Pierangelo Russo, ''Open Your Mind''

Castello Sforzesco, Vigevano

The installation fits into the symmetry of the double order of granite columns of the Cavallerizza, the covered manège built in 1836 in the Castello Sforzesco of Vigevano.The giant head was surgically opened in half with a razor blade ...

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... and its two parts have been pushed aside, allowing the visitor to cross them.The sculptor Pierangelo Russo used four QSF - Miroflex flexible mirror plates to make the separating cut polished and reflective, creating a Magrittean trompe-l'œil ...

... which allows the visitor to interact with the work.The choice of a surface that produces a distorted reflection makes the experience even more surreal and disconcerting.

Pierangelo Russo (Sedriano, 1954) is a Lombard artist.
His installations invite the public to interact and relate to them through movement, the use of mirrors, the game of identities.

Location

Castello Sforzesco di Vigevano

7×2
Mostra Collettiva per Festival delle Trasformazioni

12/9/2021 - 3/10/2021

Materials used in this production

QSF - Miroflex

Mirroring materials

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