ROOM 3 – IN THE VERANDA
A large wooden sculpture by Samorì dominates the centre of the room, its design closely related to the Casa Testori garden. The sculpture simulates the forms of nature, recreating them artificially to create an anthropomorphic figure, discernible but unrecognisable. The head, made from wood found on the beach and corroded by waves, looks at Matteo Fato’s diptych, dedicated to Ennio Flaiano, a portrait with the sweet features of a fabric dear to the artist, whose forms he has remodulated in a touching act of affinity born from his reading of Autobiografia del Blu di Prussia (Autobiography of Prussian Blue).
THE ARTWORKS
Nicola Samorì, Dell’arpia, 2017, walnut and poplar wood
Matteo Fato, Autoritratto (del) Blu di Prussia, 2017, oil on linen, oil on panel, plywood carrying case, AmC Coppola Collection, Vicenza, Courtesy of the Artist and Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice
Posted on: 15 November 2021, by : Alessandro Ulleri