There is no work that best represents the artists’ approach to the concept of being human than “Impossible Sculptures No. 28”. Arranged in a balanced composition, lonely figures inhabit a desolated scene while repeating daily gestures of another life. If No. 27 is hell, No. 28 is purgatory. Souls are forced to spend an infinite time in the most complete void, trying to remember their past life. The core of an apple is
creating a connection between its abandonment and the catatonic state of the human figures. Human skeletons are embedded in bodies of chrome or polished stone and do not appear to belong to any gender category known to us. The interchangeability of the bodies, the fact that they can be replaced with each other as if they did not present any distinguishing individuality, leads the beholder to consider a typical problem of our time. When everyone is a creator and their experiences and knowledge content to share with their audience, it is easy to feel like blank sheets whose unique features are add-ons rather than characterising features. The bodies in the “Impossible Sculptures” series are unsettling because they remind us of our daily effort to develop as individuals and not just be recipients and generators of contents to consume.
Text: Filippo Lorenzin
