Enclosures
2023 – 2009
A selection of works by Cardillo shaped by the enclosure, from a laurel-garden pavilion and a wharf on the water to halls bounded by marble, limestone and timber
Definition
Antonino Cardillo
The sacred precinct is a constant presence of the past. Temenos for the Greeks and Pairidaēza for the Persians to whom the Semitic idea of Paradise refers.
Dessauer Gespräche, Dessau Institute of Architecture, Dessau, 13 November 2019
Elogio del grigio
Open book series of marble slabs.
Castiglione delle Stiviere,
Après-midi d’un faune
Terracotta tiles and black granite edging.
Terranuova Bracciolini,
Mammacaura
Yellow limestone bricks.
Marsala,
Paradiso
Warm grey painting.
Rome,
Specus Corallii
Orange limestone slabs.
Trapani,
House of Dust
Beige painting.
Rome,
Akin to a Cinema Set
Timber frame and Telegrey 4 paint.
Milan,
House for Wallpaper*
Golden paint.
Marrakech,