Bottega Arcidy
Rebirth
During 20th and 21st centuries, as cultural shifts moved the world away from craft, tradition, and ornamentation—toward conceptualism, irony, and mass production—refined aesthetic systems in art and design were effectively abandoned. The mission of Nicholas Arcidy’s Bottega Arcidy is to usher in, once again, a collective ethos that strives for the dedication to refined craft and beauty in artmaking and design. The aim is to operate as if postmodernism never occurred, towards a rebirth of tradition that was once practiced so rigorously in the historic Western Canon, but also push forwards and beyond with renewed purpose and optimism.
What is a bottega? During the renaissance era in Italy, artists had workshops where teams of talented craftsmen would work to create a range of masterworks across disciplines and for a wide assortment of clients. A workshop in this vein was called a bottega.
Nicholas Arcidy is an American artist with an Italian family heritage. The last name, Arcidy, was originally “Arcidiacono”, but was adapted into the shorter, anglicized variant upon the family’s immersion into America. This blend of European and American histories is precisely the amalgamation of Western Canon aesthetics that defines the aesthetic identity of Bottega Arcidy.
Nicholas Arcidy has exhibited in major galleries across the United States and internationally, with works held in private collections worldwide.
