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Building as a premise for life. Physical
exertion as an unavoidable part of creation. A life force that digs through
childhood memories shines through Flavio Favelli's photographs and wooden
installations. Everyday objects like old tiles, chairs, and iron balcony
parts are provided with a new context and, in their naked simplicity, reconfigured
to form captivating closed spaces of the soul. With the humble attitude
and physical involvement of a craftsman, Favelli, guided by a pressing need,
creates these prickly forms, strictly white, that are built on raised platforms
and make constant reference to life experiences. One can mount the platforms
or sit on them in an attempt to understand their intimate nature. Like compartments
of the mind where memories squeeze together for protection, these tenuous
but solid works seize the eye, and like staircases toward the unknown they
leave one fascinated and suspended. The book, conceived by the artist as
a collection of travel reports composed of photographs, interviews, and
thoughts, documents the key points underlying his artistic background.
"I’d like to begin with the word 'create'. I started with my own
house, I began my career as an artist by renovating my house, and I haven't
stopped since then. I believe that the need to create has something to do
with depression, anxiety and fear. For me, art is seeing my fears as my
desires, going back to my experience – saying, here, take this piece
of me which is part of my history, which is made up of all our history.
Scientific laws and disciplines are the awareness I have always had of images
and needs – free or otherwise – which accompany me and which I
work with: the experiences I've had".
(F. Favelli, conversation with S. Gualdi)
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Title:
The book by Flavio Favelli
Texts:
S.Risaliti, S.Gualdi, F.Favelli
Interviews:
F.Favelli
A.Lissoni
Pages:
140
Format:
24x27 cm
Illustrations:
103 col., 7 b/w
Published:
2003
Price:
€ 62,00
ISBN:
3-03720-001-4 |
