2026.Matteo Negri.False Flag
M.Negri.Meanwhile series. View of the artist's studio in Cormano, Italy.
M.Negri"Piano Piano Ghisallo" , 2017, Ferro zincato, cromo liquido, vetro temperato, pellicola adesiva, cm 170 × 100 × 190 (h).Cannobiodetail

STATEMENT

My research explores the relationships between color, light, and surface through the use of materials such as metal, glass, and reflective and iridescent films. I work with essential geometries and with transparent or reflective planes that activate space and directly engage the viewer’s gaze, inviting a perception that is unstable and constantly shifting.

Over time, my practice has expanded toward a political and identity-based reflection. Within this context, the flag becomes a symbolic device that I place under tension, transforming its form and meaning. Through experiences and participatory practices, I question notions of belonging, seeking to open them to multiple and non-fixed possibilities.

In recent years, I have returned to bronze sculpture as a way to render tangible and dense the perceptual tensions that run through my work. Through form, I also engage with the necessity of re-questioning memory, considering it as something to be continuously reinterpreted, reshaped, and cared for.

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