Work

The graphic prints reflect Vecchiet’s relentless exploratory drive: the creative process clearly always offers him the opportunity to sublimate tested experiences and knowledge with something new, possibly even mundane but unconventional for artistic creativity. For example, kitchen tiles, already used and recently removed from the walls of his actual living space, or the relief structures of their reverse sides, become graphic matrices.

Through the demanding process of intaglio printing and collagraphy, the discarded object is revitalized into a new universal visuality, shaped and expressed solely by the artist’s poetics. This allows us the most unburdened—yet for the individual, all the more mystified—perception, contemplation, and feeling. And if complete free interpretation is permitted in this context, we are particularly surprised by the material—almost physical—appeal and allure, inviting a direct sensory engagement.