Alessandro Padovan (1983) - BERNARD AUBERTIN

Artwork by Alessandro Padovan, famous worldwide for his Screw Art technique. The piece is encased in a plexiglass display case.

This work engages in dialogue with Bernard Aubertin’s radical monochrome, reinterpreting his language through industrial material. Absolute red – an identity-defining, totalizing color – here is not merely surface but an energetic field. As in Aubertin, the monochrome becomes mental space, pure tension, spiritual vibration. Yet, 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 liberate its essence, here matter is screwed, penetrated, built. It is an opposite gesture but conceptually akin: a radical act on the monochrome.
The transparent case isolates and protects, turning the work into a contemporary relic. Red is not only a color; it is an immersive experience; not only a surface, but a tension between order and impulse, between mechanical control and emotional vibration.
From this perspective, the work presents itself as an evolution of monochrome: from fire to screw, from destructive energy to constructive energy, while preserving the absolute force of red.

The works of this contemporary artist sit in the lineage of Pop Art, Screw Art, conceptual art, and urban 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, the 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 not replicas nor official collaborations with the artists or brands cited, but original creations, realized 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 brands, while maintaining a strong autonomous artistic identity.