Diego Perrone's Total Art at MACRO Rome
Diego Perrone (born 1970 in Asti) presents a comprehensive exhibition at MACRO in Rome, transforming the vast hall with a 30-meter rubber Snorkeller Tube from a 2020 public competition. The show integrates four thematic areas linked by the artist's diary-like writings, featuring glass paste works, videos, photographs, and drawings. Photographs alternate between refined images of watches in soap bubbles and large-scale pits dug by the artist over a year. Colored glass paste sculptures reveal faces, muzzles, and ancient fragments, evoking primitive art and classical allure. A final section uses vermilion pen on giant sheets for anthropomorphic and phytomorphic images, later constrained by geometric rubber string grids. Perrone balances technical skill, multimedia experimentation, sensory suggestion, and rational control, referencing Italy's 'poor' art of the 1950s and 1960s.
Key facts
- Diego Perrone was born in 1970 in Asti.
- The exhibition is held at MACRO in Rome.
- The Snorkeller Tube is a 30-meter rubber display support created for a 2020 public competition.
- The show features four thematic areas linked by the artist's diary writings.
- Photographs include watches in soap bubbles and pits dug by the artist over a year.
- Glass paste sculptures contain faces, muzzles, and ancient fragments.
- A section uses vermilion pen on giant sheets for anthropomorphic and phytomorphic images.
- The exhibition references Italy's 'poor' art of the 1950s and 1960s.
Entities
Artists
- Diego Perrone
Institutions
- MACRO
- Casey Kaplan
Locations
- Rome
- Asti
- Italy
- New York