Biography
bn+BRINANOVARA is a duo composed by Giorgio Brina (1993) and Simone Novara (1994).
Giorgio Brina graduated in sculpture at the Academy of Brera in Milan and Simone Novara studied painting at the University of the Arts London and graduated in Architecture at Politecnico of Milan.
They live an work in Milan.
bn+BRINANOVARA are interested in generating transdisciplinary links between different ambits of research, by considering the role of the contemporary artist as the web. Their theoretical study and artistic production articulate around the question ‘how many places can an image live?’ and overcome the personal imposition for a non-authorial condition of freedom. The place as a codified space-time portion has a key role for their research, interested in transit and translation processes, indeed by being shell for the transit of images as information. The aim is to re-invent the place: to create fertile territories for the epiphany of the image. bn+BRINANOVARA looks at the forces that gave form to the cultural context for taking on a complex study onto materials and their possible recombination. Their production is characterised by artistic objects devoted to the ironic and emphatic provocation of the cultural rigour we are frequently enslaved to, inviting us to observe things from a new perspective.

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ArtWorks – Unpredictable Ecosystem and others
- Boccadoro, 2019, ceramic and foam, 120 x 87 x 50 cm
- Boccadoro, 2019, ceramic and foam, 120 x 87 x 50 cm
- La paura di Narciso 2, 2019, foam, textile (Etro), Carrara marble, 52 x 50 x 3-cm
- La paura di Narciso 1, 2019, foam, textile (Etro), Carrara marble, 52 x 50 x 3-cm
- Tiny Dancer, 2019, foam and textile, 155 x 100 x 2 cm
- Tiny Dancer 1, 2019, foam and textile, 155 x 100 x 2 cm
Trofei – Trophy series 2019
2018 Selected Artworks
- Orsetto, 2019, cera, 17 x 17 x 29 cm
- Caramella gommosa frizzante 3, 2018, Carrara marble, foam, resin, 11 x 29 x 12 cm
- Caramella gommosa frizzante 3, 2018, Carrara marble, foam, resin, 11 x 29 x 12 cm
- Caramella gommosa frizzante 3, 2018, Carrara marble, foam, resin, 11 x 29 x 12 cm
- caramella alla liquirizia, 2019, foam and resin, 15 x 20 cm
- Pillolw Sfinge, 2018, 38 x 42 x 30 cm, mixed media
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo shows
2020
HADAL ZONE, Spazio In situ, Rome
DREAMT UNCANNY VALLEY; Adiacenze; Bologna (IT)
2019
THUNDER BOOGIE; CRAG Gallery; Turin (IT)
ANIMAL FARM; Galleria Monopoli; Milan (IT)
2018
GUSTI ASSORTITI IN PROPORZIONE VARIABILE; Supergiovane; Milan (IT)
JUST AN OYSTER WITHOUT THE PEARL; Brera Academy of Fine Art; Milan (IT)
Selected Group shows
2020
POSITION Art Fair; X-Pinky; Berlin (DE)
SUMMER COLLECTION; Crag Gallery; Turin (IT)
2019
AMNESIA, Premio Lissone Design 2019, MAC – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; Lissone (IT)
…ISSIMI; with CRAG Gallery; Turin (IT)
THE OTHERS Art Fair; Turin (IT)
NOW NOW; with Casa Testori; Rimini (IT)
SUMMER EXHIBITION; CRAG Gallery; Turin (IT)
TUTTIFRUTTI; Supergiovane; Milan (IT)
2018
CONTEXTO, IV ed; with Casa Testori; Edolo (IT)
NO NAME, Marco Genzini collection; Morsasco castle (IT)
NOTTI TRASFIGURATE; Villa Simonetta; Milan (IT)
publications
2019
Premio Lissone Design 2019
2018
Gusti assortiti in proporzione variabile
Il luogo del tappeto
Dancing the Time: Just an Oyster Without the Pearl
2017
Bebøerbadspel, 100% inflatable housing
2016
Kammerverfahren: Genesi, giorno 6: visioni di parallasse