Draft:Fernando Casaempere

{{Short description|Chilean sculptor and ceramic artist}}

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{{AFC comment|1="His work is in public collections including [these eight museums]": A reliable source, independent of Casaempere, for each of these eight, please. Also, what have art critics/journalists/historians/curators independent of Casaempere written about his work? Hoary (talk) 00:31, 22 February 2025 (UTC)}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Fernando Casasempere

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| birth_date = 1958

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| nationality = Chilean

| known_for = Sculpture, Ceramics

| notable_works = "Out of Sync", "Back to the Earth"

| website = [http://www.fernandocasasempere.com fernandocasasempere.com]

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Fernando Casasempere (born 1958) is a Chilean sculptor known for his work with clay and ceramics. In 1997, he moved from Santiago to London, bringing 12 tons of Chilean earth for his work.{{Cite web |title=TERRA: Fernando Casasempere |url=https://www.sdmart.org/exhibition/terra-fernando-casasempere/? |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=San Diego Museum of Art |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Francis Gallery |url=https://francisgallery.com/artists/fernando-casasempere? |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241207055951/https://francisgallery.com/artists/fernando-casasempere |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=francisgallery.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=says |first=Richard King |date=2023-01-01 |title=London's Public Art: Geology Rebuilt 2022 |url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/londons-public-art-geology-rebuilt-2022-59604/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=ianVisits |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx1tm3DhgW4 |title=Fernando Casasempere On Clay |date=2022-05-02 |last=The San Diego Museum of Art |access-date=2025-02-22 |via=YouTube}}

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Career

Casasempere's work has been exhibited internationally, including solo and group exhibitions at major institutions. Such places where Casasempere has created environmental installations for The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London (2012); the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago (2016); and the Atacama Desert (2015). His work is in public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Harvard Art Museums; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; National Museum of Art, Osaka; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza; and the San Diego Museum of Art.

His 2022 exhibition TERRA at the San Diego Museum of Art featured immersive installations.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5Ny8Z8ZPM |title=Fernando Casasempere: Virtual Studio Tour |date=2022-05-09 |last=The San Diego Museum of Art |access-date=2025-02-22 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7wjHHB-jA4 |title=TERRA: Fernando Casasempere |date=2022-05-02 |last=The San Diego Museum of Art |access-date=2025-02-22 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title=Fernando Casasempere: Terra {{!}} Exhibitions {{!}} MutualArt |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Fernando-Casasempere--Terra/8A056224EDC463DC |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.sdmart.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Fernando Casasempere: 'TERRA' |url=https://www.kpbs.org/events/ongoing/fernando-casasempere-terra |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Virtual Tour: Terra: Fernando Casasempere |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/community-calendar/?_escaped_fragment_=/show/?ser=Omnia#!/details/virtual-tour-terra-fernando-casasempere/10533275/2022-07-20T12}}{{Cite journal |title=Presidio Sentinel. |journal=https://presidiosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/PresidioSentinelApril2022r.pdf |pages=3}}File:Foundation_(Arqueologrica).jpg]]{{Cite web |date=2018-11-21 |title=Fernando Casasempere |url=https://www.meer.com/en/45913-fernando-casasempere |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Meer |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-06 |title=5 works of art to see in San Diego in May |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2022/05/06/5-works-of-art-to-see-in-san-diego-in-may |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-16 |title=New York: Salon Art + Design brings to fore, the gripping works of artist Fernando Casasempere |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/magazine-story/new-york-salon-art-design-fernando-casasempere/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Architectural Digest India |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2012-03-16 |title=Somerset House displays 10,000 clay flowers |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17399137 |access-date=2025-02-22}}{{Cite web |last=Network |first=Sculpture |date=2022-10-27 |title=Fernando Casasempere |url=https://sculpture-network.org/en/Magazin/FernandoCasasempere |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Sculpture Network |language=en}}

Collections

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Victoria and Albert Museum, London:

  • While, not on display, the museum's collection includes, Casasempere's "Vessel," a large dark brown stoneware form, coil-built and altered to draw in the sides, created in London in 2004.{{Citation |last=Casasempere |first=Fernando |title=Vessel |date=2004 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115718/vessel-casasempere-fernando/ |access-date=2025-02-22}} Height: 73.5cm Width: 63cm
  • "Form," characterized by its unglazed stonework and elongated tube-like narrow shape. The dimensions of the piece are as follows: height of 14.5 cm and length of 89.5 cm. This item was created in 2002.{{Citation |last=Casasempere |first=Fernando |title=Form |date=2002 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O108485/form-casasempere-fernando/ |access-date=2025-02-22}}
  • Natura Morta 8 is a sculpture created by the artist Fernando Casasempere in 2018, which originates from London. This artwork features a slab-like porcelain structure characterized by a deeply fissured surface and a roughly carved reverse side. It is supported by a steel mount. The sculpture is made from ceramics, specifically porcelain and stoneware, and is hand-built and carved. The integral steel mount was also designed by the artist. Dimensions: Height: 67 cm; Width: 58 cm; Depth: 33 cm. Natura Morta 8 was presented in the solo exhibition titled 'Natura Morta' at Parafin, London, from November 23, 2018, to February 2, 2019.{{Cite web |title=Fernando Casasempere {{!}} Natura Morta - Exhibition at Parafin Gallery in London |url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/fernando-casasempere-natura-morta |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=ArtRabbit |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Exhibitions {{!}} 2018 {{!}} Fernando Casasempere |url=https://www.parafin.co.uk/exhibitions/2018/exhibitions-2018-fernando-casasempere |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.parafin.co.uk}}{{Citation |last=Casasempere |first=Fernando |title=Natura Morta 8 |date=2018 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1507003/natura-morta-8-sculpture-casasempere-fernando/ |access-date=2025-02-22}}

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== [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]: ==

Houses an untitled piece by Casasempere, dated circa 2000, accession number 2015.3307.{{Cite web |title=Untitled |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/627254/untitled;jsessionid=F19C0A58C397E02FFC36089618E35EF7?ctx=913a3196-7fdc-45b9-8544-83a32d079f81&idx=0 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=collections.mfa.org |language=en}}

His installation Out of Sync at Somerset House, featuring 10,000 ceramic flowers, was widely covered by media.{{Cite news |date=2012-03-16 |title=Somerset House displays 10,000 clay flowers |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17399137 |access-date=2025-02-22}}{{Cite web |title=Clay Flower Installations |url=https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fernando-casasempere-out-of-sync |access-date=2025-02-22}}{{Cite news |date=2012-03-16 |title=Somerset House displays 10,000 clay flowers in outdoor display |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17399137 |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Helen |date=2012-03-20 |title=Out of Sync: Fernando Casasempere @ Somerset House (Pics) |url=https://unpopularcultureblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/out-of-sync-fernando-casasempere-somerset-house-pics/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Unpopular Culture |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Viladas |first=Pilar |date=2012-03-16 |title=Now Blooming {{!}} 'Out of Sync' |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/now-blooming-out-of-sync/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=T Magazine |language=en-US}}

Bibliography

  • [https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990149930200203941/catalog Casasempere, Fernando. Fernando Casasempere: Works 1991–2016 = Obras 1991–2016. Hatje Cantz, 2017. ISBN unavailable.]
  • [https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095580930203941/catalog Casasempere, Fernando. Fernando Casasempere: Interior Spaces Exhibition. Galería Ana Maria Stagno Marlborough, 2003.]

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