Matteo Basilé

Viaggio al centro della Terra2017


Works
12 · PACK Gallery, Milano
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Lava fields, stranded whales, pietàs.

Volcanic landscapes and portraits that seem carved from the same matter. An eighteenth-century travel altar holds one of the images: the sacred becomes portable, the pilgrimage inward.

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Viaggio al Centro della Terra #2 (2 parts)

2017 · Digital print on Hahnemuhle baryta paper

02 / 07

Viaggio al Centro della Terra #1 (2 parts)

2017 · Digital print on Hahnemuhle baryta paper

03 / 07

Terrae motus (2 parts)

2017 · Digital print on Hahnemuhle baryta paper

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Viaggio al Centro della Terra #1

2017 · Digital print on Hahnemuhle baryta paper

05 / 07

Madre (2 parts)

2017 · Ancient 18th century travel altar - Digital print on Hahnemuhle baryta paper

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Egun (2 parts)

2017 · Digital print on Hahnemuhle baryta paper

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Memento
2019

The museum flooded by an imaginary deluge.

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