Statement
My practice operates within the expanded field of contemporary visual art, engaging handmade paper in dialogue with industrial materials such as paints, lubricants, and plastics. This convergence of materials creates a space of tension between the organic and the synthetic, the fragile and the resilient, the intimate gesture and the logic of industrial production. At the core of my research is an inquiry into the condition of the individual within contemporary socio-material systems, with particular attention to processes of negotiation, adaptation, and permeability that shape both personal and collective experience. In this context, materials act as active agents: they absorb, resist, and interact, generating surfaces and structures that retain and transmit traces over time. Through a conceptual and relational approach, I employ a reduced, materially-driven visual language that emphasizes presence, density, and subtle shifts. Minimalism here is not a formal resolution but a critical strategy, opening a space in which meaning remains layered and continuously rearticulated. My work unfolds as a field of relations where matter, time, and subjectivity intersect. Each piece embodies a state of tension in balance, where transformation does not imply disappearance but continuity and persistence in altered form. Every work registers a temporary equilibrium, an unstable configuration that resists closure and invites sustained, embodied engagement.
Bio
Born in Venice and with a background in printmaking, Luigi Scarpa has spent years developing his artistic language through experiments with handmade paper, blending organic and industrial materials to explore human and social experiences.
Last Exhibition
- Isola 4322026