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| Solo exhibition of Davide Grazioli |
Press release Madras (Tamil Nadu, India) July 5th 2007: On July 18th the Italian artist Davide Grazioli (Milan 1972) will open “ORGANIC” his latest exhibition in India. In this occasion the artist will present a new site specific installation entitled Before we go. Once again it is a very peculiar material as the organic incense the medium through which the artist expresses in a ritual form the most contemporary worry: the ecological unbalance. The burnability of Grazioli’s latest sculptures represents the evolution of his quest on transiency and fragility of life and humanity. But if in his previous installation - presented in April 2007* in Milan - life in its broad sense was symbolized by the endangered species, this time its reference to mankind has become more explicit: dozens of incense skulls are lying on a carpet of white lotus flowers and in some of these skulls some golden teeth are still visible. Once again is the idea of offer that pushes Grazioli to put his entire work on the border between two different dimensions: the installation appears soundly “here”, but it also carries in itself the chance of being “elsewhere”, which means in smoke. Significant for the artist in this work is the presence of two new ingredients: gold and myrrh which stress the concept of gift. But despite the fact that the presence of death is clearly evoked, Before we go remains ambivalent and circular as typically seen in various other works by Davide Grazioli. In fact the myrrh - like the gift of the three Kings to Jesus - was used in the conservation of human bodies after the death and therefore represents immortality and rebirth. Even though the environmental future is not known, one thing is certain: after the burning of one of Grazioli’s sculptures, the skull would go in smoke but the golden teeth would remain among the ashes triggering a reflection about the illusion of possession. * in this occasion the book “Sanctuary” was presented. Vanilla Edition, texts by Valerio Dehò and Alberto Zanchetta |
March 30th 2007
SANCTUARY April 12th 2006
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