Nicola Martini
A few images from Martini’s recent show at Kaufmann Repetto…. From the press release: ‘Martini saturates the walls and ceiling of the gallery in bitumen of Judea, rendering the boundary between “space”and “artwork” porous through his physical engagement with the gallery’s architectural elements. Bitumen, a photosensitive tar, is used here to trigger a reaction between the walls and the light emanating from the windows. Material masses are later introduced into the exhibition space and interact physically with the created environment. In this sense, Martini’s new sculptures – fusions of colophony with microcrystalline wax, and glass with quartz sand – are to be considered as a semi-transparent filter between light and bitumen, a “thin”membrane that enables the various elements and matter to engage with one another.’ You can check out more of his work here.
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