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Name: Volubilis side table
Brand: Carwan gallery
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Volubilis side table

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By Roberto Sironi

Description

Ruins by Roberto Sironi is a series of works that re-signify architectural fragments belonging to different historical periods and great archaeological sites, modelling the forms according to new aesthetic representations. The project relates constructive elements of the classical era, such as bases of columns, capitals, sections of an amphitheatre, with rudiments of the industrial era, such as the double-T beams and the reticular structural elements. Roberto Sironi elaborates on the concept of ruins according to a new perspective. Conceived as contemporary ruins, imaginary simulacra and/or programmed artifices – the materials and techniques of execution do not correspond to the original. The work shows how different fragments of architectural remains can be overlaid and re-signified, resetting the temporal distances and suspending the notion time.

The Volubilis side table refers to the archaeological ruins of the Roman era of Volubilis, Morocco. The archetypal shape of the classical capital is reconstructed with Marmo di Rima simulation of “Centopietre”, a rare marble extracted only in some quarries of North Africa and the Arabian peninsula and now almost extinct.

Limited Ed. 6+2AP

Dimensions

in / 21H x 10W x 14L
cm / 53H x 25W x 35L

Materials

Bronze
Marble

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Description

Limited Ed. 6+2AP

Dimensions

in / 21H x 10W x 14L
cm / 53H x 25W x 35L

Materials

Bronze
Marble

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+852 3008 5615

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Roberto Sironi

Desio, Italy

Roberto Sironi (1983) is an Italian designer, who lives and works in Milan. His design practice is defined by a research-based and process-oriented approach, where thinking and making converge in the creation of artifacts, which are considered narrative tools to trigger a dialogue with the user. This approach materializes through a body of work that breaks with the primary function by blurring the boundary between functional object and sculpture; the artifacts produced are the result of a process in which the subjects addressed are investigated through an in-depth analysis from a historical, geographical and anthropological point of view.

The works are conceived as contemporary ultra-signs, where the transformation processes re-signify the matter, revealing its unseen qualities and giving it new features.The practice, founded in 2015, embraces different types of design practices, such as product and installation design, strategic research and design consultancy, through the collaboration with institutions, galleries and companies. Roberto Sironi also combines his practice with teaching and research activity in the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, where his studies focus on new technologies for design.

Honorable Mention at the ADI Compasso d'Oro International Award (2015)
AD Design Award (2018)

Major Museum Exhibition
Works have been presented internationally, with exhibitions at Triennale Design Museum and as part of the Triennale's travelling exhibition in New Delhi and Buenos Aires . A monograph on his work, Encoded Symbols, was published in 2020

Email: info@carwangallery.com
Phone: +852 3008 5615
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