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BIO

"My subjects aren't horses, they're emotions. They take the shape of the horse because they're strong, indomitable and instinctive."

OBSESSION WITH HORSES

Born in 1985 in Soave (Verona), moved from a very young age by a deep-rooted animalistic spirit, she cultivates as self-taught her passion for oil painting and for the figure of the horse. After the classical high school and a degree in architecture in Venice, she began her profession as an architect in her family's studio. Although she is not a horsewoman at all, since 2015 the artist elects the horse as the only absolute subject of her artistic production, concealing a personal reinterpretation of German Romanticism.

ARAR: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE ATELIER OF HORSES

The concept of ARAR STUDIO-ATELIER, born in 2017 from the idea of arch. Samuel Trame, who conceived a contamination between several professional figures and expressive forms in a fluid and dynamic exchange that identifies three common denominators: Quality, Ethics and Creativity. In the Atelier, located next to the architectural studio, this contamination takes concrete form in Federica Crestani's commissioned works, contextualized according to the architectural space. Right from the start, the artist espouses the concept of TEAM.

OIL PAINTING AND WIREFRAME SCULPTURE MELT TOGETHER

In her continuous material research for the experimentation of three-dimensional painting, the artist literally combines iron wire sculpture with oil painting, an intuition that will win her an award for innovation in technique at the 7th International Biennial of Visual Arts in Santa Maria di Sala (Venice).

CONTAMINATION BETWEEN ART AND PSYCHOLOGY

Due to the strongly psychological character of the paintings, the works have been subject to the protocol of aesthetic fruition, conceived by Professor Alessia Anello, during the courses of Psychology of Art held by her at the Iusve University Institute in Venice. In 2018 the artist joined the association IAAP, International Association for Art and Psychology. The collaboration with the Clinical Psychologist Emma Zonato specialized in Art Rehabilitative Therapy for acquired disability also began.

FIERACAVALLI 2019: ads campaign and Art&Cavallo

At the end of 2018, following the first exhibition at Fieracavalli, the collaboration with Veronafiere begins, the works become the protagonists of the Fieracavalli 2019 advertising campaign. ARAR ATELIER was also commissioned to curate Art&Cavallo, the first exhibition space dedicated to equestrian art at the Verona Fair, an event aimed at promoting a more ethical approach to animals.

Portraits of the soul

When people started wanting my "emotional self-portraits", driven by the profound need not to separate myself from them, I began to look through the equestrian allegory at the whole world, and today I also paint the souls of other people.
Or rather, the soul as I see it.

Download "the portrait"

The horses, designed to be our psychological portraits, thus become the representation of human emotionality. Through deconstructivism and polymateriality they leave the pictorial support to reach the user of the work, invite him almost to touch the picture and aim to arouse that sense of "terrible", in the romantic sense of the term, which only nature can evoke.

"The body cannot tame for a long time the rush of emotions, as the canvas cannot tame for a long time the horse, which pawed to tear it and get out.
Thus my personal STURM UND DRANG manifests itself through animal instinct".

My clients tell me their story, each of them decides the level of depth at which to dig and they know that their deepest emotions will remain only between us, imprinted in that gesture, or in that color. So through my horses I tell the lives of people.

