DAVIDE FOLETTI
OVERLAPPING AND ENGRAVED PLATES
IN BRONZED BRASS
19 x 19 x 1,6 in - 11,7 lb
YEAR 2022
UNIQUE EXAMPLE
TRAMONTO is a work that captures the essence of light and landscape through a refined play of materials and engravings. Made with overlapping and engraved sheets of bronzed brass, the composition develops on two distinct planes, creating a visual dialogue between geometry and matter. The upper element, with its wavy texture and warm shades ranging from orange to brown, evokes the reflection of the sun on a liquid surface, perhaps a sea or a fiery horizon. In contrast, the underlying sheet, characterized by a cold green and crossed by linear geometric engravings, represents an underlying order, a structural fabric that seems to anchor the scene to rationality. The use of metal, worked with precise engravings and treated to obtain intense chromatic shades, gives the work a vibrant three-dimensionality. The interaction between the two overlapping planes not only amplifies the perception of depth, but also suggests the passage from the chaos of the matter to the construction of the form.
TRAMONTO is a work that moves between abstraction and landscape suggestion, leaving room for the emotional interpretation of the viewer. A work that speaks of light, of the boundary between nature and structure, and of the beauty of the moment when day fades into night.