A tableau vivant is a performance in which the artist himself becomes a work of art. By becoming an objet d’art, he depicts the journey of identity for visitors and this journey becomes anthropological as it has an imprint of knowledge and talent that cannot be learnt. The importance of tableaux vivants lies in the process of the birth of the “ego” and the creation. The author is searching for his “ego” through the identification of himself as simulacra.
ClownRose
1990 – 2018
Photoceramic – Created with GATTI/Faenza
This is the symbol of the solo exhibition at the Villa delle Rose museum in Bologna.
GariBaldanza
2003 – 2018
Photoceramic
The GariBaldanza tableau vivant contains a delightful play on words in Italian. The title, hinting at dancing (danza) and the famed, bold (baldanza) Italian general and patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, suggests movement but the actual work depicts a marble pose. This is one of the images that accompanies the concert by Maestro Panni at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples.
JerolAmoPENItente
2016 – 2018
Photoceramic – Created with GATTI/Faenza
“JerolAmoPENItente” is a highly intriguing work. Orally, the name recalls St Jerome (San Gerolamo), who is normally iconographically depicted with a human skull held in his hands and an open book. This work follows these usual tenets, but with a subtle change as the skull is not human, but monkey, a gift the artist received during one of his many trips to India.
Dante
Portrait pose 1970 – Photoceramic 1996
Photoceramic – Created with GATTI/Faenza
The Dante tableau vivant is a homage to arguably the greatest Italian writer, Dante Alighieri from the 14th century. The resemblance is striking.
SganOntano
1977
SganOntano is the Vergato version of the Sganapino mask from Bologna, making it a representation of childhood and naivety. It was previously displayed at the Festival delle Performances in Bologna at the invitation of R. Barilli and Francesca Alinovi.