Delizia
The invention of gelato has been attributed to Bernardo Buontalenti, a Florentine architect, stage designer and, apparently, sorbet maker. Delizia stems from precisely this tradition, in which art is eaten, melts away, and is served at the table amid colonial sugar and beaten eggs. It is a work in pigmented concrete conceived for the garden […]
moduli
Moduli (“Modules”), like Patroni, emerged from a precise necessity: to make painting an enveloping experience and always site-specific. To achieve this, I first had to move beyond the format — rectangular, square, or circular − and the predetermined depth of the stretcher. I was seeking a physical depth rather than an illusory one. It was […]
Patroni
“Patrono” derives from pater: in ancient Rome, it referred to an authoritative and protective figure − a legislator, an advocate. Catholicism transformed the term into the patron saint who protects cities and professions. I like to think that Patroni should ultimately remain an example, a model that a community can still look to: a presence […]
Pale
Asa Nisi Masa
Asa Nisi Masa is a series of sculptures conceived to inhabit spaces and wear architecture. While architecture has always been intrinsic to my painting practice, this body of work shifted my gaze from architecture itself to its inhabitants. I began making sculptures that could inhabit my studio and wear my architecture. I moved away from […]
Fuga da Giverny
Many of my works begin with a series of “What ifs?” What if Napoleon had returned from the Italian campaign by bicycle? What if the Archangel Gabriel had not found Mary at home to announce the coming of her son? The series of watercolours on paper Fuga da Giverny (“Escape from Giverny”) begins with another […]
Sorimasa
Sorimasa is a baldachin: an octagonal structure that combines the transience of a field tent with the softness of a Baroque baldachin. Rising from eight vertical supports, the structure expands into a creamy dome made of coloured cement, shaped with a pastry bag. It is the work I created for the exhibition Pittura Italiana Oggi, […]
Supir
