Andrea Sala

Born in Como in1976, Andrea Sala lives and works in Milan, where he graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Sala's artistic research, inspired by traditional aesthetics and the avant-garde movements of the 19th century, particularly in the fields of Design, Architecture and Visual Arts in general, finds fulfilment in the minimalism of forms and the use of traditional techniques applied to industrial materials, or vice versa. The choice of materials plays a central role in Sala's practice: the artist selects them on the basis of the intrinsic peculiarities of the material, which changes during all phases of the production process. Observed closely, explored in its making, it is like a tale, composed of pieces to be put together, as enigmatic as it is evident and manifest as the history of our material culture. This approach allows for transcending the original source's completeness, creating space for works increasingly influenced by diverse factors. Sala delves into the realm of industrial goods, where the objects' functionality gradually diminishes due to the decontextualizing effect of the artistic process. With meticulous care and obsessive scrupulousness, he dissects the world of objects, transforming them into a personal alphabet that underpins a creative process always in search of its own rationale.
His works have gained international attention and have been exhibited in various venues, including the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2004), MAMCO, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Geneva (2003), MACO, Museum of Contemporary Art in Oaxaca (2007), Kaleidoscope Project Space in Milan (2010), Maison Rouge in Paris (2012), the Joliette Museum of Art (2012) and the Guido Molinari Foundation in Montréal (2012). His works are in the collection of MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome, at the Banca Albertini Syz in Milan and in private collections. Some of his works were exhibited at the last Milan Triennale.