ART WITHIN SURFACES
Materials Come to Life Through Colour: An Interview with Artist Le Rond Monica Fumagalli ipcm®
Giovanni Lamberti, known as Le Rond, uses resins, acrylics, PVC, polystyrene, wood, canvases, aluminium, iron, steel, quartz, tin, recycled radiators, turning swarf, lead beads, and photographic films in his works, often defined as “paintingsculptures”. His creative attitude translates into experimentalism and a continuous search for different techniques and materials also on large-sized structures. All of this, however, is always combined with compositional rigour, often based on calibrated geometries and dynamic harmonies. Lamberti has taken part to numerous personal and collective exhibitions and contemporary art fairs, both in Italy and abroad (Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Turkey). Several essays, articles, catalogues, and various publications have been written on his work, which has earned him many awards and acclaim from critics and the public. Le Rond’s works are included in several private and public collections. We met this artist during the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of EOS Mktg&Communication, in which Le Rond participated by offering one of his works, a sculpture named FNA21+FG1, for the charity auction organised on the occasion of the event. The relationship between
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Artist Giovanni Lamberti, AKA Le Rond, working on one of his compositions.
We described this work in our article “FNA21+FG: Le Rond’s Sculpture for EOS Mktg&Communication’s Tenth Anniversary”, on page 10 of the issue no. 60 of ipcm (November/ December2019).