Domatore Alfabetico [...] 176 pieces, including
114 hats, 48 loaves,
11 heads and 3 differently-shaped hats:
all cleverly mixed together in the perfect doses, creating
a work that is veiled in a melancholy gratitude.
Belpaese [...] What is Belpaese?
Or should we say what was it?
It was a place loved and envied for its artistic, natural
and archaeological treasures, the home
of artists, inventors,
scientists and intellectuals.
A country once included on
the Grand Tour, an important part of a person's cultural
education,
our country: Italy.
Un ballerino non pensa mai alle proprie gambe -
Testa di un piccolo proprietario terriero [...] Joy
and pain, light and shade, clarity
and perplexity: they
all coexist in this metallic skeleton assembled, welded
and enamelled
with rare skill, forming polysemia nourished
by the gaze of the onlooker, the source of ever-changing echoes
and patterns of meaning.
