Francesco Carone's 'Boudoir' at SpazioA Gallery Pistoia

Francesco Carone (born 1975 in Siena) presents 'Boudoir', a solo exhibition at SpazioA Gallery in Pistoia, running until May 21, 2016. The show explores the complexity and perception of the term 'boudoir', constructing a labyrinthine investigation into rational desire and desire permeated by beliefs, idols, and myths. Carone's works evoke a dialogue with the past through citations of Greek myths and literature, as seen in titles like 'Comasti' (2016), sinuously deformed ceramic objects; 'Les Lesbiennes' (2016), a removable iron barrier with modified tubes quoting Baudelaire's poem; and 'Erma Ermafrodita' (2016), 'Menadi' (2016), and 'Scilla e Cariddi' (2016). The materials used—ceramic, marble, bronze, plaster, brass, and others—reveal a research moving from antiquity, yielding bipolar works that relate both to a public, aestheticizing sphere and a more intimate, arcane, poetic one.