Future and men will pass through here, at least in the artist's vision.

Mr Arbitrium is a 5.4-meter sculpture to be placed on the external facade of a church or an historic building, depicting a male figure pushing or supporting the architecture itself.
The sculpture is conceived with all its muscles in tension, intent on supporting or pushing it away the structure in a decisive way: playing on this ambivalence is the intent of the artist's work and in the double meaning of this action lies the concept at the basis of this work.

In a historical moment of great changes and increasingly accelerated rhythms like the one we are going through, we are inevitably asked to choose: pushing away the church or the historic building, symbols of institutions, of our history and culture, or instead supporting and defending the church, our millenary history, the symbols of our culture?

Science has been talking about robotics, neurotechnology, stem cells, cloning, controlled digital societies etc. for years. On the other hand, man has always experienced uncertainties, fears, enthusiasm and progress. How will they interface with these challenges?

Each of us will be forced to decide which of the two different paths – "pushing" or "supporting" – choose.

According to the artist, each of us will put his/her "I" into play, acting according to our own abilities and conscience. This is where the idea that the protagonist is no longer the sculpture, but ourselves, arises. With the hope of avoiding misunderstandings and evaluation errors. Future and men will pass through here, at least in the artist's vision.

ART INSTALLATIONS

June 2024 - today | Scuderie Granducali, Seravezza (LU)
April - May 2024 | San Francesco del Prato, Parma (PR)
June - September 2023 | Teatro dell'Opera, Lviv, Ucraina
September - October 2022 | Basilica di San Lorenzo, Firenze
July - August 2022 | Piazza del Fortino, Forte dei Marmi (LU)
May - June 2022 - | Arco della Pace, Milano
December - February 2021/2022 | Piazza San Michele, Lucca
September 2021 | Piazza Duomo, Carrara (MS)
July 2021 | Piazza Duomo, Pietrasanta (LU)
May 1st - June 30th | Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza (LU)

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