301 - Simone Negri (1970)

Simone Negri (1970) Accadimento #178 Wall sculpture Ceramic and cobalt oxide 2025 H36 W36 D9 cm Cobalt oxide, used since ancient times to produce blue hues in ceramics—from Chinese porcelain to European earthenware—takes on a distinctly contemporary significance here. Simone Negri applies it directly to the clay, without a covering glaze, so that the blue permeates the material and reveals every contour. The square format and shallow depth transform this piece into a three-dimensional painting, where the form—as always in the Accadimento series—results from a single action performed on the clay. A recent work that connects the artist’s exploration to one of the oldest ceramic traditions.