A thought provoking and thoroughly visually entertaining exhibition of work by Marco Poma opened this evening in Barga Vecchia at Le Stanze della Memoria
What were essentially found objects, furniture, chairs and fragments of burnt wood taken from a house or barn had been transformed into something far more alluring and evocative by the judicious application of silver, gold and copper leaf.
Apart from the fine aesthetic of the objects, Marco also brought into play the concepts of the passage of time, decay, ageing and the eventually disintegration of all things- as this wood without a doubt dated back probably more than 100 or even 150 years but for now it looks as though time has stopped under that gold and silver patina.
The second concept which immediately follows the first is the idea of preciousness.
Something which is gold-leafed must by force of circumstances be precious otherwise why would they bother doing it?
Black and white photographs in the exhibition by Gabriele Caproni.
The second room is a video installation dating back to the early 80’s which is showing a copy of his early experimental videos with the newly formed company, Metamorphosi.
An exhibition not to be missed on until the 7th of January
Click on the link below to hear Marco in his exhibition talking about some of the work exhibited (in Italiano)