Pointy Print Black

2012
87.000 crystals set on plex 1500 x 1500 cm

Man hurt man: l’uomo ferisce l’uomo. The work investigates the theme of belonging to the human race, the result of an inspiration that takes shape within the experience of a “crossing” in the slums of Indian villages –– (in the India’s Slums villages) […] Every ravine that darkly overlooks the lives of those people has its own invisible and respected boundary. The entrance is itself without any doors. On those metal sheets held together by pieces of nylon was a white handprint of paint from an unknown hand, it caught my eye and stopped me in my tracks. The warning not to overstep was very clear. –– Above, the installation of the crystals is incomplete.

Man hurt man: l’uomo ferisce l’uomo. The work investigates the theme of belonging to the human race, the result of an inspiration that takes shape within the experience of a “crossing” in the slums of Indian villages –– (in the India’s Slums villages) […] Every ravine that darkly overlooks the lives of those people has its own invisible and respected boundary. The entrance is itself without any doors. On those metal sheets held together by pieces of nylon was a white handprint of paint from an unknown hand, it caught my eye and stopped me in my tracks. The warning not to overstep was very clear. –– Above, the installation of the crystals is incomplete.
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“Upon my return to the studio, I crumpled up a bag of black garbage, dipped my hand in the paint and left it etched in the creases”

– STEFANO CURTO



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