Ex-Voto

Ex-Voto 1, 2016, libro-oggetto

bassorilievo, tecnica mista e paraffina su legno, cm 11x10x2 variabile

The small format "Ex- Voto" works,

it wants to arouse an intimate dialogue with the viewer, recalling a sort of diary, an object book that takes shape from stained wood tablets protected by a paraffin film. Each "book" tells a specific experience, in which words and images alternate on the facades of the tablets in order to compose a story, a silent dialogue with the observer; the tablets are a kind of casket waiting to be opened and contemplated. The small size and the refined technique only want to maintain and convey a sense of preciousness, which like a relic or a sacred ornament imposes itself on the attention of the viewer with a warning: "do not forget".