Marco Boggio Sella
The Unity of the Real
2003
Unique
Divided into four parts, each executed with a different technique, The Unity of the Real is a perfect metaphor for mental constructions in which each fragment is united with the others by one communal denominator: reality itself. Mixing styles and media, the artist's interest lies first and foremost in the confrontation between twisted, oversized or distorted objects and the viewer's subjectivity. The installation ‘The Unity of the Real' is literally the manifesto of this preoccupation through its production. In the tradition of Gino DE DOMINICIS' living sculptures, an elderly person in a wheelchair is flanked by two inanimate sculptures for which the figure functions as the link. In the distorted prism of the silent protagonist's spirit, a German helmet appears - monumental and rusty at the same time – reflecting the weight of the historical period it recalls.
