Felice Levini's Paradoxical Works at Zoo Zone Art Forum in Rome

Felice Levini (Rome, 1956) presents two works at Zoo Zone Art Forum in Rome, embodying a paradox of confinement within four walls. The measured gallery space contrasts with the large-scale journey suggested by 'Stivali delle Sette Leghe' (Seven-League Boots) and a flat world map overlaid with a golden inscription on a long wooden rod: 'Tigers go everywhere but are nowhere.' The phrase is offered to viewers by two hands at the ends, a stylistic signature of the artist, along with his use of black, red, and green, which he says represent the division of day, night, horizon, and blood. The ensemble forms a 'celibate machine' aimed at redefining context: the boots show the action of moving while remaining fixed on the base, revealing the dream of ubiquity beyond all human and spatiotemporal limits.