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Tin, the still life
Metal scrap picture by Ciro Roberto Cipollone
Roberto Cipollone, known as Ciro, has a particular talent: he (re) finds value in discarded objects and gives them a new meaning, a new life. In short, he makes them reborn as works of art. The inspiration comes from understanding that these discarded objects have a vocation to transform themselves into something else, that all things have a value, even if hidden, and that we can discover it if we look at them with careful eyes.
“TIN, the still life” is one of these works. A sheet metal whose key element is tin. From discarded irons, the sculptor creates a work of art that represents what would appear to be just the opposite from the cold rusty metal: a delicate vase of flowers. It is nature that presents itself in another way, it is iron that is reborn as a flower.
“Over a circle of a barrel, I placed this crushed jar, which probably belonged to a preserve. I made them adhere to the bottom plasterboard with some glue. Then there are some turning shavings, and some leaves from an old chandelier, bits of rust. I also gave a few touches of a peeling paint to give it more preciousness ”, explains Ciro about the TIN.
From the apparent uselessness of what was discarded, its sense of existence and vitality are restored. Of what seemed dead, a new life is reborn. Because, as Ciro says, “the still life” (which in Italian would be literally “dead nature”) is an ambivalent expression. And like the artist, we can also reflect: can nature die?
And with him, we can understand that, in nature, nothing can only die, but can rediscover its own value, its own sense of being.