So Close, So Beautiful, 2021

Printed on 310 g cotton paper on Mounted on 3 mm aluminium in an acrylic glass case
100 × 140 cm
Print 5/5, last print available of 5

Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
Hand-signed

Price on request

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About the artwork

So Close, So Beautiful portrays the snow-capped summit of Monte Generoso crowned by the moon, at the close of a clear February day in 2021. The work belongs to the My Generoso series and grows out of a daily habit. Yuri Catania lives in Rovio, at the foot of Monte Generoso in Canton Ticino, and from his studio he looks every day at the 1,704-metre mountain that dominates the surrounding landscape and that, from the very first day he chose to live in that house, has held a powerful attraction for him. In this shot the moon appears in broad daylight, suspended above ridges still covered in snow: a rare, silent encounter between the satellite and the mountain, so far apart and yet, within the frame, so close. Hence the title, So Close, So Beautiful. The strong black-and-white contrast isolates the two presences against the dark sky, turning a real moment into an almost abstract image in which rock and celestial body seem to converse. As throughout the series, contemplating the mountain becomes a moment of creation for the artist: My Generoso records its shifts in light, season and mood, like a portrait of the same subject repeated over time.

Technical details

Technique	Printed on 310 g cotton paper
Support and mounting	Mounted on 3 mm aluminium in an acrylic glass case
Dimensions	100 × 140 cm
Edition	Print 5/5, last print available of 5
Signature	Hand-signed
Certificate	Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
Provenance	Directly from the artist's atelier, Rovio (CH)
Artwork code	YC-MYG-SCSB-2021-05

Technical details

Technique	Printed on 310 g cotton paper
Support and mounting	Mounted on 3 mm aluminium in an acrylic glass case
Dimensions	100 × 140 cm
Edition	Print 5/5, last print available of 5
Signature	Hand-signed
Certificate	Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
Provenance	Directly from the artist's atelier, Rovio (CH)
Artwork code	YC-MYG-SCSB-2021-05

The artist

Yuri Catania

Swiss-Italian visual artist, born in Milan in 1975, he lives and works in Rovio, in Val Mara, at the foot of Monte Generoso, home to the CasaGalleria.ART gallery-atelier.

His work combines photography, painting and digital tools in a single language: photographs taken by the artist himself, from the atelier garden to the moon seen through a telescope, are composed, printed, pasted onto concrete and wood supports and repainted with fluorescent acrylics that reveal themselves under ultraviolet light. His main series – Yuri in Wonderland with its Astro Girls, A Day of Flowers, Black Flowers Secret Garden and My Generoso – revolve around a constant theme: the relationship between nature, technology and the human gaze, with the Rovio garden and its biodiversity as the starting point.

Selected exhibitions and awards

2026 · Arte Laguna Prize, finalist in the Urban Art / Street Art section with Astro Credy, Arsenale Nord, Venice (6–29 November)
2016 · Art is Hope, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, curated by René-Julien Praz, by invitation, in support of AIDES
2015 · Art is Hope, PIASA, Paris, curated by René-Julien Praz, by invitation
2013 · Art is Hope, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by René-Julien Praz, by invitation