Macchia II
1968
Rubber, ropes
Variable dimensions
A stain as black as ink hovers several meters above the floor. About to disperse or retract, it is placed at the intersection of eight ropes. The composition seems like a giant spider that covers the whole ceiling with its legs.
A leading figure of the Italian Arte Povera movement, an expression coined by critic Germano Celant in 1967, Gilberto Zorio seeks through his work to express the energy of matter. With simple materials such as rubber and ropes, he strives to lift up sculpture and the gaze , transforming our perception of space and giving it a different meaning. “I have always been interested in attempting to raise the sculpture, to suspend it and place it in the air in order to occupy the entire space, including the aerial horizon,” said the artist.
Macchia II was first presented by the Pinault Collection in the exhibition Italics at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, in 2007.
A leading figure of the Italian Arte Povera movement, an expression coined by critic Germano Celant in 1967, Gilberto Zorio seeks through his work to express the energy of matter. With simple materials such as rubber and ropes, he strives to lift up sculpture and the gaze , transforming our perception of space and giving it a different meaning. “I have always been interested in attempting to raise the sculpture, to suspend it and place it in the air in order to occupy the entire space, including the aerial horizon,” said the artist.
Macchia II was first presented by the Pinault Collection in the exhibition Italics at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, in 2007.
Exhibitions
Gilberto ZORIO © Adagp, Paris.
Gilberto ZORIO © Adagp, Paris.
