In the Moment/Magazzino

According to Remo Salvadori, Nel momento/Magazzino is a work about transformation. Its varied designs capture the gaze of the viewer who stands before the work. The designs open up a new path to be followed with the mind, the heart, and body.

Lead is a heavy metal. It is dark and lusterless, and it is unable to be penetrated by light. Associated with alchemy, the transformational properties of lead are evoked by Salvadori’s manipulation of the material in this work. Through the contemplative process of cutting and folding that discards nothing, Salvadori reveals the material’s potential: He makes it flower, offering it up to the light. The rotation of the cuts and folds transforms the sheet of lead. The interplay of solids and voids created by this action creates a rhythm that fills up “the moment”: As the artist states, “the work is a metaphor for the transformation that occurs when we direct our gaze
upon ourselves.”