My work in the field of Industrial Archaelogy - The art of Alessandro Merlanti
Channel: Alessandro Merlanti
Date: 03/01/2014

First i consider, as a subject, an industrial artifact (or a part of it) with the dimensions of the reality: i mean through the 1:1 scale. That is the reason of my, sometimes, giant paintings (even 6.5 x 23 feet of lenght). In these works  the conceptuality is hidden and confused with the "power" rapresented by the dimension that involves the onlooker: he feels himself almost stunned by a reality never considered before. The main goal remains however to carry back the real and deep acquaintance of the subject. 

I believe in this the psycological process: If we consider a chimney of a factory, we suppose that even a child knows it and he can recognize it's shape. But if i paint the top of the chimney in 1:1 scale ( it will be a painting 23 feet tall and 16 feet wide ) i put the onlooker in the condition to interact "deeply" with this artifact because no one (but the masons they built it) usually have the opportunity to have a view close to the top of a chimney. t is a meeting between the onlooker and..."the way to be a chimney".  It's the only way to "really know" a chimney and share it's semantic values. In this new era marked by "untouchability" my work satisfies the rising need of solid and physical concreteness and information.