Alloplastica (writing with Pechan prisms)

1997

160 × 65 cm / 62.99 × 25.59 in

Photo: Alessandra Sofia

Unique exemplar

 

ALLOPLASTICA

They say that I am or am not who I am / only for others / that I don’t know how to make a good impression / that if I don’t fall in love now / I never will / and I might as well give up / I’m not the type who goes to clubs, the type you invite to dinner / so I open a book / “...how to find your way in the dense tangle / of self-image and desired appearances…” / I close the book / and check to make sure I have closed it well / it is really well closed / it looks closed-up closed / but I must have some adhesive tape here somewhere / I search for the tape

English translation by Steve Piccolo

 

Exhibitions:
1997: Roberto Cuoghi / Alberta Pellacani, Spazio Aperto,
GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna

2006: EGOmania: Just When I Think I’ve Understood… / Appena ho capito d’aver capito…, Galleria Civica di Modena and Palazzo Santa Margherita – Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena

2010: 21 x 21: 21 artisti per il 21° secolo + Alberto Garutti, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

2017: Perla Pollina 1996-2016, Centre d'art Contemporain Genève, Geneva
[Traveled to MADRE, Naples]