FAUSTO CALETTI
Carillon, Fausto Caletti, 2020
A few elements in pencil create a fairytale micro-world referring to a still vivid memory, mixed with characters inspired by a drawing by Elsa Schiaparelli, which Caletti has decided to aesthetically represent through machine embroidery. The work, a large wall tapestry, hints at a historic area of Milan where, until a few years ago, there was an amusement park. This was the former Varesine area, where the new urban area of Porta Nuova stands today. In the 1960s, this territory saw the formation of a small amusement park, operational from 1973 to 1998. It is not easy to think of a playful Milan. This Italian metropolis is a serious city, with intense work and fast relationships. This is why the formal choice of the carousel, represented by the animals populating it, is not at all canonical. The carousel takes on a double meaning here: that of simple entertainment for all ages and that of swirling perpetual motion. Milan is therefore a circular city which seduces and renews. Milan is a fair of vanity which accumulates the new along with the old, in an ever-changing cultural mix.
Fausto Caletti, (Gallarate, 1967).
Lives and works in Milan. He studied Fashion Design at the Marangoni Institute in Milan. He is a Fashion Designer, Art Director and Stylist. He works as a freelance for various companies in the sector. He is passionate about Visual Arts and occasionally crosses borders into writing and into the production of paintings and installations. He has worked in Tokyo, Stockholm, Paris and of course in Milan.