La Madonna del Volpino
In an era that forgets its ability to preserve myths, I wanted to express with a “Cover” the permanence of a strong relationship with the icons of the past.
Technical reproducibility and digital grain propose a way of permanence of the cultural element preserved in binary form. The posterization of traditional iconography, the work on myself in the role of the Madonna, the replacement – pun intended – of the child with my dog Blanco provide those minimal principles of variation that lead back to the cultural coordinates of the past in a relationship lived with purity rather than with a sense of exile and contamination.
The Madonna del Volpino
2004
Photographic icon transferable onto photographic format (printed on aluminum dimensions 70cm x 100cm)
poster size 150cm x 95cm pendant
foto a colori
La Madonna del Volpino,
Miniatura Portatile
The variations on the icon theme proceed by addressing the miniature object.
The icon is a small semi-conscious object, an element of availability and fetishism at the same time: a talismanic resource that takes advantage of the mystical power of the gold setting.
Miniatura Portatile
2004/2007
Gold pendant plus ceramic photo, dimensions 4.3cm x 3.1cm
ciondolo, dettaglio
La Madonna del Volpino,
ciondolo, fotografia a colori.
La Madonna del Volpino,
"Ex Voto", veduta dell'installazione, cella di Santa Rita.
"Ex Voto", veduta dell'installazione, cella di Santa Rita.
La Madonna del G8
The meaning of a political demonstration etymologically traced back to a utopian apparition. The Madonna appears among the demonstrators to indicate the messianic result of the collective commitment.
La Madonna del G8
2004
Performance during the G8 Photographic print on aluminum, dimensions 32em x 50cm
foto a colori
La Madonna del G8,
T.I.R.
The highway is an aseptic place, a place that we can trace in the human relational sphere as a neutral mental path where men meet, mix up, group together, get closer, for a few moments, with a quick glance. They quickly pass through this place to reach their destination.
The highway is a notable media hub.
The “Cover” image of the ‘Madonna del Volpino’ is replaced or placed alongside the already existing sacred images applied on means of transport which, on a daily basis, are displayed on motorways by various vehicles, especially heavy vehicles, trucks, trucks, etc. …. “The Madonna del Volpino ” we can associate with the many iconizable or iconized images that are daily decontextualized in non-places where vision also confuses their meaning.
T.I.R
2007 Materials: poster variable dimensions
