MECCANISMO (Totem Builders) III
Ink on paper, cm 50x70 - 1998
With this work I resumed the series of mechanisms in 1998, interrupted in 94. The peculiarity of this piece, currently part of a private collection in England, is that it was the first work made with a 0.1 mm rapidograph, thus halving the thickness of the line compared to all my previous works, with a notable increase in precision in detail
The "Mechanisms" series also called "Totem Builders" is the hallmark of my work.
I started working on this imaginary world and its inhabitants in 1985, developing it over the years. It is essentially a metaphor for our world, our relationships and the explicit and tacit rules that govern it. A complex, intricate and fascinating whole from the anthropological point of view, a very complicated mechanism which however does not work. If you analyze it, it won't stand up. There is no logic, there is often no common sense. This is why these very complicated machines that cannot and will never work. And then there are them (us), the inhabitants of this jungle, each with his mask and the role of him, each one exactly where it belongs. Then there is another aspect, which is the purely playful one which is an essential component of my work, a derivation of years and years as an illustrator, so you enjoy looking for hidden details, clues, writings. You can spend days looking for details, and you will never find them all
17 numbered copies, signed and certified prints are available,
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Other Artworks from the Meccanismi (Totem Builders) Serie (click on the pics)