Santella
author
year
2020
dimensions
L 18; W 26; H 125 cm
materiality
gilded plywood, electrical outlet, painted tubular metal, 5 Kg barbell weight
category
sculpture
pieces
12 pieces L.E.
description
Santella, one of the italian terms for shrine, is an object that plays
with the idea of sacred site, presenting in a profane and ironic way
the motif, common in many religions and mythologies, of the “world tree” or “axis mundi”, the connection between Heaven and Earth.
A juxtaposition of archetypical shapes and ordinary objects, Santella
is a weird domestic monument that emphasizes and ritualizes common gestures like charging the phone, in an attempt to bring back symbolic structure into our everyday life through means of hyperbole and humour.process
Santella is an assemblage object made with a 5Kg barbell weight as base,
that supports a black painted metal tubular on which is attached a temple-like
wooden structure covered in gold leaf. Inside the temple is installed a naked electrical outlet. It is made in Florence through a mix of elements of bricolage: looking for
the required objects in specific places, the weight in a sporting goods store,
the electrical outlet in a hardware store; and elements of fine craftmanship:
the small temple is handmade by a qualified artisan.
In the end the job of the author is to simply collect all the needed components
and putting them together in a coherent way.Buy at
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