Benedetto Pietromarchi
dal 17/10/2005 al 20/11/2005
Segnalato da
17/10/2005
Benedetto Pietromarchi
Trolley Gallery, London
Meteopathic. Having moved from country to country as a child, the artist's work is influenced by travel and attendant concepts of displacement. These influences merge with formal training in architecture and classical sculpture in London and Carrara. Three aspects: travel, architecture and figurative sculpture, form the basis of his work.
Meteopathic
Trolley Gallery presents the first UK solo show of Italian artist
Benedetto Pietromarchi.
Having moved from country to country as a child, his work is
influenced by travel and attendant concepts of displacement. These
influences merge with formal training in architecture and classical
sculpture in London and Carrara. Three aspects: travel, architecture
and figurative sculpture, form the basis of his work.
Notions of the ephemeral, coupled with the solidity and permanence of
architectural sculpture, are intended to make the viewer question the
origins of what is presented to them. Pietromarchi presents scenes
not inherently comprehensible, but which trigger some form of
unconscious recognition. The surreal juxtaposition of objects removed
from their expected context is rooted in the artist’s exploration of
the unconscious imagination and its relation to the human condition.
Bachelard, Kant, and Merleau-Ponty have informed and inspired aspects
of the work.
For his latest project, Pietromarchi fused lead sculptures in the
studio, connected them to nineteenth-century glass buoys and then
transferred them to the Mediterranean Sea. He later returned to film
the suspended pieces, capturing an arresting tension between stasis
and incident.
Image: Benedetto Pietromarchi, Equilibria Lead, rope, glass buoy, 1.70 x 50 cm, ED. Of 1, 2005
Preview: 18th October 6-9pm
Trolley Gallery
73A Redchurch Street - London