Devid Reimondo
dal 19/5/2010 al 29/7/2010
Segnalato da
19/5/2010
Devid Reimondo
Galerie Di Meo, Paris
Reimondo's theme is human beings in their environment. Bread, a religious symbol for the human body, is omnipresent in his work. In his installations, where maps for example, are created with slices of bread and toast, a single toast doesn't mean anything by itself, but altogether they are a world map. It is a metaphor for human beings; a single man does not mean anything, but altogether they are humanity, a country, a city...
Through his work, the artist questions man’s environment, his identity. How does man want to be perceived? How does he portray himself? Reimondo strives to answer these questions by dipicting our world, the cities we live in, our buildings, our clothes...
For the occasion, the gallery will edit a catalogue with a preface written by Raphael Turcat, editor in chief of the French magazine
Technikart.
Reimondo’s theme is human beings in their environment. Bread, a religious symbol for the human body, is omnipresent in his work. In his installations, where maps for example, are created with slices of bread and toast, a single toast doesn’t mean anything by itself, but altogether they are a world map. It is a metaphor for human beings; a single man does not mean anything, but altogether they are humanity, a country, a city...
David Reimondo, born in Genova in 1972, lives and works in Milan.
Opening May 20th, 6pm onwards
Galerie Di Meo
9, rue des Beaux Arts - Paris
Hours: Tuesday to friday from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Saturday open all day