In Motion, Out of Time brings together the works of Stefano Casati and Hans Schuele, two artists whose exploration of materiality, space, and time transcends the boundaries of their mediums. Though rooted in different artistic practices—Casati’s abstract paintings and Schuele’s steel sculptures—both artists engage in a profound dialogue between the past and the present, between stillness and movement, and between form and transformation.
Stefano Casati, born in Treviglio, Italy, in 1978, spent years honing his skills as a restorer of frescoes before venturing into the realm of abstract art. His classical training in the preservation of historical works informs his contemporary approach, where the weight of history intersects with the fleeting nature of the present. Casati’s paintings are emotional reflections of a world in constant flux—shaped by his personal experiences, the pandemic's challenges, and the fragile autonomy of modern life. Each canvas is a suspension of time, where the tension between past influences and contemporary visions creates a dynamic, ever-evolving landscape of color, form, and texture.
Stefano Casati, born in Treviglio, Italy, in 1978, spent years honing his skills as a restorer of frescoes before venturing into the realm of abstract art. His classical training in the preservation of historical works informs his contemporary approach, where the weight of history intersects with the fleeting nature of the present. Casati’s paintings are emotional reflections of a world in constant flux—shaped by his personal experiences, the pandemic's challenges, and the fragile autonomy of modern life. Each canvas is a suspension of time, where the tension between past influences and contemporary visions creates a dynamic, ever-evolving landscape of color, form, and texture.
Casati’s works invite the viewer to experience the raw, unspoken emotions that emerge through the act of painting, offering no fixed interpretation but leaving the space open for personal reflection. In contrast, Hans Schuele, born in 1965 in Neckarsulm, Germany, is known for his mastery of steel. His sculptures are not simply objects but living, breathing forms that defy the cold, rigid nature of the material.
Schuele’s works evolve through a series of variations, each one expanding the possibilities of what steel can express. From delicate, transparent structures to dense, powerful forms, his sculptures embody a dynamic interplay between solidity and fluidity. The artist’s approach is rooted in the technical mastery of welding and shaping steel, but it is his sensitivity to the space around each piece that makes his work truly captivating. Schuele’s sculptures seem to exist on the threshold between the industrial and the organic, inviting the viewer to experience the material not as a passive object, but as an active force within the space it occupies.
Schuele’s works evolve through a series of variations, each one expanding the possibilities of what steel can express. From delicate, transparent structures to dense, powerful forms, his sculptures embody a dynamic interplay between solidity and fluidity. The artist’s approach is rooted in the technical mastery of welding and shaping steel, but it is his sensitivity to the space around each piece that makes his work truly captivating. Schuele’s sculptures seem to exist on the threshold between the industrial and the organic, inviting the viewer to experience the material not as a passive object, but as an active force within the space it occupies.
The works of Casati and Schuele, though distinct in form, converge around the idea of transformation—both in terms of material and meaning. Casati’s paintings are like suspended moments in time, where the present moment is captured and then allowed to dissolve into the abstract. Schuele’s sculptures, in contrast, are physically present in the space, but they too embody a sense of motion and change, as if they are in the process of becoming something else.
Both artists, through their unique approaches, challenge the viewer to rethink their relationship to time and space, to recognize the forces that shape the world, and to witness the beauty that emerges from transformation.
What makes their juxtaposition in this duo show so compelling is the way their works echo and respond to each other. Casati’s paintings, with their layered histories and gestural movements, seem to seek form, while Schuele’s sculptures dissolve the rigidity of steel into an expressive, almost painterly fluidity. The interplay between their pieces creates a space where static forms appear to breathe and where abstraction takes on a sculptural dimension.
Together, they create a poetic tension—Casati pulling time into his canvases, Schuele allowing space to shift and expand. The exhibition becomes not just a display of two distinct artistic practices, but an immersive experience where their works converse in the language of motion and materiality, bridging the ephemeral and the eternal.
In Motion, Out of Time is an exhibition that invites us to experience the intersection of history and modernity, the tension between movement and stillness, and the transformation of materials into something greater than themselves. Through their works, Casati and Schuele create a space where the past and present coexist, where time is both suspended and constantly in flux, and where form itself becomes a dynamic force that shapes the viewer’s experience.
