Italian Artist Fabio Viale Debuts Contemporary 'Truly' Exhibition
Grace Mahas — March 2, 2021 — Art & Design
References: fabioviale.it & mymodernmet
Fabio Viale, an up-in-coming Italian artist, recently debuted his 'Truly' exhibition (curated by Enrico Mattei) which features tattooed marble statues. The fascination with tattooed for Viale came after meeting a Russian tattoo artist. He commented: "I felt really curious, and I asked him to draw a sculpture. I like the kind of tattoos that deal with death and life and use ancient symbology.”
Viale uses a special ink to "tattoo" the statues that is able to penetrate through the stone. “My goal of tattooing marble is to create a double identity sculpture: tattooing old masterpieces means donating a second life and, in a contemporary way, a new collective image,” he explains. “Today, tattoos could be considered as a suit that everybody may wear, old statues too! Changing ancient statues' life builds a temporal bridge towards universal beauty.”
Image Credit: Fabio Viale
Viale uses a special ink to "tattoo" the statues that is able to penetrate through the stone. “My goal of tattooing marble is to create a double identity sculpture: tattooing old masterpieces means donating a second life and, in a contemporary way, a new collective image,” he explains. “Today, tattoos could be considered as a suit that everybody may wear, old statues too! Changing ancient statues' life builds a temporal bridge towards universal beauty.”
Image Credit: Fabio Viale
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