The Cage - B Version - Digital art and NFT

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Description of the digital artwork:

In this digital artwork, Cesare Catania puts together a sun fire red at sunset and his sculpture entitled “The cage” A Version, made of plaster and acrylic in 2013. In the sculptural version of “The cage” A Version (2013), the natural rope threads represented the bars of the cage, the bright red impetus and agitation. The cut in the canvas symbolized a glimmer of light.

The “Red” and the Kinetic Art

In this B Version, the artist modifies his point of view with a digital processing of visual and sound arts. The sunset, the key concept of other works by Cesare Catania, completely embraces the scene and gives it peace and serenity. The sun, represented by a red glass sphere, whirls in the sky and is moved by strong and soothing winds. After a few seconds of vaulting, the sphere dematerializes and then reassembles itself under the guise of the sculpture “La Gabbia”. This game of kinetic art harmonizes in the movements and also in the meaning a position that in the past seemed to be of friction towards the surrounding reality.

Today, however, with this work of art the artist highlights a sort of artistic and emotional balance with respect to the world around him..

The “Spherism” of Cesare Catania

In the works of Cesare Catania, be they paintings or sculptures, we often find the image of the sphere. This is understood by the artist as an object that tends to artistically balance the full and square shapes of reality. Even in his digital works of art and his NFTs the concept of the sphere is developed and accentuated. We also find this artistic choice in “The Harlequin in the Land of the Giants” B Version (2022), as well as in many of his other digital and traditional works of art.

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“The cage”

(B Version)

click here below

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Whitelist

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Cesare Catania is an Italian artist, painter and sculptor. He started his successful career at a highly opportune time. In his art, tradition and innovation come together. His creative abilities and his aesthetic taste enthusiastically embrace technology and development towards the future. In his works of art the boundaries between painting, sculpture and digital art blur, while maintaining his attachment to his contemporary art.

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Cultural Background

“The cage” B Version (2022) draws its origins from a previous version (A Version) that the author made in 2013.

It is interesting to note how two works of art so similar to each other manifest diametrically opposed feelings and sensations: the first A Version expressed feelings of oppression and anxiety, the second B Version resolves these feelings and gives birth to a new perspective and a new point of view, without distorting the work in form and colors.

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Free space for Tradition

In “The cage” A Version (2013) decidedly traditional materials are used by the sculptor.

The canvas is initially wrinkled and carved as if it were a real sculpture; the artist then affixes metal stops and spacers, which are then expertly connected through natural rope. Everything is then modeled by hand with plaster, water and glue.

Finally the sculpture is painted with acrylic and coloring pigments.

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Abstract Art as a Communication Tool

In this as in his other contemporary works of art, the artist places the accent on themes concerning the Society through the use of harmonious and dissonant shapes and colors at the same time. The tear on a canvas undoubtedly defines a feeling of constriction and oppression in the face of the reality that surrounds it.

The fluid but rippling movement of the surface of the artwork manifests agitation and impetus. The square shape of the sculpture transfers to the whole an undisputed emotional centrality and intellectual stability.

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The Materials: Tradition and Technology

The first original edition of “The cage” - A Version (2013) is made with plaster and acrylic.

Over the years, the author has made a few limited edition copies, this time in polymeric and acrylic material

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(A Version)