Luciano Fabro

估價

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

招標截止

描述

Luciano Fabro
Enfasi
jelly sculpture with fish netting, copper and nylon
137 by 47 by 141cm.
54 by 18½ by 55½in.
Executed in 1982.

來源

Galleria Pieroni, Rome
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

展覽

Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Luciano Fabro: Entretiens / Travaux 1963-1986, 1987, p. 140, illustrated

出版

Umberto Allemandi, Ed., Luciano Fabro: Lavori 1963-1986, Turin 1987, p. 140, illustrated

拍品資料及來源

Fabro's diverse artistic output denotes a prodigious innovator who appears to be motivated more by curiosity and an alertness to the work than by a need to make definitive statements. Fabro's art is not easily classified: his works are unique pieces which interact when juxtaposed, and change shape and meaning in different environments. As well as individual objects in their own right, Fabro's sculptures, when viewed together, also constitute flexible participants in a larger, ongoing drama.

With Enfasi, Fabro presents a work brimming with playful wit and elegance. The structure is composed of fish netting and nylon upon which four heads rendered in lustrous copper sit face up, their eyes looking straight at the viewer. The faces look vaguely familiar, akin to the physiognomies of the four Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. When we view the work more closely the features seem to blur into a multitude of abstract recessions, a result of light reflecting off the copper surface.

Enfasi is defined by several amusing oppositions: the precious-looking metal is set against the industrial material of fishing nets, the hand crafted embossing against synthetic nylon, and hard metallic copper against delicate fibre. The four discs resemble ancient roman coins, embossed with the features of Roman emperors and meticulously polished into glowing medallions. Their fleeting familiarity as idols of contemporary culture shows Fabro to be playfully interchanging past and present, elevating pop icons to the majestic historical status of the Roman ruling classes.