Eight Autumns, 2016 - 2023

Eight Autumns, the exhibition held at IAGA Contemporary in Cluj/Napoca, curated by Camilla Remondina, is the first survey of the Organic Pictures series (2016 - ongoing). Every season from 2016 to 2023 is presented with at least a piece. Works on canvas in different size and shape, made by eco-printing parts of spontaneous plants, are in dynamic dialogue with the space and to each other.

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

 

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Avocado Test [B-02], 2022, ecoprint su cotone biologico, telaio in abete FSC, 45 x 60 cm, ph. Nicu Nistor

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

Francesco Fossati, Eight Autumns, 2023, installation view presso IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj Napoca, ph. Stefan Badulescu

 

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BBQ Ash Grey [The Wrong Colours], 2023

The action took place during the opening at MADRE Museum in Naples of the exhibition curated by Giorgio Verzotti and dedicated to the artist run magazine E IL TOPO (And the Mouse). Ten Tubes of natural oil color made with ash from a BBQ has been made starting from the ash, transformed into pigment, mixed and worked with linseed oil and packaged in aluminum tubes. The “products” have remained exhibited in the show at the museum in a wood displayer specifically designed.

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont 

E IL TOPO, 2023, installation view at Museo MADRE, Naples 

 E IL TOPO, 2023, installation view at Museo MADRE, Naples, © Danilo Donzelli Photography

E IL TOPO, 2023, installation view at Museo MADRE, Naples, © Danilo Donzelli Photography 

Francesco Fossati, BBQ Ash Grey, 2023, performance view at Museo MADRE, Naples, ph. Guillaume Clermont

 

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Substrates Portraits, 2023

A series of drawing on paper that reinvent with colors and signs the aspect of the substrates for the industrial growing of fungi.

Francesco Fossati, ritratto di substato 01, 2023, watercolor on paper, 48 x 59 cm

Francesco Fossati, ritratto di substato 02, 2023, watercolor on paper, 50 x 70 cm

Francesco Fossati, ritratto di substato 03, 2023, permanent marker on paper, 35 x 50 cm 

 

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Fuori Stagione (out of season), 2023

Fuori Stagione (out of season) is the exhibition held at MA*GA Museum (Gallarate IT) that collect works produced during the workshop Prospettiva Veganocentrica (vegan centric perspective) focused on process of sustainable printing techniques, curated by Francesco Fossati together with museum curators Francesca Chiara and Lorena Giuranna. Pieces are done, in ecoprint on organic cotton and eco silk-screen prints on paper, using plants parts taken in the surrounding of the museum and natural product buyed because of the absence of some seasonal plants elements at the moment of the workshop.

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT 

 Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT

 Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT

 Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione, 2023, installation view at MA*GA Museum, Gallarate IT

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [mirtilli, guado, avocado], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 100 x 130 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Mallo, Cipolla, Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 45 x 55 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Avocado, Cipolla, Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 40 x 50 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Avocado, Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 45 x 55 cm

 Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Cipolla, Mirtilli, Sommacco], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 45 x 55 cm

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Cipolla, Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 40 x 50 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Avocado, Sommacco, Mirtilli, Cipolla], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 40 x 50 cm

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Avocado, Sommacco, Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 40 x 50 cm 

 Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Avocado, Cipolla, Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 40 x 50 cm

Francesco Fossati, Fuori Stagione [Mirtilli], 2023, ecoprint on organic cotton, 45 x 55 cm

 

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Organic Pictures, 2022

The seasonal (autumn 2022) group of works on canvas from the series Organic Pictures (2016-ongoing). Works are created using only plants materials, foraged plants parts from city weeds are eco-printed on canvas and mounted on stretchers created by an artisan with fir from reforestation areas.

Francesco Fossati, [] Sommacco, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton and FSC fir stretcher, 140 x 180 cm

Francesco Fossati, Three [Hazelnut] 01, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton and FSC fir stretcher, 60 x 50 cm

Francesco Fossati, X Chestnut, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton, 210 x 150 cm

Francesco Fossati, X Chestnut, detail, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton, 210 x 150 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Avocado Test [B-02], 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton and FSC fir stretcher, 45 x 60 cm, ph. Nicu Nistor 

 Francesco Fossati, Avocado Test A, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton and FSC fir stretcher, eight elements 45 x 60 cm each, 195 x 125 cm

 Francesco Fossati, Avocado Test A, detail, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton and FSC fir stretcher, eight elements 45 x 60 cm each, 195 x 125 cm

Francesco Fossati, Diagonale [Castagno] (Diagonal [chestnut]), 2022, ecoprint on linen and FSC fir stretcher, 130 x 95 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Branches [02] and Branches [01], 2022, ecoprint on hemp and FSC fir stretcher, 45 x 60 cm each, 100 x 60 cm 

Francesco Fossati, Monstera, 2022, ecoprint on organic cotton, 150 x 175 cm 

 

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