photos: © Ela Bialkowska | OKNOstudio . + Galleria Continua
Being existential metaphors of vital and physical processes, his works lead the spectator to experience a state of psychological tension and direct confrontation with the risks of a work activity where real physical forces, stress, friction and pressure between materials and surfaces, masses and structures are put into motion. Emblematic, in this respect, is Canto V, the work that lends its name to the solo exhibition by the artist at Arco dei Becci. Overcoming the static concept of sculpture, Canto V belongs to the group of works that the artist defines as ‘inorganic performances’, machines that come to life and express their point of view on the world. The sound produced by the old trunk, an allegory of human experiences, reminds us that the battles we face in life are indeed what give us our humanity. Our thoughts then turn to the second circle of Dante’s inferno, offering us a vision of that dark place, where a stormy wind blows incessantly, and where the damned souls, victims of passions, are flung from side to side, without end.
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