THE EMBROIDERED SECRETS OF MAURIZIO ANZERI

Maurizio Anzeri transforma fotografías de un modo particular y creativo:

Este artista está interesado en todo lo que representa una fotografía.Cuando viaja, visita los mercadillos y recoge las fotografías que luego se transforman en obras de arte. Sus retratos mantienen la calidad de una fotografía, pero luego comienzan a convertirse en tres dimensiones algo que le llevó a inventar el término:''foto-escultura'',que es este elemento en tres dimensiones, logrado a través del bordado. Esta  forma de intervención que aporta es lo que transforma los retratos en  foto-esculturas.

“I’ve been collecting old photographs for a long time. A few years ago I was doing ink drawings with them and out of curiosity I stitched into one. I work a lot with threads and hand stitching, and the link to photography was a natural progression. I put tracing paper over the photo and draw on the face until it develops. Sometimes the image comes straight away, suggested by a detail on a dress or in the background, but with the majority of them I spend a lot of time drawing. Once the drawing is done, I pierce the photo with a set of needle-like tools I invented and take the paper away; the holes are obsessively paced at the same distance to convey an idea of geometry. When I begin the stitching something else happens, drawing will never do what thread will – the light changes, and at some points you can lose the face, and at others you can still see under it.”

MAURIZIO ANZERI