ARTWORKS

WATER, EARTH, AIR AND FIRE HORSES

L'OSSERVATORE

Air Horse

50x50 cm

Oil on canvas - 2019

LA CONSAPEVOLEZZA

Air Horse

75x200 cm

Oil on canvas - 2019

SALTO DI BUCEFALO

Fire Horse

230x180 cm

Oil on canvas - 2019

LA DANZA DI AMEVA

Water Horse

200x140 cm

Oil on canvas - 2019

IL CAVALIERE

Earth and Water Horse

123x140 cm

Oil on canvas - 2019

LA CORSA

Earth Horse

200x140 cm

Oil on canvas - 2018

LA META CONDIVISA

Water Horse

165x130 cm

Oil on canvas - 2018

LO SGUARDO BLU

Water Horse

145x65 cm

Oil on canvas - 2018

ANIME LIBERATE 3° FRAMMENTO

50 (h) x 40 (l) x 30 (p) cm

Sculpture in iron wire - 2018

LA DANZA

Water and Earth Horse

260x180 cm

Oil on canvas - 2018

LO SQUARCIO

Water Horse

130x140 cm - tela 90x90 cm

Oil on canvas - 2018

ANIME LIBERATE 2°FRAMMENTO

90 (h) x 55 (l) x 30 (p) cm

Sculpture in iron wire - 2018

ANIME LIBERATE 1°FRAMMENTO

65x50 cm

Sculpture in iron wire - 2018

TI GUARDO DENTRO

Earth Horse

150x90 cm - tela 90x90 cm

Oil on canvas - 2018

IL SALTO

Water Horse

160x130 cm - canvas 90x90 cm

Oil on canvas - 2017

SOLAR

Earth Horse

210x190 cm - canvas 160x160 cm

Oil on canvas- 2017

TEMPESTA E IMPETO

Water Horse

110x130 cm - canvas 100x100 cm

Oil on canvas - 2017

VANITA' AZZURRA

Water Horse

140x100 cm

Oil on canvas - 2017

MATERNITA'

Earth Horse

140x120 cm

Triptych - Oil on canvas - 2016

REAZIONE

Earth Horse

100x70 cm

Oil on canvas - 2016

SPINTA INFINITA

Earth Horse

120x100 cm

Oil on canvas - 2015

"What I love most about my horses is the same thing
that frustrates me most: they never obey my will,
I can't t tame them, they live off their own lives
and they themselves take the form they want."

Federica Crestani

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Events

New at Fieracavalli 2019, the first edition of ART&CAVALLO

Art&Cavallo: an exhibition at Fieracavalli 2019 that celebrates the horse as a masterpiece of nature

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Social and art projects by Fieracavalli 2019

The protagonists of Fieracavalli have told today, at Casa Athesis, some experiences and projects, initiatives and case histories that trace the new ethical and sustainable approach

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The Horse is a masterpiece of nature

Fieracavalli launches the first edition of Art&Cavallo, the equestrian-themed contemporary art exhibition, which elects the horse as a true work of art.

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Fieracavalli 2019: Art&Cavallo fotogallery

Art&Cavallo fotogallery

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Fieracavalli 2019: Federica Crestani and Art&Cavallo

Interview with Federica Crestani of Art&Cavallo for Fieracavalli

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Fieracavalli, 121st edition kicking off

For the 2019 campaign the artist Federica Crestani was chosen to guide the inspiration of all the communication of the event.

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With Riding the Blue Horse Benefits Autism

Riding the blue", a project by Fieracavalli in association with local authorities, is being renewed with the aim of highlighting the benefits of assisted interventions with horses in children suffering from Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

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Art&Cavallo

At Fieracavalli 2019 the appointment with art and the world of horses is renewed. Art&Cavallo, a contemporary art exhibition on equestrian theme, to enhance the figure of the horse and the relationship between man and this beautiful animal.

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Interview with Federica Crestani of Art&Cavallo

Presentation of the event Art&Cavallo 2019

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The Superba inauguration

Sunday, June 30, 2019 in Stra (Ve) was held the majestic inauguration of the villa "La Superba". The top floor of the villa houses an exhibition space used for temporary art exhibitions, and from the evening of the inauguration are also on display horses Arar Atelier, especially the works of the protagonists of advertising campaigns of FieraCavalli 2019.

Fieracavalli 2019 between art, sport, ethics and tourism

The horse as a masterpiece of nature, interpreted through water, earth, air and fire. It is the theme chosen as a symbol for Fieracavalli 2019, presented today at the International Horse Racing Competition in Piazza di Siena, Rome.

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Fieracavalli presents the new campaign

For the 2019 campaign, the artist Federica Crestani was chosen to guide the inspiration for the entire communication of the event. The horse is interpreted as a true work of art of nature and, as the undisputed protagonist, manifests itself through the use of the four elements: WATER, EARTH, AIR and FIRE.

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At Fieracavalli 2018 the appointment with equestrian art returns

Also this year at Fieracavalli there is no shortage of initiatives dedicated to art: part of pavilion 8 will be transformed into a small gallery where you can admire - between a show jumping competition and the other - the works of Federica Crestani.

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ARAR-Atelier

Via Marco Minghetti, 4, San Bonifacio, (VR)

+39 349 1740872 - Federica

federica.crestani@arar-atelier.it

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