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PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES TURN INTO TEXTILES WITH URBAN COLLECTION
10/05/2017
CTA took inspiration from the works of some illustrious XXI century Italian futurist and realist painters and sculptors. Their art contributed in the redefinition of art design. That’s why Burri’s, Accardi’s, Morandi’s, Fontana’s, Depero’s and Guttuso’s masterpieces are unforgettable.
BURRI
Burri textile line takes inspiration from the famous Italian painter and sculptor Alberto Burri. He was a great representative in second world postwar artistic panorama. This herringbone weft pattern jacquard (52% PL 48% LI) reproduces the same expressive strength we can notice while we are observing material things. Since matter is Burri’s main subject, we clearly observe his experimental examination of all poor and rough materials’ expressive opportunities, for example, jute sacks or iron chunks. Burri’s line is ideal for window treatment curtains (also decorative curtains) and it is available in a 320 cm version and it comes in 5 different color nuances: natural, white, dove grey, grey and cocoa.
ACCARDI
It is about Carla Accardi’s unique artistry. She is an Abstract Arts Italian famous painter, the woman who inspired this wonderful line for window treatment curtains. A silk blended background (42% SI 58%PL) with some ‘woven cane’ effect macramé decoration thus creating an alternation of full and empty spaces. Accardi is available in a 310/320 cm version and single color nuance variant (natural) and it comes in a double flounce on the lower hem version that makes this textile a perfect window treatment curtain.
MORANDI
This ‘space age’ and metaphysical nature of Italian painter Giorgio Morandi’s still life first paintings is the same concept soaked in Morandi line colors and linearity. That is why it is named after this famous artist. We are talking about a blended viscose fabric (89% VI, 7% PL, 4% AC). Ideal for window treatment curtains and upholstery (140 cm), Morandi is characterized by a geometric layout made up of many-colored jacquard diamonds in some pastel nuances available in 5 different color variants: grey, natural, light sea green, mid blue and old rose.
FONTANA
Fontana line is a blended linen (51% LI 49%PL) characterized by a contrasting ‘metal shimmering effect’ jacquard decoration thus lighting up this new fabric from Urban Collection. This effect, just gives it a challenging atmosphere to the interior, just like the same one we can observe in Lucio Fontana’s popular paintings. During the first decades of 21stcentury Fontana’s cuts and holes on a monochrome canvas were very popular. Fontana is an ideal fabric for decorative window treatment curtains and it is available in a 330 cm version. It comes in four-color variants: white, natural, ecru and ice.
DEPERO
Fortunato Depero is one of the most important Italian futurist movement’s representatives. He inspires this wonderful decorative fabric line with a 100% PL cloth characterized by a trompe-l’oeileffect jacquard decoration. Available in a 330 cm version, Depero color variants can be chosen from a lively colored palette: natural, dove grey, olive green, orange, cocoa and air force blue.
GUTTUSO
Warm and lively tones of Sicilian painter Renato Guttuso’s still lifes represent one of the most important reference points of 21st Italian artistic Neorealism. Guttuso line has the same tones as the artist’s works: we are talking about a decorative fabric (100% PL), available in some lively and energetic tones such as natural, dove grey, olive green, orange, grey, cocoa and air force blue. This line is characterized by a geometrically inspired jacquard decoration in the form of a diamond. It is animated by a contrasting two-colored stripes alternation. Guttuso is available in a 330 cm (hight) version.