Fabio Marco Pirovino explores the boundaries and possibilities of imagery. For the exhibition “Reality” (15 October–12 December 2016) at the art space epepep in St.Gallen, the artist realized a series of his typical “scribble paintings”: abstract, gestural paintings, layered traces as dormant records of dynamic processes. Pirovino painted twenty-one PVC films of different sizes, applying the monochrome paint directly with his hands and fingers. The artist nailed these object-like substrates to sprayed canvases with the painted side facing inward so that the surface of the works has a mirror-like appearance. The artist’s book “Reality Pirovino” is a continuation of the exhibition. The full-scale reproductions were cropped in the layout, and the canvases and nails are invisible. This captures the screen-like quality of the works, which is emphasized by the sheen of the book pages with a UV coating. This project has been realized in collaboration with 1 Samuel Bänziger and 2 Jiajia Zhang, and published by 3 Jungle Books.
19/01/2018
02:56AM
Each year, Plattform gives an insight into the work of young artists in Switzerland. The exhibition presents new works by selected bachelor and master graduates of different Swiss art schools. The announcing poster has been (alphabetically) divided into 26 image sections, leading to random compositions, overlaps and blendings of the artist’s imagery on a common platform. This project has been realized in collaboration with Samuel Bänziger.
24/01/2018
13:25PM
Abbruchhaus promotes electronic music in and around the east of Switzerland since 2000. The poster for their label night at Zurich’s club Zukunft is a deconstruction of the label’s name Abbruchhaus (german for condemned house). Saiten is the official cultural magazine of Eastern Switzerland. The first issue came out in April 1994, since then it is monthly being distributed to subscribers and members of the association. Some copies are available to pick up for free at local cultural and public institutions, shops and restaurants and it’s not being sold at the newsstand. This allows greater leeway in terms of cover design but also brings a few financial restrictions on production. (Most of the content is printed in black only.) Every issue features a thematic focus.
03/02/2018
12:45PM
Abbruchhaus promotes electronic music in and around the east of Switzerland since 2000. The poster for their label night at Zurich’s club Zukunft is a deconstruction of the label’s name Abbruchhaus (german for condemned house).
16/March/2018
09:45AM