Milo Cattaneo - Reduced and Transformed

Milo Cattaneo's artistic production draws on an Informal aesthetic. The devastation wrought by World War II left a profound mark on Western civilization, which in the visual arts also resulted in an inability to communicate. For some artists, this challenge led to a complete rejection of any visual language, resulting in the birth of Informal Art. The various Informal movements are certainly connected to American Abstract Expressionism, especially in their gestural component, but they go further in their rejection of any figurative element. Their exploration focuses instead on the material from which their works are composed.

Milo Cattaneo's informal art develops through a perceptive exercise. He begins by capturing sensory data and reworks it according to his highly personal vision. In his works, the interaction between light and space structures the image, in a profound analysis of chromaticism, abstract yet concrete, conducted through rhythmic horizontal bands, or fields, with modulations that are sometimes subtle, halo-like, sometimes intense and gestural. Cattaneo's informal aesthetic is configured as a search for chromatic harmonies and balances. The work is divided into different portions that, through color, offer various stimuli to the viewer, engaging their real dimension. These chromatic harmonies are somewhat reminiscent of the abstract expressionism of an artist like Mark Rothko, but for Milo Cattaneo everything takes on a more gestural dimension, with occasional excursions into action painting.

Milo Cattaneo (Milan 1940) is an artist known for his informal pictorial exploration. His inspiration is American Abstract Expressionism, which sees artists such as Mark Rothko as closely aligned with his exploration of chromatic zones.

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