Bugada & Cargnel

Alfredo was a little boy, Sophie was a charming woman, Paola performed an act of magic
2013
205 x 5 centimeters

At the age of thirteen, after seeing a TV documentary about Sophie Calle, ACETO developed an obsession for the French artist. He convinced Calle to make her signature tattooed on his arm (2009). By asking for a permanent artistic gesture ACETO becomes part of Sophie Calle's work. In order to forget Sophie, ACETO's therapist suggested him to transfer his attention to another subject. Alfredo chose Paola Pivi and followed her in Alaska where he lived following her rules. Only the help of Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi allowed ACETO to talk about this painful experience and draw a sort of comic inspired by the story.

Loyal Sauce B.C. - Noisy Whitish A.D.
2016
pvc, metal
300 x 700 centimeters
Unique

Modesty or Surprise
2016
speakers, tripod, mixer, wiring
Unique

Re-Mental Landscapes I
2016
zinc plate, iron, glass
29.5 x 40.3 centimeters
Unique

Re-Mental Landscapes II
2016
zinc plate, iron, glass
28.2 x 40.2 centimeters
Unique

S.L.A.V.1
2015
acrylic on stage canvas
340 x 415 centimeters
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S.L.A.V.6
2015
acrylic on scenography canvas
104 x 64 centimeters
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Shoot Me, Stop Your Revolution
2014
clock by Aldo Rossi, bullet holes
40 x 40 centimeters
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Alfredo ACETO takes luminosity as a point of entry to The Arcades Project, as the architecture of the gallery strongly resembles that of a Parisian arcade, with its light filtered in from its glass and iron ceiling. ACETO invited Italian philosopher and BENJAMIN scholar Gianni VATTIMO to collaborate with him during a period of pre-production. In their discussions, VATTIMO relayed that BENJAMIN was fond of an anecdote holding that during the French Revolution, revolutionaries would shoot at clock towers in order to "stop time". With this fragment of a version of history in mind, the artist acquired clocks designed by the famed Aldo ROSSI, he himself occupied with the question of light. He went to a shooting range every day in order to train himself to realize these works, eventually shooting at these designer clocks. The results are not an effort to stop a present moment, but rather to reactivate a past one that may or may not have occurred.

Tecno
2017
desk, deadener paint, partridge feathers
75 x 160 centimeters
Unique

The Thinker
2016
polyurethane, glue, ash, pigments, powder of carboniferous granite, powder of rock micash
120 x 70 centimeters
Unique