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Fragments + Flow

Fabio Melone
Zürich

FRAGMENTS + FLOW EXPLORES THE DELICATE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN FRAGMENTATION AND CONTINUITY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF MIXED-MEDIA COLLAGES, PAINTINGS, AND YARN OBJECTS PRESENTED AS INSTALLATIONS. THE WORKS ENGAGE WITH THE HUMAN FIGURE AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO NATURAL AND CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENTS.
DRAWINGS OF BODIES, LANDSCAPES, AND ORGANIC SHAPES ARE DECONSTRUCTED AND REASSEMBLED INTO ABSTRACT FORMS. THESE FRAGMENTS ARE INTUITIVELY STACKED INTO "STONE TOWERS," SERVING AS VISUAL METAPHORS FOR THE CONSTANT PURSUIT OF BALANCE IN LIFE.
FRAGMENTATION EMERGES THROUGH THE DELIBERATE DISASSEMBLY AND RECOMPOSITION OF THE DRAWN FORMS. EACH ELEMENT IS CUT, RESHAPED, AND REIMAGINED, BECOMING PART OF A LARGER STRUCTURE THAT ECHOES THE TEXTURES OF STACKED STONES AND EMBODIES A RITUAL OF REBUILDING. THE INDIVIDUAL, FRAGMENTED PIECES CAPTURE A SENSE OF IMPERMANENCE AND FLUX, AS IF THEY MIGHT TOPPLE AT ANY MOMENT YET REMAIN HELD IN TENSION..