Mapping/Erasing, 2016

Mapping/Erasing, 2016

2016 A real-time activity Photo: Marco Blessano, © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: First shown at Counter Space, Zurich, 12 of June 2016, 3-4pm. During one hour, I “connected” in multiple sessions, with a white tape, mainly on the floor, different spots in the exhibition room. Some connections where made between two works, some between an […]

Pulleys, I, 2016

Installation, hemp rope, different pulleys (different sizes), a suspended bundle of 7 candles. Dimension vary with installation: ca. 300 x 650 cm (Counter Space version) Edition: 1 (+ 1 A. C.) Photo: Marco Blessano, © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: Counter Space, Zurich, June 2016 In this work Santoro explores the correlations between the metaphorical subtext […]

Mirror of the Sea (African Mask (Dogon)/Fi: Black Paint Can), II, 2016

Mirror of the Sea (African Mask (Dogon)/Fi: Black Paint Can), II, 2016

African Mask (Dogon), black paint can, Xerox page, wood board, pencil on white primed canvas, string, screws 100x100x12 cm Photo: Marco Blessano, © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: Counter Space, Zurich, June 2016 This work is part of the ongoing series Mirror of the Sea (2015-), works wherein several objects are concealed under a (painted) canvas […]

The Supposed Half of Yesterday, 2016

The Supposed Half of Yesterday, 2016

Entire daily Newspaper (Le Monde), metal salt etching (describing the path of a walk on May 10th, 2016, to find the House in Manhattan, NYC, where Jazz piano player Thelonious Monk used to live most of his life) on copper board (3mm), 73 x 92 cm Unique Photo: Marco Blessano, © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: […]

The Supposed Half of a Day, 2016

The Supposed Half of a Day, 2016

Entire daily Newspaper (The New York Times), metal salt etching (describing the path of a walk on May 3rd, 2016, to find the Minton’s club in Harlem, NYC, where Jazz piano player Thelonious Monk used to play in the 1940’s) on copper board (3mm), 73 x 92 cm Unique Photo: Marco Blessano, © Vittorio Santoro […]

Half-Empty Glass, 2015

Half-Empty Glass, 2015

glass, water dimensions vary with installation Unique signed certificate Photo: Wang Xiaoxiao © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: MoCA Pavilion, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, Oct. 2015 A glass is placed on the floor in the exhibition room. The guard in a Museum (or the gallerist, an assistant in gallery or a person in a project […]

Half-Full Glass, 2015

Half-Full Glass, 2015

glass, water dimensions vary with installation Unique signed certificate Photo: Wang Xiaoxiao © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: MoCA Pavilion, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, Oct. 2015 A glass is placed on the floor in the exhibition room. The guard in a Museum (or the gallerist, an assistant in gallery or a person in a project […]