CHI è IL VERSAGLIO, 2023

VETRO, ARTISTI E DESIGNER MILANESI 1976 - 2023

CURATOR SANDRO PEZZOLI

Who is the target? These dart sculptures are nothing but a metaphor for our vulnerability. Vulnerability and fragility are feelings that plague much of the world today. They are universally shared feelings of fear and worry. Valuing vulnerability allows us to open up and giving it a place within artistic creations is important to normalize and be able to talk about these emotions with confidence. When a person shoots an arrow he actually shoots his own vulnerability. This installation offers an alternative view of our innermost nature, showing its fragility and flexibility. So many times one projects onto others something that is his or her own. Being vulnerable is no longer to be understood as synonymous with weakness but instead as a great achievement and a realization about ourselves. Glass is the perfect material to tell the story of fragility: it represents our vulnerability, reflects aspects that are our own and belong to the human condition. The game of darts becomes both fragile and violent; the arrow breaks every time it is shot and can injure others close to us. When we throw a dart we also throw our disappointment and this in some way can also be a release. We need to recognize part of ourselves in everything around us and so it is with the glass that for this work faithfully reflects my view of things, of being human.