Catherine Bertulli’s aluminium foil artworks turning heads at Grimshaw-Gudewicz exhibition

Art does not necessarily be delicate and soothing to the eyes. Even a bold and statement art pieces with unusual medium can be equally interesting and complement the delicate art perfectly.

Catherine Bertulli is one such artist who is displaying her explosive sculptural canvases at the current exhibition at Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery on the campus of Bristol Community College. Her arts using aluminium foils dramatically attract viewers with its explicit use of colour and material.

Bertulli’s uniqueness lies in the fact that she creates her own canvases before creating her art. She has evolved from her earlier figurative paintings to create very different art installations with an unusual medium like aluminium. In her current installation, she first treats industrial aluminium foil surfaces as a canvas, and then paints and polyurethanes them for the finishing.

This result in an amalgam of texture, color and sculptural energy. The “canvas” either pops out from the wall, or stands on its own in the middle of the room in two large statement pieces.

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Her two vertical works, “Bozzetti 2016” and “Beam” stand apart from the rest of the display due to its sheer non-conformist existence. “Beam” attracts viewer’s attention immediately with its curvy formation, as the viewer is left wondering whether it is falling down from or rising up to the gallery’s skylight window. The “pose” is both vulnerable and threatening at the same time. The tall and bright gold sentinels of “Bozzetti 2016” stand besides as a guard.

Bertulli’s other ten works extend out into space from the wall. She plays with the material and bold colours like gold, blue, magenta and other darker tones. The folded aluminium foil canvases speak to the viewers and the use of colours and gloss applied to it, make the viewers think and ask questions.

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