GOOD-BYE DARKNESS V, 2012
Installation Venetian blind (250x120cm), suspension devices, steel wires, black steel base (30x60x60cm), light bulb with base, electric cord with plug Unique Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro Fifth sculptural installation of an ongoing series. The suspended venetian blind rests partly on a rectangular black steel base. The base comprises vertical slits on two of its […]
Heavy Airmail Paper, 2012
Pencil and India ink on seven airmail paper sheets (each 32.3×17.1 cm) in artist’s Plexiglass frame (76x160x 11 cm) Unique Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro During the duration of a week I wrote one word each day on an airmail letter sheet, eventually forming a sentence (A CLEAR SCRAPED MIRROR HANGS ON MY WALL). […]
Searching For… (One Day and Night in Amsterdam) I, 2012
Eighteen black and white photographs (pigment prints on baryte paper) in wooden frame (96.5×194.2 cm) Ed. 3 (+1 A.C.) Photo: Marco Blessano © Vittorio Santoro I spent a day and part of the night walking around Amsterdam with a flashlight. Some of the locations where chosen with reference to the artist Bas Jan Ader. This […]
00:00:1.20s, 2012
Sculptural object Oak plank (150x30x2 cm), pencil on wood, suspension devices, steel wire Unique Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro An oak plank hangs from the ceiling with a steel wire to touch the floor at a 60° angle. The length of the oak plank is chosen to measure the artist’s height from feet to […]
Days, 2012
Floor sculpture Several tear-off calendar pages between two gray cardboards (60×60 cm), four copper plates (each 30x30x0.3 cm) Unique Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro Four squared sized copper plates on the floor (with factual minimalist allusions…) are positioned to form a bigger square. Underneath, several tear-off calendar pages rest between two grey cardboards. The […]
Whether It, 2012
Neon installation Glass letters, neon, suspension devices, 6 transformers, electric cables, programmed light cycle (ca. 7 min), electronic devices (two PWM-4-DIN-230, Lan-Box). Overall dimensions vary with installation (ca. 200x150x12 cm) Ed. 3 (+1 A.C.) Photo: Nicolas Brasseur
Untitled (Gagarin III), 2012
Sculpture Wood structure (170x157x 80cm), copper, glass plate (145×145 cm, one edge unpolished), mirror (147x69cm) Unique (+1 A.C.) Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris, March 2012 “…a slippery ramp… a solid and empty object at the same time, translucent but also opaque… A ramp promise an elevation – this […]
Gagarin II (Sphinx/31 January 1962), 2012
Sculpture silkscreen on 35 copper elements (each element silkscreened individually, each element approx. 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm, overall dim. approx. 200 x 150 cm) Edition 1/3 (+1 A.C.) Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro Silkscreen on copper plates by Black Church Print Studio, Dublin Installation view: Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris, March 2012 “…the […]
Gagarin I (Impenetrable Corner/108 Minutes a Day), 2012
Installation Pencil on wall, cables, suspen- sion devices, 6 bulbs with china base, programmed light cycle (the bulbs are lightened up 108 minutes per day, each day at a different hour), electronic devices (6-channel Dimmer-box, Lan-box), red adhesive tape. Dimensions vary with installation. Edition 1/3 (+1 A.C.) Photo: Marco Blessano; © Vittorio Santoro Installation view: […]