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Favilla

Artist: Liliana Moro

Year: 1991

Type: Installation

Technique: Gommaspugna, rete metallica, sollevatori idraulici

Dimensions: 110 × 500 × 400 cm

Acquisition: Acquired during an exhibition and co-owned with the Comune di Prato

Eccentrica. Le collezioni del Centro Pecci. Ph Marco Cappelletti
Eccentrica. Le collezioni del Centro Pecci. Ph Marco Cappelletti

About the artwork

Large panels of sponge rubber, shaped like mattresses, absorb sound, smell, moisture – and stories – while a metal grid holds them together. The colors and materials recall a well-known sponge brand, Favilla.

Jacks, normally used to lift heavy loads, here raise a light material in a paradoxical contrast. As Liliana Moro says, one of her great passions is “going to huge DIY warehouses, where you find all the objects we use,” and then turning them into tools for conceptual reflection.

Written by Redazione Centro Pecci