Chiedilo a Diego (writing with Pechan prisms)

1997

92 × 66 cm / 36.22 × 25.98 in

Photo: Alessandra Sofia

Unique exemplar

 

ASK DIEGO

(my work is mine or it is no good)

I do not think of cute ideas to defend / and I do not think I have to invent strange things / and I am not worried about the fact that a bloke / has tried to do something that / resembles – reminds / it seems just like – it’s identical – you copied / I’ve had this in mind for nearly two years / he did it three years ago / it’s a coincidence – I swear I didn’t know / swear to God – cross my heart / ask Diego

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]

2021: L' Énigme autodidacte, Mamc, Saint-Étienne Métropole