Francesco Barocco's Third Way Between Sculpture and Drawing
Italian artist Francesco Barocco (born 1972 in Susa) presents a new solo exhibition at Norma Mangione gallery in Turin, moving away from the low reliefs of his 2015 show and 2017 Paris Internationale stand. His current works are plaster sculptures, roughly modeled and sharply cut at the front, onto which he applies graphite drawings of faces. The drawings do not continue the sculpture but rest on the white surface without merging. Graffiti-like marks add further complexity, scratching both the plaster and the drawing with mysterious messages. The exhibition marks a coherent evolution in Barocco's sculptural practice, exploring the boundary between two-dimensional and three-dimensional representation.
Key facts
- Francesco Barocco was born in Susa in 1972.
- The exhibition is at Norma Mangione gallery in Turin.
- Barocco's 2015 solo show and 2017 Paris Internationale stand featured low reliefs of facial elements.
- The new works are plaster sculptures with graphite drawings on the front.
- The drawings do not continue the sculpture but rest on the surface.
- Graffiti-like marks add mystery to the works.
- The exhibition represents a coherent evolution in Barocco's sculptural practice.
- The article was written by Marco Enrico Giacomelli.
Entities
Artists
- Francesco Barocco
- Salvo
- Marco Enrico Giacomelli
Institutions
- Norma Mangione
- Paris Internationale
- Artribune
Locations
- Susa
- Italy
- Turin