G. Capelletti - ON - OFF

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ON - OFF is a wooden sculpture from Italy, 30 cm wide, 33 cm high and 11 cm deep, hand-signed, in good condition.

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The wooden surface deliberately preserves its natural traces, turning each segment into an unrepeatable fragment, different in grain, tone, and response to light.

In the center, the metal ring introduces a material counterpoint: cold, essential, calibrated.
Its presence is not decorative, but structural and conceptual.
It is the pivot around which the entire composition revolves, like a nucleus that holds together movement and quiet, opening and closing, presence and absence.

The result is a sculpture that lives from its uniqueness: no element can be replicated exactly, because it arises from the meeting of hand, material, and time. ON OFF is not merely an object, but a process made visible — a gesture that stratifies, a rhythm that is built, a balance that is achieved. A form that breathes between nature and construction, between craftsmanship and vision.

The wooden surface deliberately preserves its natural traces, turning each segment into an unrepeatable fragment, different in grain, tone, and response to light.

In the center, the metal ring introduces a material counterpoint: cold, essential, calibrated.
Its presence is not decorative, but structural and conceptual.
It is the pivot around which the entire composition revolves, like a nucleus that holds together movement and quiet, opening and closing, presence and absence.

The result is a sculpture that lives from its uniqueness: no element can be replicated exactly, because it arises from the meeting of hand, material, and time. ON OFF is not merely an object, but a process made visible — a gesture that stratifies, a rhythm that is built, a balance that is achieved. A form that breathes between nature and construction, between craftsmanship and vision.

Details

Era
After 2000
Country of origin
Italy
Material
Wood
Artist
G. Capelletti
Title of artwork
ON - OFF
Signature
Hand signed
Condition
Good condition
Height
33 cm
Width
30 cm
Depth
11 cm
ItalyVerified
167
Objects sold
100%
Private

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