Luca Monterastelli's Concrete Sculptures Explore Myth and Destruction at Deweer Gallery

Luca Monterastelli, an Italian artist born in Forlimpopoli in 1983, is showcasing his inaugural solo exhibition outside of Italy, titled 'How To Make a Hero,' at Deweer Gallery in Otegem, Belgium, running until March 12, 2017. This exhibition features concrete sculptures that explore themes of ideological community, celebration, and downfall. Monterastelli has crafted a minimal social group with its own mythology, resulting in themes of rage and destruction. He chooses concrete for its significance in modernism, referring to it as a 'stupid, dozzinale' material. His artistic approach emphasizes mental calculation over emotional attachment. Influenced by figures like Arte Povera and Jeff Koons, he is also working with Pietro Consagra's archive at miart and is developing a new series focused on the 'erotic relationship between metal and concrete.' He encourages emerging artists to seek out residencies.