Among the protagonists of the Italian post-war avant-garde, Fabio Mauri is a figure that can hardly be included in the restrictive definition of visual artist. As part of his multifaceted production, at the beginning of the 2000s, Mauri developed a series of works created as large doormats. A humble object, designed to be walked on and welcome dust and dirt, each doormat becomes a privileged environment for the artist to whom he can entrust deep reflections on life, art, culture and human relationships, one of these è No particular sign of culture is outside a general historical text, and none
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