Chiara Corbelletto

Past Exhibition
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
  • Counterbalancing Entropy
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Counterbalancing Entropy, 2016,
Polypropylene, stainless steel, 2500 x 1300 x 700mm

“ While the Universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate and billions of galaxies are driven apart to their cosmological entropy, on this tiny and peripheral planet Evolution is tenaciously committed to the structure of life.”

Counterbalancing Entropy is a suspended structure made of 34 identical components interconnected to define an organic geometry, reminiscent of a biological structure.

Liquid Symmetry is dedicated to celestial orbits as expressions of the cosmic intelligence that permeates space-time.

Liquid Symmetry is a suspended structure containing an internal molecular forms, both generated by the same replicated component. The configuration is pivoted on a ternary symmetry that conveys a mathematical yet fluid quality to its presence.

The two sculptures currently on the Brick Bay Trail, suspended amidst the nikau forest, are part of an extensive project called Coherent Permutations focusing on the evolution of a single form into a system of interrelated configurations.

Each configuration is generated by a single component replicated a number of times and arranged according to numerical sequencing and organizing principles. The appearance of the configurations can range from highly symmetric to biomorphic and free-form features. The production of diversifications and increased complexity is potentially unlimited.

Overall the project reflects on how complexity can arise from simplicity, how diversity evolves from singularity and how small modifications can create evolutionary adaptations.

Counterbalancing Entropy
Counterbalancing Entropy
Counterbalancing Entropy
Counterbalancing Entropy
Counterbalancing Entropy
Counterbalancing Entropy
Counterbalancing Entropy

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Artist Bio

“Chiara Corbelletto is a prominent Italian New Zealand sculptor. Her work has an abstracted futuristic style, exploring philosophic and scientific concepts of space.” Anna-Marie White, curator of An Ocean of Silence, 2011.

Chiara Corbelletto has an established career with an extensive record of exhibitions, sculptural installations; art integrated in architecture and public art commissions. Born in Biella, Italy, she graduated from Modigliani Art School in Novara and subsequently gained a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Milan.

Corbelletto has been the recipient of numerous public commissions, including the Golden Jubilee Commission for Massey University, Palmerston North (2014), the art integrated façade for the Te Atatu Library & Community Center, Auckland Council (2014), a public sculpture for the Auckland Domain (2005), a public sculpture for the University of Auckland (2003), a permanent installation for the Auckland University of Technology (2001).

In 2011 the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi O Whakatu, Nelson, presented An Ocean of Silence, a ten-year retrospective of Corbelletto’s career. Her bronze sculpture, Numbers are the Language of Nature, Auckland Domain, was included in the international publication 500 X Art in Public, Braun Publishing, Germany.

Corbelletto’s work is held in significant public and corporate collections including Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, Waikato Museum, The Suter Te Aratoi O Whakatu, The Dowse Art Museum, Massey University, Auckland City Public Art, Edmiston Trust, University of Auckland, James Wallace Arts Trust, Westpac Trust, NZI-IAG, National Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Chiara Corbelletto’s work is described as poetical and compelling, a distinctive exploration of philosophic, scientific and artistic notions.