Alessandro Padovan - BERNARD AUBERTIN

Artwork by the artist Alessandro Padovan, famous worldwide for his Screw Art technique.
The artwork is enhanced by a plexiglass display case.

This work engages in dialogue with Bernard Aubertin's radical monochromy, reinterpreting his language through industrial materials.
Absolute red – an identity color and totalizing hue – is not here merely surface, but an energetic field. As in Aubertin, the monochrome becomes mental space, pure tension, spiritual vibration. However, instead of fire and combustion, we find the screw: a mechanical, modular, serial element.
The screws emerge from the plane like a dynamic weave, creating a visual rhythm that breaks the two-dimensionality and transforms red into a territory traversed by forces. If Aubertin burned matter to release its essence, here matter is screwed in, penetrated, built. It is an opposite gesture but conceptually akin: a radical act on the monochrome.
The transparent display case isolates and protects, transforming the work into a contemporary relic. Red is not only a color, but an immersive experience; it is not only a surface, but a tension between order and impulse, between mechanical control and emotional vibration.
In this perspective, the work stands as an evolution of monochrome: from fire to the vine, from destructive energy to constructive energy, while preserving the absolute strength of red.

The works of this contemporary artist fall within the lineage of Pop Art, Screw Art, conceptual art, and street art, echoing in visual language and cultural impact the work of great names such as Andy Warhol, Jean‑Michel Basquiat, Banksy, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Fontana, Imbue, Obey, Padovan, Schifano, Nicole Lubbers, Bani, Kev Munday, Invader, Murakami, and Damien Hirst.
At the same time, artistic research dialogues with the imagery of luxury, iconic fashion, and global design, evoking sacred symbols and universally recognized brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Hermès, Rolex, Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini.
The works are neither replicas nor official collaborations with the artists or brands cited, but original creations, produced in a personal style that reflects a critique and reinterpretation of consumerism, the symbolic value of the brand, and art as a contemporary cultural object.
This approach makes the works particularly appreciated by collectors and enthusiasts of contemporary art, luxury Pop Art, conceptual street art, and art inspired by iconic large brands, while maintaining a strong autonomous artistic identity.