Antonio Riello |
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ASHES TO ASHES series Blown Borosilicate glass and book ashes dimensions variable | |
Born under the sign of Lion in Venezia, Antonio
Riello is one of Italy’s most eclectic and controversial artists,
working in techniques as varied as sculpture, design, photography,
installation and video games. Incorporating the ironic manner of
a conceptual charade, Riello manipulates and almost mistreats the
images and objects which he invents. A controlled degree of ambiguity
is the typical signature of his artistic research. |
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CONFINED TOOL 21 2020 Blue BIC ink on paper 42 x 29.7cm | |
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CONFINED TOOL 21 2020 Blue BIC ink on paper 42 x 29.7cm | |
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CONFINED TOOL 21 2020 Blue BIC ink on paper 42 x 29.7cm | |
Antonio Riello's Quarantine drawings are a very personal and tormented form of reportage of his kitchen-scape. He started obsessively reproducing kitchen tools and objects during lockdown. Just humble sketches of course but, all together, they become a great "Visual Dictionary of Quarantine", a sort of Late Modern Enlightment-style Encyclopaedia. The taxonomic classification of every "creature" reveals Riello's passion for Mark Dion’s research; the main idea is to set up an Anthropological Museum of culinary ergonomy and cruelty. They are not only a way of witnessing a weird time but also a devoted and oblique homage to the beloved Alberto Giacometti and his drawing style. | |