Gilberto Zorio (Andorno Micca, 1944 – )
In 1982, on the third floor of Villa Celle, in a room characterized by three entrance doors and only two large walls, Gilberto Zorio continued his reflection on the dynamism of material constituting a work of art. In this space he decided to bring together two works representing different periods of his production. He immediately chose to include a piece created in the 1960s titled “Pelli di mucca con resistenza” (Hides with Live Wire). In this work, raw uncut hides hang on the wall, hosting an incandescent wire protruding from the same surface, as if the artist wants to bring a powerful threat to the center of the room by exposing the origin of energy inherent in the hides.
On the surface and inside the wall opposite, the five points of a large star are engraved with a blowtorch: a three-dimensional drawing shaped by an energy source, always incandescent, forcefully imprinting the sign on the support. The visitor observes the trace of the flame passed over and into the mortar where the heat generated the fusion of mineral elements, creating areas rich in vitreous effects.
