by Francesca Busca

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"Materia 1, 2, 3"

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“MATERIA 1, 2, 3”, 2016: bark, stones, pebbles, shells, marble, smalti, metal, millefiori, sponge, glass, wood, XVI century pipes (from the river Thames), cork and wood on plywood, direct method on mesh, tryptic (30x40cm each).? The natural elements are mixed with both rubbish and specs of millefiori and noble smalti, used sparingly to witness their precious nature as a material which, albeit used lusciously in the past, will be increasingly hard to find: for example, the production of reds and oranges is likely to cease in Italy (and eventually everywhere) in February 2017, as the use of one of their essential elements, cadmium, is highly polluting and will be banned.

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