Contemporary assemblages from upcycled materials inspired by Gustav Klimt's decorative language
About the Work
The Mediterranean Patterns series explores the intersection of environmental crisis and art historical tradition. Using materials salvaged from Sardinian beaches, roads, and objects destinated to recycling centers—bottle caps, road signs, electronic waste—I construct intricate assemblages that reference Gustav Klimt's ornamental vocabulary: gold leaf patterns, geometric tessellations, organic motifs compressed into flat decorative fields.
Each work begins as a three-dimensional sculpture, meticulously arranged in my Olbia studio. The assemblages are photographed under controlled lighting, then documented as high-resolution fine art prints. The original material constructions often exist only temporarily—like Klimt's decorative panels frozen in a moment before entropy reclaims them.
The series asks: If Klimt were working today, confronting climate catastrophe rather than Viennese decadence, what materials would he use? How would his aesthetic of beauty-through-pattern translate to an age of waste?
Each work begins as a three-dimensional sculpture, meticulously arranged in my Olbia studio. The assemblages are photographed under controlled lighting, then documented as high-resolution fine art prints. The original material constructions often exist only temporarily—like Klimt's decorative panels frozen in a moment before entropy reclaims them.
The series asks: If Klimt were working today, confronting climate catastrophe rather than Viennese decadence, what materials would he use? How would his aesthetic of beauty-through-pattern translate to an age of waste?
