is inevitable when nature is confronted by human intention to modify its default essence. The process of creation draws the artist into the battle for control with the stone.
“Growing up surrounded by the mountains, I spent a lot of years in the village covered with snow in winter. Quarries visible on the surface of the mountains remind me of snow and ice. Sometimes I can mistake one for the other. Yet, they are not ice formations that cuddle the stone, but thousands of years old manifestations of human violence and greed. Humanity’s destructive potential reflects our self-centred perception of our place in the world".
Solitude also describes Ravagli’s meditative state in the working process adjoins the automatism of carving and problem-solving. This is when the artist makes most out of little, paying attention to every vein before cutting it open.
2022
Open Vein, Carpenters Workshop Gallery Paris, France
2022
Marianne Boesky Gallery: Material Alchemy: Part II, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Aspen, Colorado USA
Marianne Boesky Gallery: Material Alchemy: Part I, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Aspen, Colorado USA
2019
Summer is an Attitude at Selfridges London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, UK
Group Show: New Works, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
2018
Christmas lights are on, Carpenters Workshop Gallery London, UK
Summer Show, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
2017
Summer Show, Artwork Selection, Carpenters Workshop Gallery New York, USA
Art Light, Carpenters Workshop Gallery London, UK
Art Light, Carpenters Workshop Gallery New York, USA
2016
10 years of collectible design, Carpenters Workshop Gallery Ateliers, Roissy, Paris, France
10 years of collectible design, Carpenters Workshop Gallery London, UK
Art Light, Carpenters Workshop Gallery Paris, France
New Works Only, Carpenters Workshop Gallery Paris, France
2015
Nilufar Depot, Milan Design Week, Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy
2014
Even More, Milan Design Week, Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy
Solea Tower, Milan Design Week, Nilufar Gallry, Milan, Italy
Italian Design beyond the Crisis, VII Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
Copper Crossing, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
2013
Exclusive/Inclusive, Milan Design Week, Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy
Spot Paris, Nilufar Gallery, Gio Marconi Gallery & BaliceHertling Gallery, Paris, France
Squat Beirut, Metropolitan Art Society Beirut, Nilufar Gallery & BaliceHertling Gallery, Paris, France
2012
Limited/Unlimited, Milan Design Week, Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy
Squat#1 Paris, Nilufar Gallery & BaliceHertling Gallery, Paris, France
KME/Unlimited, KME Showroom, Milan, Italy
Il Rame e la Casa, Istituto Italiano del Rame, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
2011
Atomi, Milan Design Week, Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy
I Design Biennal, Museo Arti Plastiche, Carrara, Italy
Superdesign, London, UK
2023
TEFAF Maastricht
2022
PAD London, London, UK
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland
2019
PAD London, London, UK
Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland
2018
Design Miami/, Miami Beach, USA
ArtMonte-Carlo, Monaco, France
2017
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland
TEFAF New York SPRING, New York, USA
PAD Paris, Paris France
Zona Maco, Mexico DF, Mexico
FOG Design + Art, San Francisco, USA
2016
Design Miami/Miami, Miami Beach, USA
PAD London, London, UK
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland
ArtMonte-Carlo, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
PAD Paris, Paris, France
2013
PAD Paris, Paris, France
2012
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE
PAD Paris, Paris, France
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2011
PAD Paris, Paris, France
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland
PAD London, London, UK 2010
Design Miami/, Miami Beach, USA